| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 452149000 | CARCASS SUBDIVISION | 68 |
| 20090215369 | Piece conveyor for conveying parts of a carcase - The invention relates to a piece conveyor for separately conveying parts of a carcase, wherein the piece conveyor is adapted to be positioned in continuation of a cutting unit comprising a dividing unit being movable in a direction transversally to the conveying direction for dividing the carcase into at least a first part and a second part, and wherein the piece conveyor comprises at least two conveyors for separately conveying the first part and the second part, respectively. At least one of the at least two conveyors of the piece conveyor is movable in a direction being transverse to the conveying direction, the conveyor thereby being movable according to the size of the parts. The movable conveyors are provided with a mutual interconnecting mechanism for simultaneous movement of the at least two conveyors transversally to the conveying direction, said mutual interconnecting mechanism being designed in such a way that the distances of movement of the at least two conveyors transversally to the conveying direction may differ. Thereby it is ensured, purely by moving the conveyors, that the parts are supported in the best possible way during further conveying, since the parts may be supported fully or below the middle of the part, the projections from the conveyor thereby being uniform in both sides. Thereby manual adjustment of the parts is avoided. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100003909 | PULLER FOR USE IN ANIMAL CARCASS BONING OR CUTTING - An apparatus for pulling a section of an animal carcass from the carcass wherein the carcass is held using means for holding. The apparatus includes means for anchoring to the section of the carcass, and means for forcibly separating the means for anchoring from the means for holding, preferably in a substantially vertical downwards direction, and thereby remove the section from the carcass. According to preferred embodiments, the means for anchoring may be a hook or a gripper which clamps to the section of the carcass. A system including the apparatus and a corresponding method are also provided. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100048115 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING USEFUL PORTIONS OF FISH HEADS AND DEVICE FOR COLLECTING USEFUL PORTIONS OF FISH HEAD - From a number of fish heads W of the same kind of fish and of roughly the same shape, pituitaries M as useful portions in the fish heads W are collected. A useful portion line is preliminarily determined which passes pituitaries M as useful portions of the number of fish heads W having different sizes when the fish heads W are rested in a specific posture, and each of fish heads W to be processed is rested in the specific posture, and the rested fish head W is cut in the vicinity of the preliminarily determined useful portion line substantially along the useful portion line to expose an useful portion, and a brain as an untargeted portion which is present in a cut surface F is removed to expose the pituitary M, and the exposed pituitary M is collected. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100151780 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING ELONGATED MEAT - An apparatus for cutting elongated meat includes a frame that has a longitudinal axis and a motor proximate the frame. At least two generally circular blades are rotatably mounted to the frame each about a respective blade axis. Each blade axis is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The blades axes are positioned generally on an imaginary plane generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The blades are rotated by the motor and cut the elongated meat when the elongated meat is placed generally collinear with the longitudinal axis and contacts the blades. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110237172 | Poultry wing portioner - A poultry wing portioner is provided for separating poultry wings. The portioner includes a loop conveyor, a wing holder, a circular saw, and driving means for the loop conveyor and the circular saw. The portioner is configured to allow a user to place poultry wings onto the holder, which is conveyed past the circular saw. The circular saw cuts poultry wings into the portions of a drumette, a midwing, and a wingtip. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110256820 | Device for punching out and collecting eyeball section of fish - (Problem to be Solved) To provide a device for efficiently and accurately punching out and collecting in a continuous and automatic manner an eyeball section of a fish like a bonito or a tuna, which contains large amount of fatty acid. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120040596 | BUTCHERING PROCESSES FOR MEAT PRODUCTS - A method for mass-production butchering of a beef chuck roll includes locating an anterior side and a posterior side of the chuck roll, and making a first series of cuts into the chuck roll along lines not intersecting the anterior and posterior sides. The first series of cuts form a first set of separate beef portions with increasing weights from initial to final cuts in the first series. The method also includes making a second series of cuts into the chuck roll along lines not intersecting the anterior and posterior sides to form a second set of separate beef portions. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120231718 | Big game field dressing tool - A cutting tool is provided for safely dressing a game animal having a handle and a fork section including first and second elongated shielding members shielding the hunter's hands and a cutting blade positioned between the first and second elongated shielding members and perpendicular relative to a longitudinal axis extending along the length of the cutting tool and wherein the handle is configured in a T-shaped manner for providing a good grip and wherein the cutting blade is positioned under outer surfaces of the first and second elongated shielding members to further shield the hunter's hands. The cutting tool is pushed against various membranes and the trachea to safely cut it for the removal of the heart and lungs of the game animal. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130137352 | BUTCHERING PROCESSES FOR MEAT PRODUCTS - A method for mass-production butchering of a chuck roll of beef includes: sectioning the chuck roll anterior to and generally parallel to the first rib to separate a neck portion thereof from a remainder thereof; sectioning the remainder into a first portion and a second portion substantially along a natural seam, the first portion comprising rhomboideus, spinalis dorsi, and serratus ventralis muscles, and the second portion comprising multifidus dorsi, complexus, and longissimus dorsi muscles; sectioning the first portion to substantially remove the rhomboideus and the spinalis dorsi therefrom, leaving a denuded serratus ventralis; sectioning the serratus ventralis into a first set of separate portions. The method may further include: sectioning the second portion into a second set of separate portions, each separate portion in the second set including the multifidus dorsi, complexus, and longissimus dorsi muscles. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130137353 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPLETELY REMOVING AT LEAST ONE PART OF THE BREAST CARTILAGE FROM A POULTRY CARCASS THAT IS FREE OF BREAST MEAT - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130225056 | CHICKEN MID-WING SPLITTER - An apparatus for splitting poultry mid-wings into separate radius and ulna portions. The apparatus includes a plurality of carrier blocks mounted to a drive chain that drives the carrier blocks along a path in a continuous loop around the apparatus. Each carrier block has recesses formed in it that cooperate with recesses formed in adjacent carrier blocks to form carrier slots that hold mid-wings in a predetermined orientation. A blade member having an upper blade and a lower blade extends into the path and is aligned with blade channels formed in the carrier blocks. The blade member bisects mid-wings that are held in the carrier slots as they move downstream. The carrier blocks rotate downwardly about the downstream end of the path and are separated from one another, thereby opening the carrier slots. The separated mid-wings contained in the slots are thereby allowed to fall out of the slots. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140154964 | Method for Slicing Tender - A method of processing a jumbo tender of a meat tender or poultry breast into strips having a desired weight and thickness with minimal losses requires two diagonal cuts across and through the jumbo to yield three portions which are substantially the same in weight and thickness. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140162540 | POULTRY WING SEGMENTING BLADE AND METHOD OF USE - A poultry wing segmenting blade to segment a poultry wing into segments at the poultry wing joint, the blade includes a bifurcated blade having a first edge and a second edge, and further comprises a guide, the guide configured to align the poultry wing joint with the bifurcated blade configured to separate the joint and cut the poultry wing and, thus, functions to produce consistent high speed joint cuts without producing shattered or fragmented bone segments, exposed open bone areas, and/or bone marrow contamination. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140162541 | POULTRY WING SEGMENTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A method of poultry wing segmenting including providing a poultry wing segmenter system having a plurality of spaced shackles which hold the poultry wing suspended by their shoulder joints vertically positioned and presented to a horizontally rotatable wheel which has a plurality of circumferentially spaced lateral notched slots therearound, the rotatable wheel has a pair of annular slots into which cutting blades are positioned, a plurality of wing engaging members and guide members to bias and open the wing joints against cutting blades drawn through the annular to produce separate poultry wing segments of drumette, flat, and tip. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140357172 | CARRIER FOR SUPPORTING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - The invention pertains to a carrier for supporting a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, the carrier comprising:—a carrier body ( | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150342202 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT IDENTIFYING OF RED TISSUE STRUCTURES AND ASSEMBLY FOR REMOVING A STRIP OF RED TISSUE STRUCTURES - The present invention concerns an apparatus and a corresponding method for non-contact identifying of red tissue structures in products of slaughtered animal bodies, comprising a conveying device for continuous conveyance of the products in a conveying direction, a light source configured to generate a flat light field which is designed and adapted to form a light line running transversely to the conveying direction of the product from the flat light field, a detecting device for identifying the red tissue structures, which comprises at least one optical sensor means for recording the portions of light reflected by the product, wherein the light source is configured as an infrared light source and the light source is arranged such that the plane of the flat light field relative to the conveying direction is tilted by a light field angle of less than 90°. The invention also concerns an arrangement for removal of a strip of red tissue structures from products of slaughtered animal bodies, comprising the apparatus for non-contact identifying of red tissue structures, a cutting device for partial or complete removal of the red tissue structures from the products, and a control device (both of the latter not shown) designed and adapted to control the cutting device along the regions determined by means of the apparatus for non-contact identifying of the red tissue structures. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160183540 | METHOD FOR SLICING TENDERS - A method of processing a jumbo tender of a meat tender or poultry breast into strips having a desired weight and thickness with minimal losses requires two diagonal cuts across and through the jumbo to yield three portions which are substantially the same in weight and thickness. | 06-30-2016 |
