Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6398635 | Shellfish opening knife with hinged blade guard In a preferred embodiment, a bivalve shellfish opening knife, including: a handle portion; a blade portion, having front and rear edges, extending from one end of the handle portion; a rear blade edge guard hingedly attached to the blade portion near a pr... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6383068 | Food portioning apparatus and method An apparatus and method for portioning food items. The inventive apparatus preferably comprises: a carrier structure having a cavity provided therein for receiving a first portion of a food item; a holding device for imparting a force to the food item suf... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6383069 | Methods and apparatus for performing processing operations on a slaughtered animal or part thereof Apparatus and methods for performing multiple automated poultry processing operations upon a slaughtered animal or a part thereof via a single machine is described. The machine contains at least two rotary processors in a single frame. A covering surround... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6361426 | Fish processing machine with a fish meat recovery unit and methods for extracting additional meat from a waste body part of a fish Apparatuses and methods for processing meat from waste body parts of fish. In one embodiment, a fish processing machine includes a primary processing line and a reclamation processing line. The primary processing line can include a first conveyor system t... | 03/26/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6338673 | Electrical animal stun/kill apparatus Apparatus for electrical stunning and killing poultry comprises a conveyor (31) and means for applying electrical voltage across the heads of the birds (3; 37; 42). In one embodiment, means are also provided for applying a voltage between the bird's head ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6338674 | Anal sealing of carcasses The invention provides a process and anal seal for sealing the anus of the carcass (10) of a slaughtered animal. The anal seal includes a plug (15) for insertion through the anus so that tissues (11) contract behind the plug, a clamp (20) movable towards ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6334811 | Line for stripping meat from cattle fore and hind quarters A processing line for stripping fresh meat quarters which comprises an endless conveying line, an electrical power source operatively associated with said conveying line, a plurality of carriages slidably mounted on said processing line and communicating ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6328645 | Method and apparatus for venting/opening, of poultry A poultry processing machine is provided which automatically vents and opens the poultry, eviscerates the poultry, displays the poultry for inspection, and either provides a normal or radical clean out procedure to the poultry. When the poultry is being p... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6325711 | Twister mechanism for a sausage making machine A twister mechanism for sausage encasing has a first housing member (12) having a center bore. A rotatable ring (22) has a center bore (26) concentric with the center bore of the housing. A rotatable sleeve (24) is mounted on the ring and forms the center... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6322436 | Method and system for processing waste products generated in an animal dehairing operation Disclosed is a novel method and system for dehairing an animal, providing a system for recycling and safely disposing of chemical and biological wastes produced during such dehairing method. Included in such method are processes for handling sodium produc... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6322438 | Poultry leg and thigh processor Previously eviscerated poultry carcasses with legs and backs remaining are suspended from shackles (25) by their legs and moved in sequence along a processing path. The backs are received on a surface conveyor (18) having parallel conveyor flights (36, 37... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6322437 | Method for stripping the muscle meat from fish and device for carrying out this method A method for obtaining muscle flesh from beheaded fish by severing muscle flesh from dorsal and/or ventral spokes together with fins and fin holders as well as from ribs or lateral vertebral appendages and a vertebral column. The method uses an apparatus ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6319110 | Method and device for carving poultry carcasses and/or carcass parts A method for dividing a body of slaughtered poultry is described, wherein the body hangs down by its legs from a transport means, is transported with the breast leading in the direction of transport and is cut through during transport thereof by means of ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6315654 | Tripes cleaning machine A tripes cleaning apparatus having a suspended, rotatable drum that presents an outer cylindrical surface on which the tripes are supported. The drum includes sets of flighting so as to facilitate arrangement of the tripes on each portion thereof in a sin... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6315653 | Mounting assembly for detachably supporting and orienting stuffing tubes on sausage encasing machines A stuffing tube mounting assembly has an elongated barrel with a forward end terminating in a cylindrical barrel portion. A hollow elongated stuffing horn having a rearward end is detachably telescopically mounted on the barrel portion. Interlocking surfa... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6312326 | Method and device for making an incision in the skin of a slaughtered animal, and for performing a subcutaneous operation In a method and device for making an incision in the skin of the belly of a slaughtered animal which is provided with a vent opening produced by cutting out the vent, the skin is processed at a position near the bottom point of the breastbone of the anima... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6309293 | Method and vacuum filler for filling a pasty filling material A method and a vacuum filler for filling a pasty filling material, in particular sausage meat, with the sausage meat being filled into a vane-type conveying mechanism by means of rotatably supported vane cells and a negative pressure being produced in a r... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6306029 | System for treating meat A meat treating system, i.e. method and apparatus, for tenderization and/or killing microorganisms in and on the meat, includes an outer heavy-duty circular-cylindrical cylinder and a meat-holding inner container concentrically disposed within the outer c... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6306026 | Apparatus and method for parallel processing of a plurality of cattle carcasses suspended from a conveyor The invention disclosed in this document relates to an apparatus and method for parallel processing of a plurality of cattle carcasses suspended from a conveyor. At least two processing stations are provided that displace, or move, in a direction parallel... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6306027 | Salmon roe selecting and washing machine The present invention relates to a salmon roe selecting and washing machine which can completely remove faulty roe and foreign substances from normal, mature roe, wherein the salmon roe selecting and washing machine has at least one salmon roe transferrin... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6302776 | Casing lock mechanism for a sausage stuffing machine A casing lock mechanism, for a sausage stuffing machine, which reduces the risk of damage to a sausage casing during a sausage extruding operation. The casing lock mechanism includes a chuck member that holds a pair of jaws having jaw holes that surround ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6299523 | Means for remotely ejecting the blade of a meat skinning machine A mechanism for ejecting a cutting blade from a knife assembly in a meat skinning machine includes a shoe with a supporting surface for the blade and a releasable clamping assembly for clamping the cutting blade to the supporting surface. The clamping ass... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6299524 | Apparatus and method for detecting bone fracture in slaughtered animals, in particular fowl Apparatus and method for detecting the presence of a bone fracture in a specific bone of a slaughtered animal or a part thereof, particularly fowl, especially for detecting a bone fracture in the leg bone of fowl, the apparatus comprising: retention means... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6296559 | Method and apparatus for skinning an animal carcass A substantially rectangular platform that has a top surface and a bottom surface. A pair of sectional tubular stanchions has one end connected to the platform. A cross-member is connected between the pair of stanchions other ends. A winch with a cable and... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6290592 | Method for processing an animal carcass and apparatus for providing electrical stimulation Apparatus and method for processing animal carcasses are described. The method for processing the animal carcass includes electrically stimulating a target region of the animal carcass. By focusing or concentrating electrical stimulation on the middle mus... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6290590 | Method and apparatus for precrimping a sausage strand A method and apparatus for cutting sausages squeezes the meat inside the casing by a crimping wheel to move the meat emulsion away from the linking point to provide sufficient casing to close the ends of the proposed links and to prevent bursting of the c... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6290591 | Method and apparatus for determining the number of looped sausages for deposit on a smokestick A method for determining the number of loops of linked sausages for deposit on a smokestick includes; preparing an elongated strand of stuffed sausages; dividing the strand of sausages into a plurality of sausage links; determining the desired number of l... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6287188 | Feeding device of a stuffing machine; in particular for ground meats or the like The invention relates to a feeding device for a stuffing and dosing pump of a vacuum stuffing machine for alimentary paste products, preferably ground or extruded meats. More specifically, the feeding device provides two elical scroll thrusting elements, ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6287187 | Reusable cartridge for producing skinless sausage The present invention relates to a reusable cartridge for manufacturing a skinless sausage, having a tubular middle section and at least one adjoining sealing end made of a flexible synthetic material, whereby the middle section of the cartridge is formed... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6287190 | Hand-held epilating device A hand-held epilating device capable of increasing plucking efficiency. The epilating device has a housing to be grasped by a hand of a user, and a plucking cylinder carrying at least one set of pinching elements for catching and pinching body hairs there... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6283847 | Poultry breast cartilage harvesting system Apparatus for harvesting the cartilage connected to the breastbone on the skeletal portion of a poultry carcass including positioning means for positioning the breastbone for movement along a prescribed processing path and separating means for mechanicall... | 09/04/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6283846 | Method and means for making sausages An apparatus for applying liquid smoke to the outer surface of an extruded sausage strand has a frame with an elongated stationary outer tube thereon. A rotatable tube is concentrically mounted within the outer tube. Power components are on the frame for ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6280311 | Process for preparing turkey rib cuts The present invention is a process or method for cutting and boning a turkey to create a turkey rib cut which includes the scapula bone and its associated muscles (meat). The method involves separating the scapula bone and its associated muscles from the ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280310 | Apparatus for putting gullet ligatures into place Apparatus for putting gullet ligatures into place on ruminants, and in particular on cattle, said apparatus comprising a ring designed to be engaged around the gullet and a rod enabling the ring to be pushed along the gullet to the vicinity of the rumen o... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280312 | Pelvic bone splitter, particularly for deer A pelvic bone splitting tool provides a number of features to assist a hunter in field dressing game, such as deer. The tool or splitter may include a lower or grip handle formed as a unitary piece with an upper jaw. The grip handle includes finger-receiv... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280313 | Catfish fillet machine A catfish fillet machine for filleting fish, such as a catfish, with ribs extending through the belly flesh up to the skin. The catfish fillet machine includes a pair of scraping tools for dividing the flesh of each fish half into at least two independent... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6277021 | Carrying hook for poultry A carrying hook for suspending poultry by the legs and conveying it, having two channels, each capable of receiving one leg. The channels are open at both ends. Optionally the channels are widened in the middle, and are provided with channel walls that ca... | 08/21/2001 |
