| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4438546 |
Head holding method and apparatus for a hide puller |
March 27, 1984 |
| A pair of jaws engage the neck of a hanging freshly slaughtered carcass to deter upward movement of the carcass while the hide is pulled therefrom. The jaws are movable longitudinally in a direction parallel to the direction of carcass movement, vertically for alignment with the necks of |
| 4338704 |
Method for processing beef tongues |
July 13, 1982 |
| Beef tongues from a kill floor are trimmed while at a temperature no less than about 92.degree. F., rigidified by chilling them to about 35.degree. to 45.degree. F., and passed several times while in their rigidified condition through a skinning machine which grips a leading end of the s |
| 4320559 |
Animal hide conveying method and apparatus |
March 23, 1982 |
| Hides are pulled from animal carcasses in a slaughterhouse, and conveyed upwardly through a pneumatic conveyor conduit for further handling. The conduit tangentially enters a vacuum chamber which is connected to a vacuum source. The chamber has a lower discharge opening which is normally |
| 4307490 |
Method and apparatus for applying an electrical potential to animal carcasses |
December 29, 1981 |
| An electrical potential is applied to suspended animal carcasses by a cylindrical carcass-contacting electrode which is continuously rotated about its central axis. A rear portion of the electrode circumference is surrounded by an enclosure within which a cleansing spray is directed on |
| 4216085 |
Flotation method and apparatus |
August 5, 1980 |
| Aerated liquid injected into contaminated wastewater provides minute bubbles which ascend slowly and become attached to contaminants to buoy them to the liquid surface. To produce an intimate mix of the aerated liquid and wastewater, the aerated liquid is injected into the wastewater |
| 4206691 |
Box forming apparatus |
June 10, 1980 |
| Apparatus for bending sidewall-attached flaps of a box to positions where they lie interiorly of the box, substantially parallel and adjacent to their respective sidewalls. Opposed first and second flaps are contacted by first and second folder members which are moved arcuately in opposi |
| 4141516 |
Dispenser for sheet material |
February 27, 1979 |
| A roll of sheet material is supported on two spaced apart support rollers. During each dispensing cycle, the angular displacement of one of the support rollers is limited by a mechanism which includes a rotary member and a pivoted member. The rotary member carries a projection and is dri |
| 3958304 |
Machine for washing tripe |
May 25, 1976 |
| A machine for washing tripe comprising an inclined housing having upper and lower ends with a central opening formed in the upper end thereof. A perforated drum is rotatably mounted in the housing and has an opening formed in its upper end with communicates with the central opening forme |
| 3940830 |
Apparatus for breaking animal carcasses and handling meat products |
March 2, 1976 |
| An integrated facility for breaking dressed animal carcassas includes a continuous flow of the carcasses and their subdivisions through a series of processing areas where the carcasses are broken into primal cuts, the primal cuts are further divided, boned and trimmed along processing li |