| 452150000 | Automatic control | 23 |
| 20090130964 | Carcass intervention tracking and methods - The present invention provides systems and methods for tracking carcass intervention data accumulated during carcass processing. An identification is assigned to the carcass. The carcass is subjected to at least one intervention, during which processing data is accumulated. The carcass identification and the processing data are then associated and compared to predetermined processing parameters. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090137195 | DETERMINING THE POSITION AND ANGULAR ORIENTATION OF FOOD PRODUCTS - A portioning system ( | 05-28-2009 |
| 20110021125 | Poultry processing system - A system for processing meat is provided. The system includes a conveyor that carries a food holder through a pivoting engagement. The food holder defines a first cutting groove and a second cutting groove that intersect one another. Automatic cutting blades are configured for being at least partially received within the first and second cutting grooves in order to automatically cut meat carried by the food holder. The food holder is configured for being positioned with respect to the conveyor so that the first automatic cutting blade can be aligned with the first cutting groove and so that the second automatic cutting blade can be aligned with the second cutting groove. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110171894 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEAT, PARTICULARLY FISH - The invention concerns an apparatus for processing meat, in particular fish, comprising a processing tool, an actuating unit associated with the processing tool for moving the processing tool out of a starting position into a processing position and vice versa, and a control device which is operatively connected to the processing tool or actuating unit for control of the processing tool, which is distinguished in that the actuating unit comprises a cylinder unit having two pressure cylinders which are arranged one behind the other and connected to each other, wherein the processing tool is arranged on one of the two pressure cylinders of the cylinder unit and the two pressure cylinders can be controlled independently of each other. Furthermore, the invention concerns a corresponding method. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120270486 | MEAT-CUTTING MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR FOR CUTTING MEAT WITH BONE - The invention discloses a meat-cutting machine used in particular for cutting meat with bone, comprising a containment channel | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130059513 | SEPARATION OF THE SPINAL COLUMN FROM A CARCASS MIDDLE PART - A method and a system for separating the spinal column from a carcass middle part, comprising the steps of providing a digital representation of an outer surface of the carcass middle on the basis of, e.g., an optical scan, determining a cutting path ( | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130303064 | DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY AND MECHANICALLY PROCESSING PIECES OF MEAT CONVEYED IN A ROW AND METHOD CARRIED OUT BY MEANS OF THE DEVICE - An apparatus for the automated mechanical processing of pieces of meat conveyed in a row comprises a transporting device, a cutting device having a cutting head and a control device. The cutting device comprises a holding and guiding device on which the cutting head is movably arranged to execute separating cuts at an angle to the straight conveying direction along the straight movement path at a fixed guiding tilt angle (α). A transport belt forming a component of the transporting device and transporting the meat pieces in a lying manner passes continuously by the holding and guiding device. The cutting element which, for cutting, is formed by a rotationally driven circular blade limited at its height position over the transport belt. The control device correlates a velocity component (V | 11-14-2013 |
| 452151000 | Of cutters in series | 1 |
| 20120045980 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CUTTING OF THE WINGS FROM POULTRY BODIES - An apparatus and method for automated cutting of the wings from poultry bodies are disclosed. The apparatus has transport units that are arranged on each side of the conveying means, each of which includes a guide rail and a conveying chain. The transport units are arranged symmetrically to the conveying means and diverge in the direction of transport T in such a way that the two wings of a poultry body are moved increasingly away from the poultry body during transport along the separating device. The cutting blades of the third pair of separating elements form a cutting station without a counter-support and each has a cutting edge which performs partial cuts leaving the end pieces of the wings on the poultry body. The lateral guide rails behind the separating device each have a recess to increase the vertical distance between the guide rail and the conveying chain. | 02-23-2012 |
| 452152000 | Of splitting | 3 |
| 20090124186 | INSTALLATION FOR SPLITTING HOG CARCASSES OR EQUIVALENT COMPRISING ONE OR MORE ROBOTS - The installation for splitting hog carcasses or equivalent, comprises support means ( | 05-14-2009 |
| 452153000 | Carcass oriented relative to cutter | 2 |
| 20090088058 | DRIVING OF A SPLITTING TOOL HOLDER FOR AN ANIMAL CARCASS SPLITTING MACHINE - The invention relates to a device for driving a splitting tool holder intended for an animal carcass splitting machine including a main carriage having sliding guide means for a splitting tool holder; a splitting tool holder supporting a splitting tool; means for driving the splitting tool in order to make it operational; operation programming means; means for slidingly driving the tool holder carried by the main carriage and connected to the tool holder and means for controlling said driving means, characterised on the one hand, by electric driving means which can be stopped in one or several adjustable precise known positions considered as reference positions for the splitting tool; on the other hand, in that the control means are able to control not only the operation and stoppage of the electric driving means but also the adjustment in position thereof, in order to adjust the reference position of the splitting tool according to the needs; the reference positions for the splitting tool being selected among the following: initial retracted position, initial splitting position, final splitting position, final retracted position. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20150320058 | CARCASS CUTTING METHODS AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for performing a longitudinal cut along a saddle section of a carcass. A pair of spaced apart tines are located in one end of a spinal column of the saddle section. The saddle section is then moved relative to a cutting tool to cut longitudinally through the spinal column to cut the saddle section in half with the cutting tool passing between the pair of spaced apart tines. | 11-12-2015 |
