| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 452173000 | WASHER | 16 |
| 20080242207 | Post Chill Decontamination Tank - The post chill decontamination tank assembly | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090111368 | MEAT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method and means for processing meat comprising an endless conveyor having an infeed end and a discharge end with the conveyor passing through a housing or tank which is partially filled with agitated water. Pieces of meat are conveyed by the conveyor through the agitated water to remove foreign particles therefrom. The foreign particles are recirculated through a filter and a water chiller with the chilled and filtered water then being returned to the tank. Excess water is blown from the pieces of meat after the pieces of meat have been conveyed through the agitated water. The method of processing the meat is also described. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090239458 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING CARCASSES - Various carcass cleaning apparatuses and methods are described and illustrated, wherein carcasses can be cleaned by at least partially immersing carcasses within reservoirs moved by a conveyor. The reservoirs can be filled with cleaning fluid, receive carcasses to immerse the carcasses in the fluid, and can then be drained of such fluid, wherein the drained fluid can be collected, filtered, and supplied again to reservoirs for immersing and cleaning additional carcasses. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100003910 | Highly bacteriocidal chlorine dioxide, formulation, preparation and use thereof - When used as a biocide on newly butchered chickens, chlorine dioxide at concentrations of 12 to 50 ppm is effective at temperatures of 35° C. to 90° C. with 15 ppm being very effective at temperatures of 45° C. to 60° C. Chlorine dioxide in about 50° C. water did not off gas chlorine dioxide at a concentration of 50 ppm. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100297923 | ANIMAL CLEANING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for cleaning animals are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for cleaning a plurality of carcasses of harvested animals includes a track system configured to convey the carcasses through a plurality of carcass disassembly stations. The apparatus also includes a spray system for directing a fluid at a portion of at least one of the carcasses. The spray includes a plurality of nozzles configured to rotate relative to the track system. The spray system directs the fluid onto each of the carcasses in a tracking manner as the carcass moves from a first carcass location to a second carcass location. In another embodiment, a method for cleaning a plurality of carcasses of harvested animals includes providing an assembly line for conveying the carcasses through a plurality of carcass processing stations. At least one of the stations comprises a spray nozzle assembly for directing a fluid in a rotating path at a portion of each of the carcasses. The method also includes directing the fluid onto each of the carcasses in a tracking manner as the carcass moves from a first location to a second location on the assembly line. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100317273 | 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. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110136421 | CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for cleaning carcasses is described and illustrated, as is a device for mixing a cleaning substance that can be used in such applications. In some embodiments, the apparatus and method utilize a multi-phase cleaning substance spraying procedure in which the cleaning substance has desired levels of chlorine dioxide and is delivered to the carcasses at desired flow rates, both of which can vary between phases of the procedure and/or at different locations of the carcasses being cleaned. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110165827 | Carcass Cleaning Method, Device and Machine - Steam is discharged onto a carcass surface from a plurality of steam discharge jets, and impurities, steam and condensate are drawn in from the surface through a plurality of suction nozzles adapted to following an uneven surface of the carcass. A cleaning device for cleaning the surface comprises steam discharge jets and suction nozzles adapted to following an uneven surface of the carcass. Jets and nozzles may be combined into nozzle arrangements adapted to deflect resiliently. Nozzle arrangements may be made from a hose having a central lumen and a number of narrow channels embedded into the hose wall. A cleaning machine may incorporate the cleaning device as well as automated machinery for sweeping it across the carcass surface. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120202411 | 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 determining an insertion location based on the animal data. This method embodiment also includes establishing a fluid conduit from a reservoir through the insertion location into the circulatory system of the selected animal by inserting a cannula in fluid communication with the reservoir through the insertion location. The method further includes activating flow of a solution from the reservoir through the fluid conduit to introduce the solution into the circulatory system of the animal. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120282851 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING POULTRY - An apparatus ( | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130078899 | BIRD CAVITY WASHER - A probe for cleaning the eviscerated body cavity of an animal, including a bird, has a washer assembly rotatably mounted about a tube. The washer assembly includes a nose having apertures extending between the interior and exterior of the nose. A bore within the tube feeds fluid to the apertures in the nose. As the probe is inserted into and withdrawn from the body cavity the nose rotates and fluid washes the body cavity. Alternatively, the probe includes a helical auger mounted about the tube that rotates as the probe moves into and out of the body cavity to assist in agitating the fluid within the body cavity and to displace the leaf fat. The nose may seal the anterior opening of the bird carcass to allow the body cavity to fill with fluid and the auger to agitate the accumulated fluid. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130109286 | Device for Removing Material from Feet of Poultry | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130231034 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING LIVESTOCK CARCASSES TO DESTROY MICROORGANISMS - An apparatus and method are provided to clean and sanitize livestock carcasses. The apparatus includes a livestock carcass travel path, at least one liquid dispenser configured to dispense liquid to the carcass travel path, and at least one treatment electrode. A control circuit is configured to cause an alternating electric field to be generated between the electrode and a surface of a carcass along the travel path, through the dispensed liquid. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140127986 | Cleaning device - A cleaning device which uses water pressure and a cyclone like motion to clean and prepare fish and wild game for human consumption. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140302761 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM THE FEET OF POULTRY - Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for removing lesion material from poultry feet. The systems, for example, can include ax least one spray head located along a travel path of a plurality of movable shackles within a poultry processing line. Each shackle can be configured to hold a poultry member in a processing position as the shackles are moved along the processing line. The spray head configured to spray feet of the poultry members held by the plurality of shackles to remove the lesion material from the feet. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20160015045 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A POULTRY CARCASS - In one exemplary aspect, a conveyor is applied for conveying the carcass along a track and brush means are positioned next to the track for brushing the carcass exterior, wherein the brush means are embodied with at least one rotatable drum, and to which drum brush hairs are connected, such that opposite ends of the brush hairs are connected to the drum so as to arrange that the brush hairs form a closed loop with the drum. | 01-21-2016 |
