| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 452106000 | VISCERA PROCESSING | 39 |
| 20080220705 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOOSENING A PLUCKS SET - The disclosure relates to a method and aspects of an apparatus for loosening a plucks set ( | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090239457 | Method and Apparatus For Mechanically Processing an Organ or Organs Taken Out From Slaughtered Poultry - Method and apparatus are provided for mechanically processing an organ or organs taken out from slaughtered poultry in a processing device or processing line, which organ or organs form part of an organ package and wherein said organ or organs are separated from the organ package. The organ package is spatially oriented by the processing device without notably breaking tissue connections in the package, and in a preselected order so as to cause harvesting of organs from the package to occur in a preselected sequence that depends on the location of the organ package in the processing device or processing line. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100273407 | MULTI PURPOSE ROTATIONAL DRIVE SYSTEM FOR FOWL CROPPING AND FOWL CLEANING MACHINES AND THE METHOD AND USE THEREOF - Generally described, the invention relates to a device and method for using same which includes a module assembly which includes a drive roller which not only provides an index feature to the lower end of an elongated member (such as a cleaner or a cropper), but also provides a rotation feature as this member is inserted into the interior of a bird in order to further process it. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20130017771 | PROCESSING OF FISHAANM Birgisson; RunarAACI ReykjavikAACO ISAAGP Birgisson; Runar Reykjavik ISAANM Hallvardsson; KristjanAACI KopavogurAACO ISAAGP Hallvardsson; Kristjan Kopavogur IS - Method of processing of fish, for example salmon and related species, said method comprising the steps of
| 01-17-2013 |
| 20150017895 | Device and Method for Separating a Fatty Structure Connected to an Intestine From the Intestine by Means of Cutting - The invention relates to a device ( | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150289527 | FISH PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems for processing fish are provided which enable the efficient conveyance of fish products from one fish processing subsystem or station to another in a particularly reliable and robust form factor. The systems may include a first fish processing subsystem configured to process fish with the fish orientated in a first orientation; a second fish processing subsystem configured to process the fish with the fish orientated in a second orientation different from the first orientation; and a conveyor system that couples the first fish processing subsystem to the second fish processing subsystem with the conveyor system being configured to receive the fish in the first orientation and deliver the fish in the second orientation. Related methods of conveying and processing fish are also provided. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160007620 | APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT A CLEANING OPERATION APPLIED TO THE INTERNAL NECK SKIN OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160007621 | APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT AN OPERATION ON SLAUGHTERED POULTRY | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160021901 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CUTTING OFF SMALL INTESTINES - An apparatus ( | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160021902 | PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PROCESSING SLAUGHTERED AND PLUCKED POULTRY CARCASSES, COMPRISING POULTRY-SUPPORT DEVICES AND POULTRY-PROCESSING DEVICES - A processing system for processing slaughtered and defeathered poultry bodies, comprising a plurality of processing devices which, for the processing-transport of the poultry bodies separately from a main conveyor device, is designed with a processing-holding means which is movable on a circular path. The processing system has transfer stations arranged in succession along a main conveyor line, in which the poultry bodies are transported in a suspended manner by carrier devices. Each processing device is assigned a transfer station which is formed by a transfer pair having two rotary transfer devices. The first rotary transfer device removes the poultry bodies from the carrier devices and transfers them to the processing-holding means of the processing device. The second rotary transfer device removes the processed poultry bodies from the processing-holding means of the processing device and transfers them to the carrier devices. Each carrier device has a pair of carriers with receivers for limbs of the poultry body and comprises a carrier-control device. Each carrier is configured with a controllable holding device which is connected with the carrier-control device via a control element that controls a holding member of the limb receiver. The limb receiver is open in an open position of the controllable holding member for the clamping-free insertion and removal of the poultry body limbs. The poultry-processing device has a processing-control device with which the processing-holding means is connected and is controllable along its circular path, namely in a starting position for receiving a poultry body, at least one processing position, and an end position for removing the poultry body. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160374356 | Clamp for Clamping a Cord On Account of Tension in the Cord | 12-29-2016 |
| 452107000 | Eviscerating including means to remove external portion of animal | 4 |
