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7226349 |
Process to electronically automate the sorting of chicken feet in the category of edible or inedible
Photoelectric and inductive sensors are placed along a picking and eviscerating chicken lines. The sensors detect the location of a chicken bird in a shackle and its associated feet, also in a...
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6881138 |
Method and facility for cutting off hind feet of half carcasses
With the intention of performing an optimal cutting of the hind feet ( 8 ) of the half carcasses ( 4 ), which are advanced stepwise on an overhead conveyor ( 6 ) suspended in the hind feet ( 8 ),...
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6648746 |
Toe web cutter with stationary blade unit
A toe web cutter has a pivoted inner hooked blade and stationary outer blades adjacent to the sides and end of the inner blade. Cutting edges on the adjacent blades produce an elongated cut to...
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6638156 |
Secondary halving apparatus for poultry
An apparatus for cutting poultry carcasses as they are continuously conveyed by a shackle conveyor having a plurality of shackles. The inventive apparatus comprises a gap provided between two...
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6475076 |
Secondary halving apparatus for poultry
An apparatus for cutting poultry carcasses as they are continuously conveyed by a shackle conveyor having a plurality of shackles. The inventive apparatus comprises a gap provided between two...
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6450872 |
Apparatus and method for cutting poultry paws
A method and apparatus for cutting poultry paws. The inventive method comprises the steps of (a) placing the poultry paws in a rotating wheel and (b) cutting the poultry paws as the paws are...
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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...
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6251004 |
Automatic poultry cutting apparatus
A device under the control of a programmable logic controller, cuts poultry carcasses into a predetermined amount of pieces that remain together and are deposited into a compartmentalized conveyor...
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6104966 |
Primal tracking
A method and system for tracking and identifying food products as they are being processed is disclosed, wherein no tags or encodings are attached to the food products, and wherein there is no...
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6062973 |
Cutting tool
A cutting tool is provided which includes a cutter blade assembly. The cutter blade assembly is adaptable to a universal power head. The cutter blade assembly includes a pair of plates pivotally...
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6062971 |
Declipper tool
A declipper blade assembly for removing a clip from the end of a sausage package, the assembly including a pair of plates mounted on a power head in a parallel spaced relation, a curved end piece...
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6059804 |
Portable debeaking system
A portable system moving a debeaker apparatus within a barn to reduce the transportation and handling of a bird. A frame which holds the debeaker apparatus, a receiving chute, a staging cage, a...
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6007416 |
Method and apparatus for filleting the body of slaughtered poultry
In a method and an apparatus for automatic removal of at least an inner fillet from slaughtered poultry or a part thereof before the connection between the inner fillets and the carcass is broken,...
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6004199 |
Apparatus and method for separating legs from poultry carcasses
Disclosed is an apparatus for separating legs from poultry carcasses having a saddle-shaped carcass section with a pelvis, a lower portion of a vertebral column, and hip joints connecting the legs...
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5766064 |
Method and apparatus for scoring poultry hocks
An apparatus and method for automatically scoring the hock portion of a poultry leg to sever the surrounding skin and soft connective tissues from the underlying bone which is characterized by...
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5651731 |
Method and apparatus for debeaking poultry
The present invention relates to debeaking turkey and chick poultry through non-contact thermal transfer from a source of high frequency heat generating radiation. The present invention directs...
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5599227 |
Cutting device
A lightweight, portable animal dehorner has fixed and movable cutter blades mounted in a common frame, the movable blade being driven toward and away from the fixed blade by an air brake chamber...
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5584757 |
Animal head processing apparatus with hog snout puller
The hog's head, in the upside-down position, is moved jaw first across a table where a jaw removal bar engages under the lower jaw. The snout has been previously loosened by a slash on each side...
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5514031 |
Automated leg shear with bi-directional cutting arm
An apparatus for automatically shearing the leg from a carcass moving along a carcass rail includes an arm having a first end pivotally attached to a support structure and a second end attached to...
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5492502 |
Device for processing flat fish
An apparatus and method for processing fish (24), especially sole, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame having a longitudinal axis along the direction of movement of the fish as they are...
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5466185 |
Removing breast meat from poultry
Breast meat is stripped from a poultry carcass, after the shoulder joints have been separated and preliminary cuts have been made in the shoulder area with a cutter designed to leave the wings...
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5460567 |
Poultry hock cutter apparatus
A poultry hock cutter apparatus for separating the shanks from the drumsticks of a poultry carcass at the hocks includes a stationary blade 44 for applying a progressive wedging action into the...
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5454754 |
Toe web gland cutting tool
A toe web gland cutter blade assembly having a pair of plates mounted in a parallel spaced relation with a cutting edge on the inside edge of each plate, a cutting blade pivotally mounted between...
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5437572 |
Method and apparatus for deboning meat
An apparatus and method for removing the bone from a piece of meat (21) including a bone severing assembly (27) and a bone removal assembly (34). A piece of meat having an elongated bone (22) with...
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5421773 |
Automatic hock shear with carcass leg positioner
A carcass leg shearing apparatus adapted for mounting near a carcass rail. The apparatus includes a carcass leg engager for engaging the carcass legs and positioning the legs within a shearing...