| 452154000 | Of extremity cutter | 1 |
| 20100009614 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CUTTING OF HAMS, AND AN APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC CUTTING OF HAMS - A method and an apparatus for automatic cutting of hams, with the hams conveyed on a first conveyor inwards below and to engagement with a carrier for the pubic bone of the ham, which is held by the carrier. The ham is conveyed further on by a second conveyor and an overhead conveyor for the carrier with the rind side lying on the second conveyor, where the pubic bone is pressed by a spring force against and is held by the carrier in a predetermined, vertical position. Cutting devices for the cutting of the hams are arranged at these conveyors. This apparatus and method makes it possible to position the hams precisely relative to the cutting tools which are to process tailbone, groin meat, groin fat and fat edge, irrespective of the sizes of the hams, owing to the engagement of the pubic bone with the carrier. | 01-14-2010 |
| 452155000 | Of subdivision into portions | 11 |
| 452156000 | Movement of cutter controlled | 11 |
| 20090075579 | CUTTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for cutting of material such as a piece of meat from e.g. an animal, poultry, fish etc., said apparatus ( | 03-19-2009 |
| 20120009857 | Meat Scoring and Cutting Implement - A meat scoring or cutting implement having a thin, elongated blade lying along a blade longitudinal axis that is curved along its length, to define a bend or curve in the blade. The blade defines opposing side surfaces that meet at an acute angle to thereby define a cutting edge along at least a portion of the length of the blade. The blade further defines a tip at one end, the tip at least in part defined by an end wall that lies at an obtuse angle to the cutting edge. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120040597 | CARCASS CUTTING METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods of automated meat processing including an end to end processing method in which carcasses are cut into major portions at a first robotic processing station and into minor portions at robotic processing sub-stations. In one processing method carcass portions are acquired by a robotic arm, imaged and then cuts performed without transfer. In another a first series of processing steps are performed by rotating carcass portions through a plurality of processing stations and a second series of processing steps are performed as carcass portions are advanced along a linear conveyor. In another processing method a plurality of clamps are employed to stabalise a saddle section during a flap cut. In another processing method split pins are used to position a saddle section for a vertebrae cut. In another method a spinal cord is removed by applying a pressurised fluid stream against one end of the spinal cord and applying suction at the other end of the spinal cord. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20130303065 | Device and Method for Processing Carcasses of Livestock - The present invention relates to a device for processing carcasses of livestock such as cattle, pigs and sheep, comprising: at least two dressing tools for performing a dressing process on livestock carcasses, and a robot arm carrying the dressing tool. The invention also relates to a method for processing carcasses of livestock using such a device. | 11-14-2013 |
| 452157000 | By sensed dimensions of carcass | 7 |
| 20080200107 | Method And Facility For Automatically Determining Quality Characteristics Of A Carcass On A Slaughterline - A method for automatically determining quality characteristics of a carcass on a slaughterline. The method comprises conveying the carcass in a direction of transport, preliminary examination to determine the location of one or more anatomical reference arts of the carcass in the direction of transport, calculating the location in the direction of transport of at least one cross-section in the carcass using the location of the anatomical reference part(s) and possibly other data on the carcass, and CT measuring the nature of internal anatomical parts of the carcass in at least one of these cross-sections in the carcass, controlled by the calculated location. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20100304652 | AUTOMATED MEAT BREAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automated system and method for breaking a primal cut of meat into smaller components includes a conveyor for advancing the primal cut from a first end of the system to a second end of the system, at least one automated cutting assembly for performing a first cut and a second cut to separate the primal cut into three sub-components, and a guide for orienting the primal cut on the conveyor. In some embodiments, the guide is configured to align with a spinal groove in the primal cut. In some embodiments, the at least one automated cutting assembly includes a first automated cutting assembly for performing the first cut and a second automated cutting assembly for performing the second cut. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20120028557 | D-Cut Slicer - Slicer apparatus of the type used for slicing in particular fish fillets, where the apparatus comprises a conveying path, and cutting means arranged in said conveying path, where the cutting means comprises a set of moveable reciprocating knives and a cutting land, where the cutting means further comprises means for moving the knives relative to the cutting land and the surface of the conveyor path, wherein the cutting means are arranged on a common member which member may be rotated through a predetermined arch about a horizontal axis, perpendicular to the conveyor path's transport direction. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20130260660 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WEIGHT PRECISE CUTTING OF A FOOD STRAND - A method for cutting a food strand into portions including the steps:
| 10-03-2013 |
| 20130295829 | Fish Filleting Machine - A machine has stations for continuous fish filleting. Decapitated gutted fish are placed with backs upwards and fronts foremost. A first station engages the fish and centers the fish relative to a vertical plane. Lower sides of the fish are arranged on opposite sides of the plane. A second station detects and registers vertical extents of lower edges and backs of the fish. A third station fixates backs of the fish and cuts slits in the backs. The slits extend at least along either side of protruding back fins. A fourth station has articulated cutters arranged on either side of the vertical plane for trimming parts of lowermost sides and edges of the fish. A fifth station has upper cutters positioned along the vertical plane for cutting meat free from vertebrae. A sixth station cuts vertically on either side of the vertebrae. A seventh station directs fillets outward. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130337731 | BUTCHERING PROCESSES FOR MEAT PRODUCTS - A method for mass-production butchering of a beef chuck roll includes locating an anterior side and a posterior side of the chuck roll, and making a first series of cuts into the chuck roll along lines not intersecting the anterior and posterior sides. The first series of cuts form a first set of separate beef portions with increasing weights from initial to final cuts in the first series. The method also includes making a second series of cuts into the chuck roll along lines not intersecting the anterior and posterior sides to form a second set of separate beef portions. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20160106112 | Automated Scanning and Butchering System and Method of Use - An automated scanning and butchering system is disclosed. Said system having a PLC system, a scanning system and a butchering system in data communication. The butchering system comprising a one or more saw assemblies, a conveyor system, a one or more cradles, and a first end and a second end. The one or more saw assemblies are arranged between the first end and the second end of the butchering system. The conveyor system comprises a conveyor comprising the one or more cradles configured to move items from the first end to the second end of the butchering system. The one or more cradles are configured to releaseably receive and hold a target object as the conveyor moves the target object from the first end to the second end of the butchering system. The scanning system comprising a one or more scanners. | 04-21-2016 |
| 452160000 | Cutting longitudinally through body or body portion (i.e., splitters) | 13 |
| 20090047886 | Cutlet cutter - A cutlet cutter cradles a slab of foodstock in a shallow bed within a horizontal surface along which the blade of a fillet knife can be moved. The slab of foodstock is secured and flattened from above by a presser, on which downward pressure is applied by a handle. Moving the knife along the horizontal surface causes the foodstock slab to be cross-sectionally cut into two fillets of consistent and uniform thickness. The presser keeps the operator's hand away from the knife's cutting edge, while the guide pins prevent the blade from slipping out of the horizontal surface. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090088059 | SAWING OF PIG CARCASSES OR THE LIKE - A method of sawing a pig carcass or the like, in which the starting point is a situation where a circular saw blade, carried by a saw head having a casing projecting from it at the front and downwards, is placed opposite and away from the top extreme part, where the hams are situated, of a carcass ready to saw, suspended head down by the rear legs, and then in a first step, the saw blade is moved transversely with a respect to and in the direction of the carcass, and then between the hams, in a second step, the saw blade being driven in rotation, the axial relative position of the carcass with respect to the saw blade being controlled, the saw blade is moved downwards from its top extreme position as far as a bottom extreme position in order to saw the carcass in two, axially, in a third step, the sawing of the carcass being ended, the saw blade is moved transversely with respect to the carcass in order to move it away from it. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100022175 | Vacuum saw - A carcass processing system is provided. The carcass processing system includes housing, a splitting arrangement for splitting a carcass, elongate members attached to the housing for loosening unpalatable materials from the carcass, and vacuum suction ports coupled to the housing for collecting the loosened unpalatable materials. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20110183593 | Livestock Head Splitting Apparatus and Operating Method of Same - A livestock head splitting apparatus of a rotary type rotates a plurality of head trays and respective blades sequentially through loading, head-splitting and discharge stations spaced around the shaft, and in a head splitting mode, drives each head tray and blade relatively toward one another in the head splitting station. In a unique cleaning mode, the trays and blades are instead kept apart throughout the rotation to maximize the exposure of each tray to a spray of cleaning fluid directed into the apparatus. A computerized control system cooperates with an electric motor to drive the rotation and give a degree of user-control over operational aspects of the motor, such as the running speed of the apparatus in the cleaning and head splitting modes and a jogging speed of the apparatus used to index the head trays to desirable locations. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20140357173 | Game Shears - The game shears | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150342203 | METHOD FOR PREPARING POULTRY AND MEAT PRODUCTS - A method for preparing a meat or poultry product includes placing a product having a thick edge and an opposing thin edge on a flat surface and creating an incision in the thick edge of the product along a line that falls approximately midway between an upper surface and a lower surface, the incision lying in a plane that cuts the product into a first fillet portion and a second fillet portion connected by a center portion each with substantially uniform thickness. | 12-03-2015 |