| 20110244772 | GAME FIELD DRESSING TOOL - The game field dressing tool provides a one-piece tool utilized to dress both small and large game in the field. The tool is fabricated from a suitable rugged metal, such as stainless steel. The tool comprises an elongate handle and a head. The head incorporates a plurality of surface areas adapted to perform different field dressing tasks. A threaded hole is provided in the handle to permit the tool to be converted to a hatchet. | 10-06-2011 |
| 452109000 | Removal of vent with viscera | 3 |
| 20090081935 | BIG GAME ANIMAL FIELD DRESSING TOOL AND METHOD - A field dressing tool for big game animals and a method for using same is disclosed. The tool includes a tip portion, a plurality of barbs extending radially and rearwardly from the tip portion, a shank extending from a rear portion of the barbs, and the handle on the shank opposite the tip portion. A barrier member is provided between the tip portion and the handle, and is positioned in a spaced-apart relationship with the handle. Inserting the tip and barbs into the rectum causes radial stretching of the intestinal wall, and rotation of the tool causes ensnarement of the rectum on the barbs. The tool is retracted from the anus, pulling a section of rectum external to the animal to be closed to prevent leakage of bodily waste materials. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090233534 | TOOL, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR GUTTING FISH OPENED AT THE STOMACH CAVITY - The invention concerns a tool for gutting fish ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100323598 | APPARATUS TO AID IN THE EVISERATION OF FOOD ANIMALS AND METHOD FOR ITS USE - The current invention is an apparatus that can be used by hunters or slaughterhouses to reduce the risk of contamination during evisceration of an animal. | 12-23-2010 |
| 452111000 | Gizzard | 5 |
| 20100279593 | Gizzard Peeler and Method of Peeling a Gizzard - A gizzard peeler is provided that includes a series of rollersets. Each rollerset includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a first roller and a second roller that in use rotate in opposite directions. The rollersets collectively form a cylindrical wall of a rotatable drum or form part of such a wall, whereby the drum is provided at its outer circumference with guide and pressure means for guiding and pressing a gizzard along at least a part of the drum's outer circumference. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110237171 | Method and Apparatus For Mechanically Processing an Organ or Organs Taken Out From Slaughtered Poultry - Method and apparatus are provided for mechanically processing an organ or organs taken out from slaughtered poultry in a processing device or processing line, which organ or organs form part of an organ package and wherein said organ or organs are separated from the organ package. The organ package is spatially oriented by the processing device without notably breaking tissue connections in the package, and in a preselected order so as to cause the harvesting of organs from the package to occur in a preselected sequence that depends on the location of the organ package in the processing device or processing line. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20160095327 | A METHOD, A SYSTEM AND A GUIDE ASSEMBLY FOR SEPARATING VISCERA SETS EVISCERATED FROM SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - Disclosed is a method and a system for separating a viscera set eviscerated from slaughtered poultry and held by a viscera holder of a viscera conveyer in manner whereby at least the liver, the intestines and the gallbladder are suspended below the viscera holder. The method comprises the steps of: arranging the viscera set in an elongate opening of a guide member and separating the intestines and the gallbladder from the remaining viscera set. The intestines and the gallbladder are separated from the remaining viscera set while at least the liver rests on a separation support surface of the guide member, arranged with an angle relative to the horizontal plane. A guide assembly having two movable parts for use in such method/system is further disclosed. | 04-07-2016 |
| 452112000 | Harvesting | 2 |
| 20080280550 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING GIZZARDS - A method and apparatus for separating an intestine from a gizzard comprising an infeed overhead rail indexing conveyor assembly, and a dual blade cutter assembly, which teaches a novel method and apparatus for separating a substantial portion of the intestine from a gizzard with an increased yield. The steps of the process can include feeding a viscera pack into a feed end of the overhead rail system; capturing and conveying the pack with a conveyor belt or chain having indexing members along a path to engage the dual blade cutter assembly. A substantial portion of the intestine and the separated gizzard with a small portion of the intestine remaining are allowed to separate after being severed by the dual blade and fall along separate chutes for further processing. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20110244773 | Method and Apparatus For Mechanically Processing an Organ or Organs Taken Out From Slaughtered Poultry - Method and apparatus are provided for mechanically processing an organ or organs taken out from slaughtered poultry in a processing device or processing line, which organ or organs form part of an organ package and wherein said organ or organs are separated from the organ package. The organ package is spatially oriented by the processing device without notably breaking tissue connections in the package, and in a preselected order so as to cause the harvesting of organs from the package to occur in a preselected sequence that depends on the location of the organ package in the processing device or processing line. | 10-06-2011 |
| 452116000 | Pressure differential type | 4 |