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5411434 |
Poultry shoulder and breast severing machine
Poultry processing apparatus is disclosed for automatically performing shoulder-wing separation and severing cuts, short transverse shoulder cuts and long back cuts in the rib cage breast meat of a...
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5405287 |
Method and apparatus for processing shrimp
A method and apparatus (10) are disclosed for deheading shrimp. The apparatus has grasping means (18) for grasping shrimp positioned upon a support plate (17) and rotating the shrimp to an upright...
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5374214 |
Breast processor
A chicken breast processor has an endless conveyor on which are mounted a series of special fixtures for supporting a bird carcass during automatic butchering. Each fixture has a pair of spaced...
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5372541 |
Live fish marking and handling system
An automated fish marking system includes a conveyor system moving a set of fish trays through a marking or cutting station. In the illustrated embodiment, the trays are filled manually by several...
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5368520 |
Apparatus and method for separating wings and attached breasts from poultry carcasses
Apparatus and method for separating wings and attached breast from poultry carcasses comprising prescoring the flesh of the poultry carcass over the shoulder joint, separating the wing from the...
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5312291 |
Method and device for filleting the body of a slaughtered bird
A method and device for filleting the body of a slaughtered bird, or a part thereof, the method having the following steps: making incisions in the shoulder joints while the connection between the...
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5297984 |
Method for making a food product from the leg of a bird or other animal and a food product resulting therefrom
A method of making a food product from the leg of a bird wherein the leg has a thigh end, a foot end, an elongated bone extending generally from the thigh end to the foot end, and meat surrounding...
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5295897 |
Fish fin remover
A fish fin remover that is capable of guiding a fish fin to be removed through a clearance to a rotary blade without difficulty for cutting the fin at its root accurately. The fish fin remover...
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5248277 |
Method and device for processing the skin of a leg of a slaughtered bird
Method and device for processing the skin of a leg of a slaughtered bird. The bird or leg is moved along in a conveyor. The skin of the leg is cut through completely or almost completely in the...
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5228881 |
Poultry leg boning apparatus
A poultry leg boning apparatus for removing meat from the upper and lower leg bones of a poultry leg. The apparatus includes a first, cutting machine for cutting open the meat of the poultry leg...
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5195925 |
Method and apparatus for declawing poultry
A method of declawing poultry by applying a form of heat to the claws of a one-day old poult. The preferred form of heat is microwave energy, which is applied for one-half second. After such a...
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5180329 |
Automatic foot and hoof shear
A device for automatically shearing hooves from a carcass continuously moving along an overhead rail including a frame horizontally slidable on a base and a shearing assembly vertically slidable on...
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5176563 |
Method and device for separating the legs from a body part of slaughtered poultry
A method and device for separating the legs from a carcass of slaughtered poultry in which the carcass is positioned on the rear side, legs pointing upwards, relative to the cutters, a groin...
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5123872 |
Poultry processing apparatus and method
A poultry processing machine supports birds on mandrels mounted on carriers which move in a rectangular path. The birds move continuously in opposite directions along two opposite sides of the...
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5094650 |
Slicing machine for meat and fish
A slicing machine for slicing pieces of meat or fish, especially sides of lox, which has a cutting station and a transport device which guides the material to be cut through the cutting station....
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5080631 |
Method and apparatus of cutting the second joint of a poultry wing and product therefrom
A conveyor with juxtaposed blocks moves along a path of travel, certain of the blocks have recesses which receive second joints of the wings of poultry. The second joints are arranged sidewise to...
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5078644 |
Apparatus for cutting the second joint of a poultry wing
A pair of opposed discs having inner surfaces provided with recesses which receive second joints of poultry. A knife is disposed in a stationary position between the discs for cutting each second...
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5071388 |
Method for processing poultry extremities apparatus therefor
A method for deboning the extremities of poultry and an apparatus for performing this method serve to process extremities consisting of upper and lower arm or leg members, which members are joined...
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5069652 |
Keel bone cutter
The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for automatically separating the breast from the neck, shoulders, back and saddle of birds while the birds are moving along as overhead...
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5035674 |
Machine for cutting wings of skate fish
Apparatus (10) for the rapid, assembly-line severing of wing sections from marine creatures such as skates or rays is provided which minimizes manual labor and collects severed wing sections for...
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4800626 |
Salmon processing machine
A machine for processing fish, especially salmon, includes a base, a conveyor on the base for conveying fish along a longitudinal work path, a plurality of work stations for loading, locating,...
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4765031 |
Method for severing the heads from fish
A method for severing the heads from fish makes a better yield of fish flesh supplied for human consumption possible. In this method the supracleithra forming the connection between the head...
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RE32697 |
Device and method for cutting slaughtered poultry in separate pieces
A device for cutting slaughtered poultry in separate pieces. A bird is held by at least one radial processing device which is movable on a frame by a driving device which is provided with a...
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4628569 |
Method of butchering a side of lamb and cuts resulting therefrom
A method of butchering a side of lamb into a plurality of meat cuts comprising cutting along a line running generally perpendicular to the backbone at the point where the hip bone joins the...
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4616380 |
Poultry holding mechanism with improved bottom pressing means
A mechanism for holding slaughtered birds in a poultry cutting machine has a support member for engaging and supporting the bird, and rump engaging members which are spaced inwardly of the legs of...
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