| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE40085 |
Device and method for processing meat |
February 19, 2008 |
| Device for processing flesh, including at least one transport means, at least one element for position detection as well as at least one separating means and at least one regulating and/or control device, wherein the separating means communicates by means of the regulating and/or con |
| 7090574 |
Method and device for filleting killed and headless fish, the abdominal cavity of which is opene |
August 15, 2006 |
| Certain farmed and/or breeding fish such as tilapia are filleted after the fish have been beheaded, slaughtered and had their ventral cavity opened. Cuts are made in the dorsal region and on the ventral side in the caudal region for exposing the dorsal spokes and ventral spokes, respecti |
| 7090573 |
Method and device for processing fillets of fish (conveyor belt fillet production) |
August 15, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for processing fish fillets includes subjecting fish fillets lying on a skin side to a brief pulling cut in the tail region and a splitting separation by a stationary separating edge which, when the fillets approach, enters in the region of the pulling cut betw |
| 7056202 |
Method and device for slaughtering fish in particular white fish |
June 6, 2006 |
| A device and method for slaughtering fish, in particular white fish, has at least one fish receptacle for positioning and receiving the fish, a throat cutting apparatus for cutting through the throat in preparation for the pharynx cut, a pharynx cutting apparatus for completely cutting |
| 6935942 |
Filleting device |
August 30, 2005 |
| Poultry carcasses are conveyed on saddles with their breastbone plate facing downwards to a scraping device having left and right scraping elements arranged adjacent to each other to simulate the contour of the approaching poultry carcass. The scraping elements are spaced apart by a |
| 6843714 |
Device and method respectively for processing flesh |
January 18, 2005 |
| A device for processing flesh includes at least one transport belt, at least one element for position detection as well as at least one separating device and at least one control device, wherein the separating device communicates via the control device with the element for position d |
| 6688962 |
Method and apparatus for aligning a dead fish |
February 10, 2004 |
| In order to sever heads of fish or, in the case of pre-decapitated fish collar bones remaining on the torso from the torso at a preset location (38) with a blade (11) whose cutting edge runs transversely to the orientation of the fish, the fish must be aligned relative to the blade's |
| 6322437 |
Method for stripping the muscle meat from fish and device for carrying out this method |
November 27, 2001 |
| A method for obtaining muscle flesh from beheaded fish by severing muscle flesh from dorsal and/or ventral spokes together with fins and fin holders as well as from ribs or lateral vertebral appendages and a vertebral column. The method uses an apparatus having severing means for severin |
| 6280313 |
Catfish fillet machine |
August 28, 2001 |
| A catfish fillet machine for filleting fish, such as a catfish, with ribs extending through the belly flesh up to the skin. The catfish fillet machine includes a pair of scraping tools for dividing the flesh of each fish half into at least two independent segments up to the skin. Adv |
| 6010398 |
Shackle device for holding poultry carcasses |
January 4, 2000 |
| In a poultry-processing machine a suspension conveyor is provided, with the aid of which poultry carcasses are guided individually through processing stations. The poultry carcasses are held for this purpose on shackles fastened to the suspension conveyor, which accommodate the poultry |
| 6004199 |
Apparatus and method for separating legs from poultry carcasses |
December 21, 1999 |
| 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 to the pelvis. The apparatus comprises a main conveyor defining a conveyance path and havin |
| 6001011 |
Fish harvester |
December 14, 1999 |
| A fish harvester for the automatic and humane slaughter of fish comprises a fish accommodating space having an entrance for insertion of a fish and an exit for removal of a fish. The harvester includes means for positioning and retaining a fish, a slaughtering member for slaughtering a f |
| 5947810 |
Arrangement for gaining fish meat in pulp form |
September 7, 1999 |