| 20080233852 | Device and Method for Cleaning the Abdominal Cavity in Fish - The present invention concerns a device and method for fine cleaning of fish, where two tools working simultaneously and in opposite direction in the abdominal cavity of a gutted fish are employed. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090203303 | Machine for lung removal in poultry and method and use thererof - Provided is poultry processing equipment and more particularly, an improved evisceration device and subassemblies thereof for removing organs from a membrane-covered socket in the body cavity of a poultry carcass, such as the lungs. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20140256241 | ORGAN REMOVAL DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR ORGAN REMOVAL - An organ removal device and a method are provided for removing one or more organs or parts thereof located adjacent the spinal column of the carcass on opposite sides thereof from the wall of a body cavity of slaughtered eviscerated poultry having an access opening to the body cavity thereof. The device includes a poultry support device and a vacuum tube assembly comprising two vacuum tubes, each having at least one suction nozzle at an end thereof, the vacuum tube assembly further includes two scrapers, each arranged to scrape along a region of the wall of the body cavity to loosen organs adhering to the wall. A sweeping mechanism is provided to impart to each scraper a sweeping motion away and/or towards the spinal column. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20160249629 | FISH PROCESSING MACHINE AND A METHOD ENABLING THAT FISH CAN BE PROCESSED THROUGH THE MOUTH | 09-01-2016 |
| 452117000 | Gripper or hook type eviscerator | 5 |
| 20090042497 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLAMPING AND CUTTING | 02-12-2009 |
| 20100173574 | DISEMBOWELING TOOL AND METHODS FOR DISEMBOWELING AN ANIMAL - A tool usable for disemboweling fowl or other game animals includes a handle, a shank extending from the handle and a plurality of barbs extending radially from the shank. The plurality of barbs can be located on fins extending radially from the shank or arranged in columns extending the length of the shank. Each fin or column includes multiple barbs of a first size and/or shape and multiple barbs of a second size and/or shape. In general, the tool is shaped to be easily insertable and advanceable into the cloaca of a fowl or other game animal and to readily engage a portion of the gastrointestinal tract of the animal, such that, when retracted, the tool will remove at least a portion of the gastrointestinal tract of the animal and may remove other desired internal organs of the animal. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110256819 | GAME FIELD DRESSING DOUBLE BLADE BONE SAW - Two bone sawing blades are attached in a spaced parallel alignment and attached to a handle for cutting out a section of a pelvic bone in field dressing a game animal. A pivoting handle with a side opening enables the double blades to be pivoted into the handle for storage. A rigid handle is attached to the blades by a hand shield. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20150140911 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING THE ENTRAILS FROM THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY OF POULTRY - An apparatus and method are provided for removing the entrails from the abdominal cavity of poultry suspended by its legs in a first conveyor. The apparatus includes an evisceration tool which is movable into and out of the abdominal cavity of the poultry for removing the entrails from the abdominal cavity. The apparatus includes gripping means for gripping the entrails after their removal from the abdominal cavity. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20160183539 | GAME DRESSING TOOL - A game dressing device, in one embodiment, comprising at least two legs, each coupled to at least one hook. A spring member that is configured to engage a portion of each of the legs and define a compressed state and an uncompressed state. | 06-30-2016 |
| 452118000 | Spoon type eviscerator | 1 |
| 20100062699 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR EVISCERATION OF POULTRY - A method for eviscerating intestine packs of slaughtered poultry by which decapitated poultry suspended in legs or joints are eviscerated in an evisceration apparatus comprising a number of evisceration devices. Each evisceration devise comprises an evisceration spoon, which is inserted into the body of the poultry in a movement forward and towards the breast bone, then moved forward along the breast bone and finally swung towards the back of the poultry to a fully advanced position, in which the spoon surrounds the intestine pack on the breast side thereof. The evisceration spoon is subsequently retracted, thereby pulling the intestine pack out of the body. The evisceration device further comprises a guide means, which is inserted together with the spoon and is moved across the esophagus during the forward movement within the body. While the crop is being pulled loose, the guide means forms a bend on the esophagus, so that the esophagus extends from the bend to the crop in a direction more aligned with the retraction direction than the portion of the esophagus extending from the bend to the spoon. The guide means is movable with respect to the evisceration spoon between the first position and a second position. In the first position an end area of the guide means is located at the spoon edge and in the second position the end area of the guide means is located at a distance from the evisceration spoon. | 03-11-2010 |
| 452119000 | Rotary scrubber type eviscerator | 1 |
