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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152605 | Handheld cervical dislocator A handheld cervical dislocator that will encircle the neck of poultry of most any size and dislocate the neck vertebrae from the skull immediately to terminate the life of culled poultry with minimum discomfort. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7811158 | Method for processing meat A system and method is shown for processing animals, such as calves, from birth to slaughter by utilizing hot-fed rations during the feeding process. The system and method reduces or eliminates the need to use hormones and simultaneously reduces or eliminates the ne... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7666074 | Meat processing The present disclosure includes various method, device, and system embodiments for meat processing. One such method embodiment includes obtaining animal data for an animal selected to have a solution introduced into its circulatory system in a rinsing process and de... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7591718 | Method and apparatus for processing animals The present invention provides a method for processing animals. The method includes providing a carrier for holding a plurality of animals; providing a multi-task station; locating an animal on at least part of the carrier at the multi-task station; weighing the ani... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7467994 | Variable size carcass contaminant removal A washer cabinet has a bottom floor, a top wall, and a pair of upstanding sidewalls to define a channel that extends the length of the cabinet. The channel has an entry end and an exit end. An overhead track suspends animal carcasses in alignment with the channel. A... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7261631 | Portable big game hoist assembly A portable big game hoist assembly includes a bottom rod that has a first end and a second end. Each of a pair of bottom couplers is attached to one of the first and second ends. Base supports are attached to and extend laterally away from the bottom couplers. A fir... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7174310 | Point of sale cosmetic station A system for cosmetics point of sale display, including a station at which cosmetics may be displayed, dispensed, packaged or applied. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163451 | Regional abattoir with mobile unit and method of use A regional abattoir system is comprised of a permanent animal containment enclosure provided in a geographic region containing a plurality of animal suppliers. The permanent abattoir containment enclosure is adapted to house a predetermined number of animals to accu... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140322 | Quality assurance program and method for meat production A quality assurance program for consistently producing high quality meat products broadly comprises selecting a plurality of calves that meet a set of standards and managing the calves according to a set of protocols. The standards are used to cull out low quality c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7118470 | System and method for processing meat A system and method is shown for processing animals, such as calves, from birth to slaughter by utilizing hot-fed rations during the feeding process. The system and method reduces or eliminates the need to use hormones and simultaneously reduces or eliminates the ne... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6939216 | System and method for processing meat A system and method is shown for processing animals, such as calves, from birth to slaughter by utilizing hot-fed rations during the feeding process. The system and method reduces or eliminates the need to use hormones and simultaneously reduces or eliminates the ne... | 09/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6217521 | Analysis for the presence of degenerative brain disease A method for detecting for the presence of a degenerative brain disease such as BSE or CJD. A measurement is made of the respiratory sinus arrhythmia of any mammal which is suspected of suffering from the degenerative brain disease. It is assumed that the... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6200210 | Ruminant tissue analysis at packing plants for electronic cattle management and grading meat A method is described comprising stunning a ruminant at a packing plant, and thereafter measuring tissue characteristics of the ruminant using a tissue imaging and analysis device prior to processing the ruminant to a carcass. Working embodiments of the m... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5538466 | Mobile abattoir A mobile abattoir, particularly for slaughtering and processing sheep and members of the deer family. The abattoir is in the form of a towable, wheel-carried and covered vehicle which includes a machine room (11) that houses equipment for supplying electr... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5397263 | Method for the humane slaughter and processing of ratites, including ostrich and emu A method is disclosed for the humane slaughter and efficient processing of ratites, for example, ostrich and emu, which are generally large, heavy, and hostile animals. The method envisions transporting ratites from station to station in succession within... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5246396 | Method for the humane slaughter and processing of domesticated ostrich A method is disclosed for the humane slaughter and efficient processing of ostrich. The method envisions transporting ostrich from station to station within a facility via a rail system. First, an ostrich is rendered unconscious by an electrical discharge... | 09/21/1993 |
| 4829635 | Method of stunning animals for slaughter An animal is stunned before being slaughtered by first being enclosed in a chamber that is then evacuated to an intermediate pressure well below the normal high pressure the animal is used to until the animal loses consciousness but not reflexes. Then the... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4730365 | Poultry neck breaker assembly The present invention is directed to a neck breaking assembly for a poultry processing operation wherein the bird's neck is first aligned and positioned into an identifiable location adjacent to a breaker block. The breaker block is then projected towards... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4675947 | Method of eliminating aging step in poultry processing This invention relates to a method for processing poultry, including the conversion of live birds to component meat parts in substantially less time and using substantially less energy, which method comprises the steps of: providing a live poultry bird; s... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4452178 | Drive corridor for slaughter cattle Drive corridor for slaughter cattle said drive corridor having a straight side wall 1 and an opposite side wall 2 provided with steps 3, 4 such that the width of the drive corridor stepwise decreases to the width of one animal, said drive corridor accordi... | 06/05/1984 |