| An apparatus for gaining fish meat in pulp form is described. The apparatus comprises a fish filleting machine, a separating device arranged downstream of said filleting machine and comprising a perforated drum and a pressing belt wrapped around a portion of the drum, and a transport |
| 5938518 |
Method for separating a superficial layer and apparatus for carrying out the method |
August 17, 1999 |
| A method for processing fish fillets by separating a superficial layer of said fillet comprising the skin and an apparatus for performing this method is described. The apparatus essentially comprises a conveying roller (3) for carrying the fish fillets skin-side down and a pressing s |
| 5894791 |
Machine for separating a material mixture |
April 20, 1999 |
| A material mixture is separated into components of different flowability using a perforated drum mounted in a housing and supported by a detachable mounted portion. The drum is partially wrapped by a presser belt with is pressed against the drum by an adjustable pressure roller. The hous |
| 5871395 |
Method for removing the bones from fish and an apparatus for carrying out the method |
February 16, 1999 |
| The invention concerns a method for deboning fish of the mackerel family such as the Thunnus genus, the scomboid type and the like, and an apparatus for performing this method. Fish of this family have belly spokes extending along the full length of the backbone into the area of the |
| 5857902 |
Apparatus for separating individual sausages from a string of sausages |
January 12, 1999 |
| The invention concerns an apparatus for separating sausages from a string of sausages linked by connecting portions and comprises a conveyor system including at least two conveyors connected in series and comprising upper and lower belts, between which the sausage string is held. The app |
| 5848754 |
Method and apparatus for the recovery of packaging and its contents |
December 15, 1998 |
| A method and apparatus serve to packaging material and its contents, specifically from packaging elements filled with soft material such as food packaging. The method allows a clean separation of the packaging and content materials so that, according to the application, each of these |
| 5823866 |
Pressing belt for separators |
October 20, 1998 |
| The invention concerns a pressing belt for separators which include a hollow drum having a perforated outer surface around which an endless flexible pressing belt is partially wrapped under pressure to form a pull-in or input zone with the drum. Separators of this kind serve to separ |
| 5735735 |
Method for the automatic gutting of fish and an apparatus for implementing the method |
April 7, 1998 |
| In a method for automatically gutting fish of the catfish species, the belly cavity is opened around the anal orifice either before or after opening the gills by severing the gullet and opening the blood stream, and the contents of the belly cavity are removed by pushing these from one o |
| 5702295 |
Device for positioning fish |
December 30, 1997 |
| An apparatus for automatically positioning fish with respect to their plane of symmetry and for the periodic transfer of the fish to a fish processing machine is proposed. The apparatus comprises a supply conveyor in the form of a trough conveyor and a feed conveyor arranged below and es |
| 5618230 |
Device for cutting up wings of poultry bodies |
April 8, 1997 |
| A device for cutting up the wings of poultry bodies into their component parts is described. The device comprises a saddle conveyor for receiving the poultry bodies in the form of front halves with wings. The wings are engaged and synchronously accompanied by auxiliary conveyors and guid |
| 5591076 |
Apparatus for processing flat fish |
January 7, 1997 |
| A method and apparatus for processing flat fish is disclosed. The fish (5) are placed on a conveyor (1) and transported on a conveying surface (1.1) over an array of photosensing elements (3.4) which generate light absorbtion signals as the fish is advanced. These signals are sent to a |
| 5545083 |
Apparatus for processing slaughtered poultry |
August 13, 1996 |
| An apparatus is described for processing the bodies of slaughtered poultry and thereby removing meat from the skeleton, specifically in the region of the clavicle (clavicula). The apparatus has a conveyor with saddles for carrying and conveying the poultry body with the breastbone direct |
| 5542879 |
Method and apparatus for detaching the meat from the bones of the extremities of animals |
August 6, 1996 |
| The invention concerns a method and apparatus for preparing for detaching meat from the extremities of a slaughtered animal, particularly the legs of poultry. In this method, the meat is initially at least partially detached from the bone structure at the rear side of the extremity from |