| 20110171893 | Scraper Head, Device and Method for Cleaning the Neck of Poultry Carcasses - The invention relates to a scraper head for cleaning the neck of poultry carcasses. The invention also relates to a device for cleaning the neck of poultry carcasses provided with such a scraper head. Finally, the invention also relates to a method for cleaning the neck of poultry carcasses, wherein a scraper head is moved out of the chest cavity into the neck. | 07-14-2011 |
| 452120000 | Venting or opening preparatory to eviscerating | 5 |
| 452121000 | Of fish | 4 |
| 20110207388 | METHOD OF PROCESSING FISH AND A FISH PROCESSING PLANT - A system for processing fish of different anatomic constitution where the fish ( | 08-25-2011 |
| 20130040544 | FISH PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and systems for processing fish are provided which enable cutting of the fish and removal of the viscera without damage to either the viscera or the remaining fish product. The systems may include an adjustable cutting device to cut the belly in a particularly unobtrusive manner and/or an adjustable gutting device to severe a gullet of the fish from the fish body and to gather and remove the viscera without significant damage to the viscera or the remaining fish product. Extractors for severing the connection between the gullet and the fish are also provided to assist in removal of the viscera, including the gonads. Vacuum head assemblies for cleaning a cavity of the fish after the viscera is removed are also provided. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130059512 | FISH PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and systems for processing fish are provided which enable cutting of the fish and removal of the viscera without damage to either the viscera or the remaining fish product. The systems may include an adjustable cutting device to cut the belly in a particularly unobtrusive manner and/or an adjustable gutting device to severe a gullet of the fish from the fish body and to gather and remove the viscera without significant damage to the viscera or the remaining fish product. Extractors for severing the connection between the gullet and the fish are also provided to assist in removal of the viscera, including the gonads. Vacuum head assemblies for cleaning a cavity of the fish after the viscera is removed are also provided. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130316632 | FISH PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and systems for processing fish are provided which enable cutting of the fish and removal of the viscera without damage to either the viscera or the remaining fish product. The systems may include an adjustable cutting device to cut the belly in a particularly unobtrusive manner and/or an adjustable gutting device to severe a gullet of the fish from the fish body and to gather and remove the viscera without significant damage to the viscera or the remaining fish product. Extractors for severing the connection between the gullet and the fish are also provided to assist in removal of the viscera, including the gonads. Vacuum head assemblies for cleaning a cavity of the fish after the viscera is removed are also provided. | 11-28-2013 |
| 452122000 | By tubular rotary cutter | 1 |
| 20090093205 | Blade and connection sleeve of a knife for an apparatus for cutting off the rectum of a slaughtered animal - Blade for a knife of an apparatus for cutting off the rectum of slaughtered animals, wherein the ground section of the hollow cylindrical blade ( | 04-09-2009 |
| 452123000 | Viscera cleaner | 3 |
| 20080242206 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WASHING INTESTINES - Methods, devices, and systems are provided for washing an animal intestine. The device may include one or more flushing arms connected to a rotating fluid tank. The rotating fluid tank provides the fluid to the flushing arms, which in turn provide the fluid to the animal intestine. The rotating fluid tank may be adapted to rotate about a substantially vertical axis and during such rotation moves the flushing arms through a number of working sections around the washing machine. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090311956 | MACHINE FOR CLEANING FOWL AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A machine for cleaning fowl by removal of residual viscera and bacteria the machine comprising a wand with brushing tendrils attached to a tip, wherein the tip has exits for spraying cleaning fluid there from. The tip is attached to a rotating hollow shaft into which the cleaning fluid is introduced. Fowl are secured to hangers and the hangers are transported on a track to and around the machine. While passing around the machine, the wand is inserted into the fowl for cleaning thereof. The wand rides on a fixed cam comprising timed upward and downward guide tracks which transmit upward and downward movement to the wand, thereby inserting it into, and removing it from, the carcass of a fowl. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100075585 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING SAUSAGE CASING - A method and apparatus for treating processed food casing in preparation for stuffing. The method includes extending the casing, applying (e.g., spraying) an organic acid (e.g., a citric acid solution) to the exterior surface of the casing to produce a treated casing, and mounting the treated casing onto a stuffer. In one embodiment, extending includes removing the casing from a brine solution and laying the casing onto a support surface (e.g., attaching to a movable conveyor). The casing in the brine solution is commonly attached to a ring, and preferably attaching includes hooking the ring onto an engagement member on the conveyor. If desired, the method can also include rinsing the casing (e.g., spraying a water solution onto an exterior surface of the casing) after extending the casing and before and/or after applying the organic acid. | 03-25-2010 |
