| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4707885 |
Head hold down for hide puller |
November 24, 1987 |
| A head hold down device for holding the head during an up hide-pulling operation, which includes a pair of parallel bars extending substantially parallel to an overhead track conveyor where one of the bars is in fixed position and the other is movable for purposes of gripping and releasi |
| 4653149 |
Animal hide puller |
March 31, 1987 |
| An animal hide puller for use in a slaughtering process to remove the hide from an animal carcass, including a rotatable and vertically movable hide drum coacting with an overhead track from which an animal is supported and a stanchion for fixing the position of the forelegs. The drum is |
| 4653148 |
Apparatus for processing dehaired hogs |
March 31, 1987 |
| Apparatus for processing dehaired hogs, including a predryer cabinet through which the hogs are conveyed and subjected to a blast of heated air and a singer cabinet through which the hogs next are conveyed and subjected to flame treatment for singeing the hog skin. The heat energy fo |
| 4653145 |
Rotatable livestock head splitter |
March 31, 1987 |
| A livestock head splitter for splitting the head of an animal for recovering head organs including a plurality of circumferentially arranged head trays or holders rotatably movable through loading, head-splitting and discharge stations. A vertically reciprocal blade is provided above |
| 4646646 |
Overhead trolley track switch |
March 3, 1987 |
| A switch for controlling the movement of trolleys on overhead tracks, which comprises a plurality of tracks intersecting with each other, wherein the switch is adaptable to be inserted between intersecting tracks and adjustable for handling trolley movement from one track to another. The |
| 4062414 |
Static weighing on conveyor |
December 13, 1977 |
| The scale rail of a weighing mechanism is interposed in axial alignment with the spaced adjacent ends of an elevated fixed trolley rail, and means are provided for advancing a wheeled trolley onto the scale rail after which the initial trolley-advancing means is physically disengaged fro |
| 4027598 |
Stepping conveyor |
June 7, 1977 |
| The stepping conveyor comprises a walking beam which carries a plurality of trolley pushers or impellers adapted to advance, in one direction and in step by step fashion, a succession of trolleys that are movable along an overhead trolley rail; the walking beam incorporating structural |
| 4021883 |
Method of and apparatus for removing hide from an animal carcass |
May 10, 1977 |
| A hide-puller includes a pair of transversely spaced, endless, flexible members which define a continuous, vertical path having a forward descending reach and a rearward ascending reach. A horizontal reaction member is secured to, carried by and spans the flexible members and is adva |
| 4011820 |
Method and means for stabilizing and positioning a trolley hanger relative to a conveyor rail |
March 15, 1977 |
| A hoist mechanism is activated to elevate a trolley hanger from a lowered position to a predetermined position adjacent and above a conveyor rail after which the hanger is stabilized and the rail-engaging wheel of the trolley hanger is positioned in vertical alignment with the rail. The |
| 3936908 |
Hide pulling method and apparatus |
February 10, 1976 |
| The invention involves pulling the hide mechanically from beef carcasses, in a manner such as to avoid hide and carcass damage without resorting to electric stimulus, and without the need for trimming knife labor in removing the hide effectively and advantageously from the skull of the |
| 3930284 |
Hide pulling method and apparatus |
January 6, 1976 |
| The invention involves pulling the hide mechanically from beef carcasses, in a manner such as to avoid hide and carcass damage without resorting to electric stimulus, and without the need for trimming knife labor in removing the hide effectively and advantageously from the skull of the |