| 452161000 | Fish filleting | 6 |
| 20110111681 | DEVICE FOR SEPARATING FILLETS FROM THE SPINAL COLUMN OF BEHEADED, SLAUGHTERED FISH WITH OPEN ABDOMINAL CAVITY BY CUTTING THE BRIDGE LEFT BY ABDOMINAL AND BACK BLADES AROUND THE SPINAL COLUMN AND FILLETING MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE - An apparatus to separate a fillet attached to a backbone of a beheaded, slaughtered fish having an open abdominal cavity previously cut by an abdominal knife and a dorsal knife, by cutting through a web left round the backbone of the fish by the abdominal and dorsal knives. The apparatus includes a transport saddle to transport the previously cut fish in a direction of fish travel wherein the saddle includes an upper bone guide and a lower bone guide. The apparatus also includes a separating unit movable back and forth from a standby position into a working position. The separating unit has a separating device to detach the fillet from the backbone of the fish and a counter support associated with the separating device and arranged on the separating unit with the separating device. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20130017772 | FILLETING KNIFEAANM SHAMBAUGH; James H.AACI DillsburgAAST PAAACO USAAGP SHAMBAUGH; James H. Dillsburg PA US - A filleting knife is disclosed that includes an offset portion that raises the handle away from the plane of the blade. The length of the offset portion allows a user to cut along the plane of a surface without scraping or otherwise contacting the surface. | 01-17-2013 |
| 452162000 | Coacting rotary disc cutters | 4 |
| 20120149290 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILLETING BEHEADED AND GUTTED FISH - The invention relates to an apparatus for filleting beheaded and gutted fish, comprising a cutting unit for filleting the fish, wherein the cutting unit has at least one pair of circular blades, an endlessly rotating transport conveyor having at least one saddle-shaped supporting body for receiving the fish and conveying them through the cutting unit tail first, wherein each supporting body has a supporting edge for making a form-locking connection with the centre bone of the fish to be processed, and a device for centring the centre bone in relation to the supporting body, which is distinguished in that a means for lifting the centre bone of the fish off the supporting edge of the supporting body is provided, which is arranged in the region of the device for centring the centre bone. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding method. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130035023 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEVERING FILLETS COMPLETELY FROM THE CARCASS OF BEHEADED AND EVISCERATED FISH, A CROSSPIECE LEFT BY OTHER TOOLS BEING CUT THROUGH IN THE PROCESS - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130059514 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILLETING BEHEADED AND EVISCERATED FISH - The invention relates to an apparatus for filleting decapitated and gutted fish, comprising a cutting unit for filleting the fish, wherein the cutting unit has at least one pair of circular blades, and an endlessly rotating transport conveyor with at least one saddle-shaped supporting body for receiving the fish and conveying them in the direction of transport T through the cutting unit tail first, which is distinguished in that the two circular blades of a pair of circular blades are driven in opposite directions. Furthermore the invention relates to a corresponding method. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20150087214 | METHOD FOR MAKING A FILLETING CUT FOR FILLETING FISH, DEVICE FOR MAKING THE FILLETING CUT ACCORDING TO THE METHOD, AND CIRCULAR KNIFE PAIR AND CIRCULAR KNIFE SET UP FOR THE METHOD AND THE DEVICE - A method for performing a filleting cut for filleting fish which are conveyed tail-first is carried out along a row of wedge-shaped ray bones projecting away from a main bone stem with a wedge width increasing from ray bone to ray bone by means of a pair of circular knives having sharp cutting edges. Starting from the tail end, meat of each fish is cut by means of the circular knife pair having a V-shaped arrangement as a result of the fact that a cutting gap having the smallest cutting edge spacing is set to a basic size which is at least substantially equal to or smaller than a wedge width of the outermost ray bone at the tail end of the conveyed fish. In the fixed position of the V-shaped arrangement, the ray bones are guided through the cutting gap, wherein the circular knife cutting edges, which in their cutting edge region are flexibly deformable out of the associated circular knife surface counter to an elastic restoring force, are displaced counter to the elastic restoring force by means of the broadening ray bones with increasing widening of the cutting gap. A tailored suitable apparatus comprises a circular knife pair having cutting edges which, in the fixed V-shaped arrangement, are designed such as to be able to be deformed with a degree of deformation defined by the difference between ray bone wedge widths. Circular knives configured for the apparatus may each have a cutting edge region which is deformable in a wave-like manner along the cutting edge as a result of a bending pressure transverse to the circular knife surface. | 03-26-2015 |
| 452163000 | Means repositioning carcass relative to cutter | 1 |
