Foodmate B.V. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140120816 | Method of Mechanically Removing Skin from Animal Parts - Method of mechanically removing skin from animal parts that have a bone part extending therein, including: obtaining at least one bone holder ( | 05-01-2014 |
20140120815 | Method of and System for Automatically Removing Meat from an Animal Extremity - A method of automatically removing meat from an animal extremity that includes first and second bones articulated by a joint and surrounded by the meat. The method includes obtaining the animal extremity, holding the first bone at a free end thereof remote from the joint, separating the meat from the first bone while moving the meat lengthwise of the first bone in a direction toward the joint, and moving the meat just short of the joint. The method further includes severing the second bone from the first bone adjacent the joint, collecting the severed second bone with the meat attached thereto, holding the thus collected second bone at a distal end thereof and removing the meat from the second bone longitudinally thereof. | 05-01-2014 |
20130196584 | Meat Processing Equipment Having Improved Yieldable Arresting Means - Meat processing equipment is disclosed that includes a first element ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130196582 | Method of deboning animal thighs for separating and collecting meat there from and apparatus for performing the method - A method is disclosed of mechanically deboning animal thighs for separating and collecting meat there from and an apparatus and an alternative apparatus for performing the method, including automated individual processing steps. The processing steps include: grasping a thigh bone of an animal thigh at a hip knuckle with a bone holder; cutting tissue near the hip knuckle; and engaging the thigh bone adjacent the bone holder with a meat stripper. The processing steps further include: moving the bone holder and meat stripper away from one another in a direction substantially coextensive with the longitudinal extend of the thigh bone; allowing the meat stripper to pass over the knee knuckle; and collecting the meat separated from the bone. In particular the method includes and each of the apparatuses perform the process step of cutting tissue adjacent a knee knuckle of the thigh bone, prior to allowing the meat stripper to pass over the knee knuckle. The apparatuses include a plurality of processing stations for carrying out the individual steps, and the processing stations are arranged along a path of conveyance defined by a conveyor chain moving through a predefined path. | 08-01-2013 |
20130037381 | Rotatable Article Support for a Conveyor - An article support is disclosed for movement by a conveyor along a conveying path that has treatment units and turning stations there along. The article support includes a carriage for engagement by a conveyor, and a holder for supporting an article that is rotatably mounted to the carriage. A turning gear is associated with the holder to enable rotation of a supported article about a vertical axis with respect to the carriage. Rotation is effected in response to the article support being moved past a turning station along a conveying path. Indexing means are further operatively arranged between the turning gear and the carriage for indexing at least a first and a second position of incremental rotation. The indexing means include first and second pairs of confronting magnetic elements. The magnetic elements are each positioned in accordance with the relevant first and second incremental rotational positions. The article support in particular is useful as a rotatable hanger assembly for food processing equipment, such as poultry and fowl processing lines. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037380 | Turning Block Alignment - Conveyor for moving and positioning objects along a conveyor path, the conveyor including:
| 02-14-2013 |
20100317272 | Method and Apparatus for Automatic Meat Processing - Meat processing method and apparatus for automatically cutting individual poultry or fowl carcasses into various meat products, including conveying at least one previously eviscerated individual carcass along a path of conveyance and through a freezing unit arranged for allowing at least a portion of the at least one carcass to become frozen and conveying the at least one carcass, upon its exit from the freezing unit, to a cutting station downstream of the freezing unit for performing at least one partial cut through a frozen portion of the at least one carcass. | 12-16-2010 |