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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8202143 | Poultry paw cutter and related methods A poultry paw cutting apparatus can include a conveyor that conveys a plurality of shackles. Each of the shackles can be adapted to hold a poultry paw. A chain can receive the poultry paws from the shackles at a first location and can convey the poultry paws substan... | 06/19/2012 |
| 7356975 | Apparatus for packaging material in netting including a netting knife cutter An apparatus for packaging material in netting is described. The apparatus in a first embodiment is a netter for enclosing material in netting and a scissors assembly for severing the netting. The scissors assembly comprises a pair of blade elements pivotally connec... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357707 | Method and apparatus for harvesting an inner fillet from poultry A method and apparatus is provided for harvesting an inner fillet from poultry, wherein a tendon with which the inner fillet is or was connected to a wing bone of the poultry projects from the inner fillet. The tendon is gripped, and subsequently the tendon and the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354401 | Ultrasound sex determination for sorting of avian hatchlings A method for making a sex determination in avian hatchlings involves the following activities. A process line is equipped to process an endless plurality of hatchlings. The process line has an ultrasound inspection station for the hatchlings. The ultrasound inspecti... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335095 | Apparatus and method for separating wings from breast meat of poultry A wing separation apparatus and method for separating wings from a breast part of poultry having its breast bone removed can handle a wide variety of poultry sizes. The breast part is supported at its left and right arm pits on a pair of shafts with the left and rig... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7226349 | Process to electronically automate the sorting of chicken feet in the category of edible or inedible Photoelectric and inductive sensors are placed along a picking and eviscerating chicken lines. The sensors detect the location of a chicken bird in a shackle and its associated feet, also in a shackle. The sensors communicate this information to a programmable logic... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7134956 | Automated feet-gripping system A system and method for transferring live objects, such as chickens, to a shackle line are presented. The system and method include introducing a plurality of live objects to a singulator. The singulator isolates the individual live objects and places them in a pall... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7104878 | Method and apparatus for use in removal of internal bones in fore-end In the removal of internal bones in a fore-end of a split carcass the shank bone, the humerus bone and the shoulder blade are cut free by machine, so that subsequently they can easily be removed from the rest of the fore-end. A transport tool (27a) is ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7066112 | Automated poultry processing method and system Poultry processing methods and systems that provide for the processing of poultry at a plurality of processing stations, with the poultry being transferred between stations using an automated conveying system. Each individual poultry is retained in a poultry carrier... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7000321 | Optical source and sensor for detecting living tissue within an animal nail An optical source illuminates a portion of an animal nail, and an optical sensor receives light from the illuminated portion. A processor generates a signal level, and differentiates between a “quick” signal level range (arising from illuminated living tissue in... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6908376 | Process for systematizing, informatizing and automating self-programmed slaughter of cattle and beef processing A process which systematizes, informatizes and automates cattle slaughter and beef processing, in factories with integrated Cycles I and II; following actual anatomical parameters, predetermined for each industrial biotype, scanned before entering the knockout box, ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905404 | System for harvesting animal parts A method and apparatus are disclosed for harvesting portions of an animal carcass, most preferably for harvesting chicken paws from a chicken carcass which is determined to be of edible quality. The chicken paws and the remainder of the carcass are separated at a po... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6881138 | Method and facility for cutting off hind feet of half carcasses With the intention of performing an optimal cutting of the hind feet (8) of the half carcasses (4), which are advanced stepwise on an overhead conveyor (6) suspended in the hind feet (8), there is indicated a method and a plant for perfor... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6648746 | Toe web cutter with stationary blade unit A toe web cutter has a pivoted inner hooked blade and stationary outer blades adjacent to the sides and end of the inner blade. Cutting edges on the adjacent blades produce an elongated cut to remove the web from between the toes of a carcass. The station... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6638156 | Secondary halving apparatus for poultry An apparatus for cutting poultry carcasses as they are continuously conveyed by a shackle conveyor having a plurality of shackles. The inventive apparatus comprises a gap provided between two rails. The rails are positioned such that the exterior of the c... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6475076 | Secondary halving apparatus for poultry An apparatus for cutting poultry carcasses as they are continuously conveyed by a shackle conveyor having a plurality of shackles. The inventive apparatus comprises a gap provided between two rails. The rails are positioned such that the exterior of the c... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6461232 | Toe web cutter with stationary blade unit A toe web cutter has a pivoted inner hooked blade and stationary outer blades adjacent to the sides and end of the inner blade. Cutting edges on the adjacent blades produce an elongated cut to remove the web from between the toes of a carcass. The station... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6450872 | Apparatus and method for cutting poultry paws A method and apparatus for cutting poultry paws. The inventive method comprises the steps of (a) placing the poultry paws in a rotating wheel and (b) cutting the poultry paws as the paws are carried by the rotating wheel. The inventive apparatus comprises... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6283848 | Poultry foot harvester and method Apparatus for harvesting the feet from poultry foot and leg parts including positioning means for positioning the a known feature of the foot and leg part at a prescribed location and severing means for severing the leg of the foot and leg part at a presc... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6251004 | Automatic poultry cutting apparatus A device under the control of a programmable logic controller, cuts poultry carcasses into a predetermined amount of pieces that remain together and are deposited into a compartmentalized conveyor for continued separation until the cut up carcass or carca... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6104966 | Primal tracking A method and system for tracking and identifying food products as they are being processed is disclosed, wherein no tags or encodings are attached to the food products, and wherein there is no extraneous manipulation of the food products. The tracking sys... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6062973 | Cutting tool A cutting tool is provided which includes a cutter blade assembly. The cutter blade assembly is adaptable to a universal power head. The cutter blade assembly includes a pair of plates pivotally mounted on the power head. The pair of plates are mounted in... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6062971 | Declipper tool A declipper blade assembly for removing a clip from the end of a sausage package, the assembly including a pair of plates mounted on a power head in a parallel spaced relation, a curved end piece mounted in the space between the end of the plates, a curve... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6059804 | Portable debeaking system A portable system moving a debeaker apparatus within a barn to reduce the transportation and handling of a bird. A frame which holds the debeaker apparatus, a receiving chute, a staging cage, a delivery chute and a first and second storage baskets has whe... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6007416 | Method and apparatus for filleting the body of slaughtered poultry In a method and an apparatus for automatic removal of at least an inner fillet from slaughtered poultry or a part thereof before the connection between the inner fillets and the carcass is broken, a separation is made in the opening bounded by the clavicl... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6004199 | Apparatus and method for separating legs from poultry carcasses Disclosed is an apparatus for separating legs from poultry carcasses having a saddle-shaped carcass section with a pelvis, a lower portion of a vertebral column, and hip joints connecting the legs to the pelvis. The apparatus comprises a main conveyor def... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5766064 | Method and apparatus for scoring poultry hocks An apparatus and method for automatically scoring the hock portion of a poultry leg to sever the surrounding skin and soft connective tissues from the underlying bone which is characterized by employing oppositely directed water knives aligned at a right ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5651731 | Method and apparatus for debeaking poultry The present invention relates to debeaking turkey and chick poultry through non-contact thermal transfer from a source of high frequency heat generating radiation. The present invention directs heat onto the upper beak of a live bird by convection or radi... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5599227 | Cutting device A lightweight, portable animal dehorner has fixed and movable cutter blades mounted in a common frame, the movable blade being driven toward and away from the fixed blade by an air brake chamber connected to a source of air under pressure, and a hand grip... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5584757 | Animal head processing apparatus with hog snout puller The hog's head, in the upside-down position, is moved jaw first across a table where a jaw removal bar engages under the lower jaw. The snout has been previously loosened by a slash on each side behind the snout. The loosened snout gravitates through a sn... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5514031 | Automated leg shear with bi-directional cutting arm An apparatus for automatically shearing the leg from a carcass moving along a carcass rail includes an arm having a first end pivotally attached to a support structure and a second end attached to a shearing assembly. The arm is pivotally attached to said... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5492502 | Device for processing flat fish An apparatus and method for processing fish (24), especially sole, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame having a longitudinal axis along the direction of movement of the fish as they are processed. The fish are placed onto a conveyor (200) that in... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5466185 | Removing breast meat from poultry Breast meat is stripped from a poultry carcass, after the shoulder joints have been separated and preliminary cuts have been made in the shoulder area with a cutter designed to leave the wings attached to the breast meat, by pulling the wings and breast m... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5466186 | Device for processing flat fish An apparatus and method for processing fish (24), especially sole, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame having a longitudinal axis along the direction of movement of the fish as they are processed. The fish are placed onto a conveyor (200) that in... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5460567 | Poultry hock cutter apparatus A poultry hock cutter apparatus for separating the shanks from the drumsticks of a poultry carcass at the hocks includes a stationary blade 44 for applying a progressive wedging action into the centers of the hocks from above and behind the hocks of each ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5454754 | Toe web gland cutting tool A toe web gland cutter blade assembly having a pair of plates mounted in a parallel spaced relation with a cutting edge on the inside edge of each plate, a cutting blade pivotally mounted between the plates, the blade including a cutting edge on each side... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5437572 | Method and apparatus for deboning meat An apparatus and method for removing the bone from a piece of meat (21) including a bone severing assembly (27) and a bone removal assembly (34). A piece of meat having an elongated bone (22) with enlarged bone end portions (23, 24) is placed in loading o... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5421773 | Automatic hock shear with carcass leg positioner A carcass leg shearing apparatus adapted for mounting near a carcass rail. The apparatus includes a carcass leg engager for engaging the carcass legs and positioning the legs within a shearing region such that the carcass legs are sheared at the hock port... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5411434 | Poultry shoulder and breast severing machine Poultry processing apparatus is disclosed for automatically performing shoulder-wing separation and severing cuts, short transverse shoulder cuts and long back cuts in the rib cage breast meat of a poultry carcass preparatory to removal of the wings and b... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5405287 | Method and apparatus for processing shrimp A method and apparatus (10) are disclosed for deheading shrimp. The apparatus has grasping means (18) for grasping shrimp positioned upon a support plate (17) and rotating the shrimp to an upright position adjacent a deheading station (14). The deheading ... | 04/11/1995 |