| 20100240289 | FISH PROCESSING MACHINE WITH ALIGNMENT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REALIGNING FISH DURING PROCESSING - Fish processing machines and methods for realigning fish during processing are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a fish processing machine in accordance with the invention includes a fish processing unit for use with a processing machine having a fillet assembly and/or a skinner assembly. The processing unit includes an inspection assembly with a conveyor system operably coupled to the fillet assembly and/or skinner assembly and an alignment device operably coupled to the conveyor system. The conveyor system extends along a processing path to transport a fillet of fish that has been sliced from a trunk of the fish. The alignment device is positioned to automatically realign the fillet with respect to the processing path without manually manipulating the fillet before the fillet is transferred from the conveyor system to an inspection table. | 09-23-2010 |
| 452165000 | While internally supported on a mandrel | 3 |
| 20130165032 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - A method and device for processing a carcass-part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line is provided. Means are applied for cutting the membrana and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass-part. The means for cutting the membrana and/or removing of the wishbone include an arrow-shaped knife and two blades arranged on opposite sides of the knife. After the means for cutting the membrana and/or removing of the wishbone are introduced into the carcass part, the arrow-shaped knife and the two blades are moved in a unitary movement from within the carcass-part in a sideways direction away from the carcass part so as to lift the wishbone legs while they are still connected to the wing joints, and subsequently turn the wishbone legs out of the wing joints of the carcass-part. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130295830 | Swivel spike cone - An apparatus for suspending the poultry front half frame on a poultry processing line leaving fewer ribs. An apparatus utilizing spikes strategically located on the cone. Attached at the base of the Swivel Spike Cone is a swivel mechanism that enables the poultry front half frame to rotate 360 degrees when attached to the post located on the chain that moves the birds up the processing line. The present invention uses strategically located spikes allowing for various sizes of birds in the industry. Currently being used in Processing Plants is a smooth surfaced cone that requires the ribs to be left on the poultry front half frame. If the poultry ribs were removed while using these smooth cones it would simply fall off. By enabling poultry processing plants to take off the ribs (leaving them attached to the leg quarters) the leg quarters weigh more, creating additional revenue. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140094102 | POULTRY NECK MEAT HARVESTER AND METHOD FOR MECHANIZED HARVESTING OF POULTRY NECK MEAT - A poultry neck meat harvester for mechanized harvesting of neck meat from a poultry body is adapted to be arranged along the path of a poultry body conveyor having at least one product carrier for supporting a poultry body and conveying the poultry body in a direction of conveyance. The harvester includes one or more neck positioning devices, each adapted to receive and position the poultry neck portion of a poultry body that is supported by a product carrier, a neck conveyor with neck positioning devices adapted to convey each neck positioning device in a manner that is synchronized with a product carrier so as to allow receipt of the poultry neck portion while the poultry body is supported by the product carrier, a neck meat cutting member adapted to cut loose the neck meat from the neck vertebrae while the neck portion is received and positioned by the neck positioning device. | 04-03-2014 |
| 452166000 | Extremity remover | 10 |
| 20120238194 | BUTCHERING PROCESSES FOR THE BEEF CLOD - A method for mass-production butchering of a chuck roll of beef includes: sectioning the beef clod into a first portion and a second portion substantially along a natural seam, the first portion comprising triceps brachii long head muscle and essentially being free of triceps brachii lateral head muscle, and the second portion comprising triceps brachii lateral head muscle and essentially being free of triceps brachii long head muscle; and sectioning the first portion generally with or parallel to the grain into a first set of separate portions. Another method for mass-production butchering of a beef clod may include: sectioning the beef clod into a first portion and a second portion substantially along a natural seam, the first portion comprising the teres major; and sectioning the first portion generally with or parallel to the grain into a first set of separate portions. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20140349559 | PAW CUTTER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A paw cutting system for removing a poultry paw from a shackle conveyed along a shackle conveyor line and then cutting the leg of the paw to remove the knuckle is provided. The paw cutter has a guide bar substantially aligned with the shackle conveyor line that urges the paw to a central cavity of the shackle. The paw is discharged from the central cavity into a lateral notch formed in two opposed discs positioned adjacent to an end of the guide bar. The two opposed discs are rotatable and move the paw from the guide bar to a blade. As the paw is moved to the blade, the two discs stretch the paw so that the blade can cleanly cut the paw. The cut paw product can be placed onto a belt or other device in an ordered manner. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150296814 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING SADDLE MEAT FROM A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - The invention pertains to a method and system for harvesting saddle meat parts from a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, wherein the carcass part initially comprises two legs parts and a saddle, wherein the carcass part further comprises two saddle meat parts. The method comprises the following steps:•—separating the leg parts from the saddle meat parts and the saddle, leaving the saddle meat parts connected to the saddle,•—arranging the saddle in a saddle meat harvester ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150313246 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING SADDLE MEAT FROM A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - The invention pertains to a method and system for harvesting saddle meat parts from a carcass part of slaughtered poultry,
