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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442118 | Apparatus designed for the fileting of fish An apparatus and method are shown for fileting fish. The apparatus includes a retaining pan and a pair of support elements capable of spanning the width of the pan interior by attachment to the opposing outer edges of the pan. The support elements have retaining ele... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7237813 | Box lifting device A pair of devices for lifting boxes is disclosed. Each device comprises a handle, lifting surface, lifting plate and a plurality of lifting members in the form of angled teeth. During use, the teeth of each device are inserted into opposite sides of a corrugated box... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234170 | Heat/cold resistant protective hand covering An ambidextrous protective hand covering monolithically formed from a heat/cold resistant flexible silicone material, the opposing interior and exterior surfaces of which each include a plurality of integrally-formed raised nodules that are positionally off-set rela... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207132 | Bait rigging holder A bait rigging holder includes a V-shaped trough supports the bait along its entire length during insertion of rigging needles through the bait. The trough includes a frontal slot that allows the rigging needle to be inserted through the jaw and nose when the bait i... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7117536 | Silicone grabber A generally C-shaped body for hand protection and grip enhancement includes a finger receiving pocket at a first end of the body and a thumb receiving pocket at a second end of the body. The fingers of a user are placed in the finger receiving pocket, while the thum... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7056202 | Method and device for slaughtering fish in particular white fish A device and method for slaughtering fish, in particular white fish, has at least one fish receptacle for positioning and receiving the fish, a throat cutting apparatus for cutting through the throat in preparation for the pharynx cut, a pharynx cutting apparatus fo... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6942562 | Fish cleaning device A fish cleaning device includes a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, one or more arms, each having a first and second end. The first end of the arm is pivotally attached to the base. A clamp-securing member is pivotally attached to the second arm end ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6688461 | Food cut-up system Apparatus for processing both whole and portioned food products along a processing line for part cut-up and deboning in a mass production system. The apparatus consists of numerous food carriers, evenly spaced over a subscribed distance, connected by mean... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6540600 | Fish skinner A fish skinner for removing the skin from a fish filet that includes a cutting block in connection with a pivoting cover plate wherein the cutting block has a recess for receiving the skin of the fish filet and the pivoting cover plate is used to hold the... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6183356 | Humane fish killing method and apparatus Fish, such as salmon, are caused to move along a predetermined path until the leading part of the fish hits a lever to initiate a cycle of operations comprising: a) holding the fish by releasable holding means, b) stunning the fish, c) killing the fish in such... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6139417 | Fish cleaning device A fish cleaning device that first kills the fish instantly and humanely and then stabilizes the fish for cleaning. The piercing member used to kill the fish is vertically and horizontally movable. In addition, the piercing member is pivotally and rotatabl... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6117004 | Fish cleaning apparatus A fish cleaning apparatus is disclosed for securely holding a fish during cleaning and filleting thereof. The apparatus includes a supporting frame having a first and a second end wall and a first and a second side wall, the frame having a top and a botto... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6042468 | Chicken breast deboning stabilization device A device is disclosed for stabilizing a poultry breast for deboning thereof. The device comprising a mandrel adapted to conform to the shape of the underside of a poultry breast. The device further comprises two prongs mounted on the mandrel which are ada... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5522765 | Fish cleaning device The present invention shows a fish cleaning device comprising a cleaning board member with a work surface upon which a fish to be cleaned may be disposed during cleaning. The board is provided with a means to grip the fish during the cleaning operation. A... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5505658 | Method and machine for processing fish Fish to be processed are moved through succesive fish processing stations located along a predetermined path of movement. The path of movement is defined by a pair of transversely spaced guide rails (4) and the free end parts of the guide rails or pins ar... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5474491 | Mandrel pin An improvement to the type of poultry processing machinery in which a poultry carcass is placed upon a cone shaped mandrel carried past various processing stations by a conveyor. The improvement comprises a pin with a piercing point carried by the mandrel... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5453042 | Fish skin removal device A device for removing skin from a fish, includes a flat table-like support for the fish body, and a spike-like anchoring means adapted to penetrate the head of the fish during the skin-removal operation. A skin clamp mechanism is powered by a motor-driven... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5376043 | Holder for various items, including, for example, a combined catfish holder & killer A holder usable to hold various food items, such as ham, chicken, etc., but particularly efficacious as a combined catfish killer and holder for skinning. The device includes a longitudinally extended, base platform (1); an upwardly extended, fish positio... | 12/27/1994 |
| 4977644 | Fish holder A portable fish holder for convenient, safe cleaning and filleting of a fish. The invention is comprised of one rectangular base panel, two panel support walls, one affixed transversely at each end of the base, and two positionable rectangular fish suppor... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4974291 | Shipping carton for further processing of product A shipping assembly for a product, such as kebabs, designed to permit the receiver to complete the processing of the product including a generally rectangular outer shipping container, a generally rectangular slotted inner container within the outer conta... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4821378 | Fish holder thimble A frusto-conical thimble-like element, open at both ends, is provided with plural teeth and in use is positioned onto one's thumb, thumb pressure being applied to a fish to cause the teeth to project into and secure the fish during processing.... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4682803 | Fish tongs A hand-held, pincer-like device for providing a secure grip upon a fish comprises substantially identical rigid panels which are hingedly connected to one another to permit facile opening and secure closing, and which have friction-enhancing interior surf... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4413375 | Meat processing apparatus Meat processing apparatus having a surface for supporting a body of meat during cutting thereof and a movable hook positioned within an opening in the surface and movable between a raised position to facilitate impaling a body of meat thereon and a lowere... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4306336 | Immobilizing and head-gripping tool for holding fish or animals for scaling or skinning A pliers-like head-gripping tool for immobilizing and holding fish for skinning or scaling, or animals for skinning, has a flat-faced mouth-insertable lower jaw and an upper jaw provided with a skull-penetrating sharp-tipped conical point depending from a... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4150460 | Fish holder with rotatable clamping jaws A fish holder, particularly adapted for facilitating skinning of catfish, has an inner elongate stationary member upon which an outer coextensive cylinder is rotatably mounted. In use, a pair of clamping jaws at the outer end of the outer cylinder into wh... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4127919 | Combined catfish killer and holder A catfish holder for killing and cleaning catfish. The holder is comprised of a flat board-like member supporting the body of the catfish and a positioning and restraining box-like member to hold the head of the catfish. A hinged plate on the top of the b... | 12/05/1978 |