| 5536205 |
Device for detaching meat from the skeletons of fish |
July 16, 1996 |
| An apparatus forming part of a filletting machine for removing meat from the skeleton of fish in the region of the ribs is described, through which the fish are conveyed with their tails leading and guided by guides which penetrate into cuts already performed for cutting free the belly a |
| 5507689 |
Method and separator apparatus for gaining remaining meat from bone strings |
April 16, 1996 |
| A method for gaining the remaining meat from the bones of cutlet strings or racks and a separating apparatus for carrying out this method are described. The separating apparatus essentially comprises a hollow drum (1) having a perforated outer surface (7), on which a compression belt (2) |
| 5468180 |
Apparatus for removing the skin from the bodies of slaughtered poultry |
November 21, 1995 |
| An apparatus for removing skin from the bodies of body parts of slaughtered poultry is described. The apparatus comprises a skin entraining means (2) having a non-skid or "gripping" outer surface (13) and a pressing means (4) with a knife (3), which is arranged spaced from the outer surf |
| 5413525 |
Fish processing arrangement |
May 9, 1995 |
| An auxiliary feeding apparatus (3) for a fish processing machine is described which comprises a conveyor equipped with saddle-like supporting members (1) for supporting the trunks of decapitated fish whose abdominal cavities are open on the ventral side. The auxiliary feeding apparatus ( |
| 5407383 |
Method for detaching the wings from poultry bodies and an apparatus for carrying out the method |
April 18, 1995 |
| An apparatus for detaching wings from a poultry body is described in which the detachment is effected by means of three pairs of separating tools with varying arrangements and forms of knife blades. The poultry bodies are prepared as front halves and pass through the processing areas of |
| 5385244 |
Separating machine |
January 31, 1995 |
| The invention relates to a separating apparatus for separating a mixture of materials of different flowability for preparing foodstuffs. The apparatus includes a hollow drum having a perforated circumferential surface around a portion of which is wrapped an endless presser belt forming a |
| 5372539 |
Method for mechanically gaining fillet from poultry carcasses and an apparatus for carrying out |
December 13, 1994 |
| In a method for mechanically gaining flesh from poultry bodies and an apparatus for carrying out this method, a series of tools are employed that are arranged along a conveyor (1) which has supporting elements (4) for supporting poultry bodies (58). These tools are formed with the aim of |
| 5354232 |
Fish processing machine |
October 11, 1994 |
| There is described a fish processing apparatus, which comprises a first processing section, inside which the fish are conveyed in a direction transverse to their longitudinal axes and a second processing section, adjoining the first section at an angle to it, inside which the fish are |
| 5299974 |
Method and apparatus for producing a whole fish product |
April 5, 1994 |
| In a mechanical process for producing a fish product which may be described as a double fillet including head and tail, the intestines and the bone structure are removed completely and the gills at least partially. The processing is performed from the tail end and comprises the steps of |
| 5288264 |
Apparatus for skinning fish fillets |
February 22, 1994 |
| An apparatus for skinning fish fillets having the roller-presser shoe-structure comprises an oscillating knife (17) is particularly appropriate for skinning fillets of flatfish, i.e. fillets of fish which show a rather intimate and close connection between the skin and the muscle mea |
| 5259810 |
Installation for processing flatfish |
November 9, 1993 |
| An installation for processing flatfish, in particular for severing the head, and, if necessary, the tail thereof, comprises a feeding device (1), means for aligning the fish and means for conveying the same in rest position on one of their sides through the operative area of processing |
| 5241901 |
Apparatus for separating mixed substances such as foodstuffs |
September 7, 1993 |
| A device is described relating to separating mixed substances of differing flowabilities, in particular for the purpose of processing foodstuffs. The processing takes place in a device by which an elastic presser belt is pressed onto the periphery of a hollow separating drum with a perfo |
| 5203736 |
