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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7815497 | Apparatus and method for cutting-free of tender-loin The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting free of at least a part of a tenderloin in a suspended half-carcass. The apparatus comprises a fixture (1) having a pubic bone catch (2) for positioning and support of the half-carcass by the pubic bone... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7373217 | Apparatus for slicing a food product and method therefore Apparatus and method for slicing a food product having a non-uniform cross-sectional area. A laser line scanner scans the cut face of the food product. A line scan camera receives light reflected from the cut face of the food product. The line scan camera is positio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354339 | Loin knife J-blades for use with automatic loin puller apparatus Dual loin knife blade members, in the form of a Z-blade and two styles (tabbed and non-tabbed) of J-blades, for use with knife assemblies in loin pulling machines for pork processing operations. The Z-blade knife comprises a shelf portion of extended length, formed ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7331850 | Loin puller with two separate cutting blades Disclosed is a loin puller for trimming off the backfat of a loin that has been scribed from a belly. This loin puller has a frame on which is mounted a conveying system for engaging the loin and moving it towards a cutting zone. In this zone, a cutting tool is moun... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7300343 | Device and method for introducing liquids into meat Disclosed is a device and a method for introducing liquids into meat containing bones and/or cartilage or connective tissue, e.g. in the slaughtered body of poultry as well as in legs and belly meat, in order to treat, season, and/or preserve said meat. The aim of t... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7244174 | Device for de-rinding and skinning a product to be treated The invention relates to a device for skinning and de-rinding a product to be treated such as pieces of meat or fish and similar products (2), said product to be treated being first skinned from one side by means of a first skinning unit (3). A combina... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226350 | Loin knife Z-blades for use with automatic loin puller apparatus Dual loin knife blade members, in the form of a Z-blade and two styles (tabbed and non-tabbed) of J-blades, for use with knife assemblies in loin pulling machines for pork processing operations. The Z-blade knife comprises a shelf portion of extended length, formed ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214129 | Loin puller with two separate cutting blades Disclosed is a loin puller for trimming off the backfat of a loin that has been scribed from a belly. This loin puller has a frame on which is mounted a conveying system for engaging the loin and moving it towards a cutting zone. In this zone, a cutting tool is moun... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207880 | Contour following loin puller apparatus A contour-following loin puller for separating the loin from the belly through the finger lean. The contour-following loin puller follows the contour of the surface rib line through at least one rib height sensor and positions the z-blade relative to the surface rib... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198564 | Deboning system of meat A deboning system of meat for a small or intermediate processing factory in which the space is saved while reduction the cost by limiting the processing range of a work thereby limiting the processing functions to those of high necessity. The deboning system of meat... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198566 | Loin puller with two separate cutting blades Disclosed is a loin puller for trimming off the backfat of a loin that has been scribed from a belly. This loin puller has a frame on which is mounted a conveying system for engaging the loin and moving it towards a cutting zone. In this zone, a cutting tool is moun... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7118471 | Loin knife blades for use with automatic loin puller apparatus Dual loin knife blade members, in the form of a Z-blade and two styles (tabbed and non-tabbed) of J-blades, for use with knife assemblies in loin pulling machines for pork processing operations. The Z-blade knife comprises a shelf portion of extended length, formed ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7052388 | Meat cutting system An automated meat cutting system and method is disclosed. The automated meat cutting method comprises securing a carcass portion in a position, imaging the carcass portion to determine cutting paths and cutting the carcass portion along the thus determined cutting p... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7001261 | Automated classifier and meat cut fat trimming method and apparatus An apparatus and method for a meat cut classification and fat trimming for sensing the thickness of a layer of fat of a cut of meat and the various contours thereof as it travels along a conveyance and providing the fat thickness or classification information to a d... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6962525 | Method and apparatus for meat cut classification of fat thickness for downstream trimming An apparatus and method for classification of a meat cut based on the thickness of the fat layer. The meat classification system comprises a split dual-belt conveyor system and a probe/trolley mechanism assembly where the probe is operable to penetrate the meat cut ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6929540 | Automated classifier and meat cut fat trimming method and apparatus Apparatus and method for a meat cut classification and fat trimming for sensing the thickness of a layer of fat of a cut of meat and the various contours thereof as it travels along a conveyance and providing the fat thickness or classification information to a down... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6857952 | Method and apparatus for transport of a probe for a meat classification system An apparatus and method for classification of a meat cut based on the thickness of the fat layer. The meat classification system comprises a split dual-belt conveyor system and a probe/trolley mechanism assembly where the probe is operable to penetrate the meat cut ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6612920 | Optimized loin saw An automated cutting apparatus and method having a coordinated three axes of motion wherein one axis is designated as a master and provides a master time source and the other two axes are designated as slaves and more proportionately to the master axis. A... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6547658 | Dual blade loin knife assembly for automatic loin puller apparatus An apparatus for positioning an animal carcass middle and for separating a loin and fatback portion from the carcass middle including a dual blade loin knife assembly for making appropriate cuts to separate the loin and fatback portion. The dual blade loi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6360142 | Random work arranging device A random work arranging device that arranges randomly conveyed works by using a robot and carries out the arranged works, wherein the robot comprises a plurality of arms and a single robot controller for controlling respective arms independently one anoth... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6358135 | Device and method for the gripping and retention of part of a split carcass by the spinal column The invention concerns a device for the gripping and retention of part of a split carcass by the spinal column (17), and the conveyance of that part essentially in the lengthwise direction of the spinal column, while retaining it by the spinal column duri... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6354933 | Meat deboning apparatus and method An apparatus for deboning a piece of meat having an elongate bone portion, such as a loin piece provided with a spine portion, comprises an elongate support mounted on a frame for receiving the loin its spine portion being substantially aligned with a lon... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6336856 | Loin puller for trimming off the fat from the loin of a carcass-half A loin puller for processing a carcass-half comprising a loin and a flank partially separated by cutting, the loin comprising a layer fat to be trimmed off. The machine has a frame which is fixed an elongated rectilinear working surface intended to receiv... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6248012 | Method, an apparatus and a knife for mechanical releasing of ribs in a part carcass The apparatus comprises a knife (21) with a substantially rectilinear cutting edge (27) and mounted in a knife holder (23, 24), a device with a holder for suspending the part carcass by the spine, and means (1, 4, 5) for establishing a relative movement b... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6155919 | Automated method and system for processing a hog carcass An apparatus and method for removing loins from pork bellies to result in a high yield of loin in a two-step method, the first step involving the removal of the loin and the second step involving the skinning of the loin portion removed. A unique knife sh... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6126535 | Apparatus, tool and method for mechanical removal of a spinal column part from a part carcass The invention relates to an apparatus for mechanical removal of a spinal column part from a part carcass (12), such as a fore-end of a pig carcass, comprising tools for separating the spinal column part from the part carcass by cuts along the spinal colum... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6089968 | Loin knife assembly for automatic loin puller apparatus An improved loin knife for a loin puller apparatus having a scribe saw with an associated decelerator and depth gauge immediately in advance of the loin knife for the purpose of cutting through the ribs of the carcass middle. The loin knife has a bight re... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5902177 | Apparatus and method for removing ribs The apparatus for automatically removing ribs portion from belly of a beast flank, such as pork flank, comprises a conveyor provided with gripping hooks for holding the flank in position on the conveyor during ribs portion removing, a camera disposed over... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5882252 | Loin puller A loin puller apparatus that incorporates a scribe saw with an associated decelerator and depth gauge immediately in advance of the loin knife for the purpose of cutting through the ribs of the carcass middle. To assist in orienting a carcass middle with ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5868613 | Meat deboning A process and apparatus for the removal of ribs (15) from a carcass section (10) which contains a spine portion (11) and a number of ribs (15), comprises grasping a section of tissues (14) in the vicinity of the ventral extremities (17) of the ribs (15), ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5738577 | Automatic butt skinning machine An upper conveyor and trimming blade assembly for an automatic trimmer adapted for trimming a layer of material, conforming with the shape of a trimming blade, from a meat product. The assembly includes an upper conveyor mounted in a vertically spaced rel... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5580306 | Loin separation apparatus and method of operation therefor A loin separation apparatus and method of operation therefor controls a loin knife assembly in a manner which simulates the anthropomorphic motions of a human operator during a loin pulling operation. The loin knife assembly includes a U-shaped knife blad... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5542878 | Method and apparatus for separating meat from a bone of an animal carcass Apparatus (1) for separating meat (2) from ribs (3) of a carcass side (4) comprises a main framework (15). A clamp (37) mounted within the main framework (15) clamps and supports the carcass side (4). A carriage (62) vertically slidable in the main framew... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5514032 | Loin separation apparatus and method of operation therefor A loin separation apparatus and method of operation therefor controls a loin knife assembly in a manner which simulates the anthropomorphic motions of a human operator during a loin pulling operation. The loin knife assembly includes a U-shaped knife blad... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5494480 | Method and device for boning abdominal sections, containing spinal parts, of animals for slaughter The invention relates to a method and a device for boning carcass portions of an animal for slaughter. Said carcass portions are in particular abdominal sections on part of the inner surface of which lies a row of more or less encapsulated ribs forming th... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5476417 | Bent blade holder apparatus and method A bent blade holder for receiving, bending and supporting a flexible blade in an automatic skinning machine for trimming a non-linear layer of unwanted material from a meat product. The bent blade holder has a base plate having a base curved surface of a ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5464368 | Process for preparing pork meat morsels The present invention is a process or method for preparing a pork meat morsel from a pork brisket bone portion having a hard bone, a forward end, and a rearward end. The process involves removing the hard bone from the brisket bone portion. The brisket bo... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5407384 | Apparatus for processing an animal half carcass to recover loin and ribs An apparatus for separating a loin and ribs from a carcass half that incorporates a scribe saw assembly immediately in advance of a loin knife for the purpose of cutting through the ribs of the carcass. This scribe saw assembly is mounted from the lever a... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5338250 | Plate deboner A plate deboner for processing a rib plate by severing the lean portion from the rib portion along a desired cut line by rotating the rib plate along the circumference of a drum and over a reciprocating cutting blade located below the center axis of the d... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5334084 | Method and apparatus for automatically trimming fatty tissue from animal carcasses Manually segmenting animal carcasses into primary cuts involves an enormous amount of manual labor and attendant expense. However, known automated systems for segmenting carcasses cannot match the accuracy of expert butchers. The apparatus for segmenting ... | 08/02/1994 |