| 11-05-2015 |
| 452167000 | Carcass suspended during removing | 2 |
| 20130288583 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A POULTRY CARCASS PART - An exemplary apparatus is provided for processing a poultry carcass part that includes a back portion and two legs connected to the back portion wherein the legs are separated from the back portion. The exemplary apparatus includes a conveyor line with shackles for conveying a series of poultry carcass parts suspended from the shackles, and at least one cutting device for making an incision in the joints connecting the legs to the back portion, wherein a series of cutting devices are assembled at the outer circumference of a cylindrical processing machine which is rotatable around a central body axis. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20150105007 | PAW CUTTER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A paw cutting system for removing a poultry paw from a shackle conveyed along a shackle conveyor line and then cutting the leg of the paw to remove the knuckle is provided. The paw cutter has a guide bar substantially aligned with the shackle conveyor line that urges the paw to a central cavity of the shackle. The paw is discharged from the central cavity into a lateral notch formed in two opposed discs positioned adjacent to an end of the guide bar. The two opposed discs are rotatable and move the paw from the guide bar to a blade. As the paw is moved to the blade, the two discs stretch the paw so that the blade can cleanly cut the paw. The cut paw product can be placed onto a belt or other device in an ordered manner. | 04-16-2015 |
| 452169000 | Wing remover | 3 |
| 20120190285 | Poultry Wing Cutter for Narrow Pitch Poultry Lines - A wing cutter for narrow pitch poultry processing lines includes a subframe supporting functional components of the wing cutter and a main frame to which the subframe is pivotally mounted. The subframe, and thus the functional components of the wing cutter, can be pivoted to a selected angle relative to the processing path depending at least in part on the pitch of the processing line. In one embodiment, the subframe and working components are rotated to an angle between about zero degrees and about fifteen degrees when the pitch of the processing line is about 8 inches. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120208443 | Special Cut Poultry Wing Cutter - A poultry wing cutter is configured to receive poultry carcasses breast first, align the carcasses, and stretch the wings of the carcasses away from the body until the shoulder joints dislocate and separate. In the process, a portion of the breast meat is pulled outwardly with the wings and a pair of rotary knives slices off the wings. The blades begin their cuts part way into the breast meat of the bird so that a piece of breast meat remains attached to the severed wings to form a “new style” or “silver dollar” or “fast food style” wing depending upon how the wing cutter is adjusted. Feeding the birds breast first through the wing cutter results in wings with a consistent cut and weight from wing-to-wing, which is desired by consumers. Thus, the resulting wings are more in demand and therefore more valuable. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120220210 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A WING OF A POULTRY CARCASS WHILE THE WING IS ATTACHED TO SAID POULTRY CARCASS - A method and apparatus for processing a wing of a poultry carcass while the wing is attached to the poultry carcass that is suspended by the legs is provided. In an exemplary aspect, the method includes the step of cutting the wing in the upper wing adjacent to the elbow joint, and the step of moving the midwing in relation to the upper wing for separating the bones of the midwing and the upper wing, whereafter the midwing is cut loose from the upper wing while the latter remains attached to the poultry carcass. The step of cutting the wing in the upper wing adjacent to the elbow joint is executed to cut through the ligament that provides a connection between the midwing and upper wing. | 08-30-2012 |
| 452170000 | Carcass conveyed to cutter in horizontal position | 1 |
| 20130189913 | FISH PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and systems for processing fish are provided which enable removal of the head or other portion of a fish in a particularly reliable and efficient manner. The systems include a conveyor drive motor which provides continuous movement of a conveyor device for transporting fish along a transport path and which simultaneously provides intermittent movement of a blade across the transport path to sequentially sever a portion of each fish. An intermittent drive mechanism is coupled to the conveyor drive motor and coupled to the blade to convert continuous movement produced by the conveyor drive motor to intermittent movement of the blade between a standby position and a cutting position. Related methods for severing a portion of each fish in a series of transported fish are also provided. | 07-25-2013 |
| 452171000 | Loin remover | 2 |
| 20080274682 | Apparatus and Method for Cutting-Free of Tender-Loin - The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting free of at least a part of a tenderloin in a suspended half-carcass. The apparatus comprises a fixture ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20130288584 | METHOD OF CUTTING A PORK LOIN - A method of cutting a pork loin creating an anterior portion, a center portion, and posterior portion of a pork loin to provide pork products having enhanced value. The method includes cutting an anterior portion of a pork loin to form a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including a substantially intact spinalis dorsi and multifidus muscles, and a substantially intact longissimus dorsi in the second portion. The method also includes cutting a posterior portion of a pork loin in a manner that results in a substantially intact gluteus medius muscle such that the resulting pork product resembles a pork loin filet in appearance and shape. | 10-31-2013 |