Method for deboning poultry legs and apparatus for performing the method |
April 20, 1993 |
| A method for obtaining leg meat from poultry drumsticks and an apparatus for performing the method are described. Deriving from an apparatus by which, following the performance of an encircling cut in the region of the distal condyle (41) and the consequent severing of the tendons, skins |
| 5151062 |
Apparatus for turning over fish fillets |
September 29, 1992 |
| An automatically functioning turn-over apparatus for fish fillets, which may be arranged subsequent to a fish filleting machine, has a guiding channel for the fillets arranged at an inclination to slope in the conveying direction of the fillets. In its end portion the guiding channel |
| 5149297 |
Apparatus for severing the muscle flesh of fish |
September 22, 1992 |
| It is suggested to modify a fish filleting machine in order to enable the gaining of fish sides which are different from fish fillets in that the ribs remain in the muscle flesh. In order to obtain such product at extremely favourable yield a conventional filleting machine comprising |
| 5106335 |
Method of deboning fish and apparatus for carrying out this method |
April 21, 1992 |
| A method for deboning fish is performed by means of an apparatus in which the fish rumps, with their head end leading, pass tools which initially cut free the belly spokes and ribs, the cutting free of the latter occurring up to the back spokes. These back spokes are then extracted from |
| 5103720 |
Separating apparatus |
April 14, 1992 |
| An apparatus for separating of flowable and non-flowable constituents mixed with each other, particularly for the purpose of preparation of foodstuffs, operates with an elastic presser belt which is held pressed against the circumferential surface of a separating drum and which is gu |
| 5100067 |
Feeding device for a separating apparatus |
March 31, 1992 |
| A feeding device comprising a pair of oppositely driven rotational bodies is provided as an auxiliary aggregate arranged upstream of a continuously working presser belt separating machine for separating flowable and non-flowable constituents mixed with each other, one of the rotational |
| 5098337 |
Method and apparatus for detaching meat from poultry bodies |
March 24, 1992 |
| A method and an apparatus for detaching the meat from poultry bodies in the form of fillets have the object to also gain the meat which lies on the ribs in the region of the back when processing "front-halves". This is done by scraping blades which, to this end, are controlled by the con |
| 5090941 |
Apparatus for feeding fish processing machines |
February 25, 1992 |
| An apparatus for the timed feeding of fish into fish processing machines serves to supply such fish into a conveyor pushing them along in a direction transversal to their longitudinal axis and being provided with receiving troughs or entrainers. In order to be able to obtain the high |
| 5085613 |
Apparatus for gaining single organs from the belly cavity of fish |
February 4, 1992 |
| Single organs, such as the hard-roe sacks or soft-roe are removed from fish by placing decapitated fish in a coneyor having troughs that are advanced transversely to the longitudinal axis of the fish. The fish are conveyed with their belly leading and lying on their side. The fish are fi |
| 5085140 |
Presser belt separating apparatus |
February 4, 1992 |
| A presser belt separator for separating a mixture of flowable and non-flowable constituents has a pressure belt that is driven downstream to engage part of a circumferential surface of a perforated drum. A belt pressing structure and a presser roller presses the belt against the surf |
| 5071388 |
Method for processing poultry extremities apparatus therefor |
December 10, 1991 |
| 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 by means of a central joint. The process includes the subsequent steps of severing the |
| 5061221 |
Device for dividing or separating fillets |
October 29, 1991 |
| In an apparatus for dividing fish fillets of the type as shwon e.g. in German Patent 36 23 002 there is used a sorting device, the aim of which is to sort automatically fillet pieces gained under the aspect of predetermined geometric or volumetric properties. To this end, a connectin |
| 5052974 |
Device for delivering and conveying paste-like substances |
October 1, 1991 |
| In a device for delivering and conveying paste-like substances, like sausage stuffing, for the purpose of dosing or the dosed filling into sausage cases, the stuffing located in the pump chamber, based on its compressibility, is pre-compressed in order to reach a uniform substance de |
