| Class Number |
Class Name |
No. of Patents |
| 452/149 |
Carcass subdivision |
135 |
| 452/150 |
Automatic control |
22 |
| 452/151 |
Of cutters in series |
21 |
| 452/154 |
Of extremity cutter |
22 |
| 452/152 |
Of splitting |
20 |
| 452/153 |
Carcass oriented relative to cutter |
10 |
| 452/155 |
Of subdivision into portions |
35 |
| 452/156 |
Movement of cutter controlled |
21 |
| 452/158 |
By sensed color variation |
16 |
| 452/159 |
By manually placed markings |
5 |
| 452/157 |
By sensed dimensions of carcass |
59 |
| 452/160 |
Cutting longitudinally through body or body portion (i.e., splitters) |
112 |
| 452/161 |
Fish filleting |
61 |
| 452/162 |
Coacting rotary disc cutters |
32 |
| 452/163 |
Means repositioning carcass relative to cutter |
25 |
| 452/164 |
Portable cutter |
7 |
| 452/166 |
Extremity remover |
62 |
| 452/170 |
Carcass conveyed to cutter in horizontal position |
84 |
| 452/167 |
Carcass suspended during removing |
60 |
| 452/168 |
Neck puller |
23 |
| 452/169 |
Wing remover |
56 |
| 452/171 |
Loin remover |
45 |
| 452/165 |
While internally supported on a mandrel |
77 |
| 452/177 |
Conveyer |
64 |
| 452/178 |
Elevating |
16 |
| 452/183 |
Loading or unloading |
56 |
| 452/181 |
Metering (e.g., from bulk supply) |
8 |
| 452/179 |
Orienting |
65 |
| 452/180 |
Registering (i.e., aligning) |
22 |
| 452/184 |
Sorting |
29 |
| 452/182 |
Transfer from one conveyor to another |
78 |
| 452/1 |
Crustacean (e.g., shrimp, crab, lobster, crayfish) |
49 |
| 452/11 |
Claw lock |
0 |
| 452/6 |
Hand tool |
40 |
| 452/10 |
Meat removal by centrifugal force |
9 |
| 452/8 |
Meat removal by pressure differential |
15 |
| 452/2 |
Shrimp processing |
24 |
| 452/4 |
Beheader |
12 |
| 452/3 |
Deveining |
32 |
| 452/5 |
Peeler |
65 |
| 452/9 |
Squeezing meat out |
20 |
| 452/7 |
Vibratory meat removal |
6 |
| 452/135 |
Deboning |
149 |
| 452/139 |
Beater or abrader type |
7 |
| 452/140 |
Fluid impingement type |
13 |
| 452/136 |
Plow type |
107 |
| 452/137 |
Hand-held tool |
26 |
| 452/138 |
Pressure type |
88 |
| 452/134 |
Defatter |
39 |
| 452/71 |
Epidermal outgrowth remover |
22 |
| 452/81 |
By fluid material impingement |
14 |
| 452/82 |
Gripping type |
15 |
| 452/83 |
And further including rotary type remover |
16 |
| 452/84 |
At least one surface rotates and moves cyclically towards and away from the other gripping surface |
13 |
| 452/85 |
Pinched between roller nip |
3 |
| 452/102 |
Hand tool |
15 |
| 452/103 |
Diverse tool |
8 |
| 452/105 |
Scaler |
24 |
| 452/104 |
Scraper |
3 |
| 452/86 |
Power driven |
6 |
| 452/87 |
Beater (i.e., flexible end) |
3 |
| 452/88 |
Rotary |
9 |
| 452/92 |
Batch type |
6 |
| 452/93 |
Beater element structure or mounting |
14 |
| 452/89 |
Carcass conveyed past beater |
5 |
| 452/90 |
Axis of rotation parallel to work path |
8 |
| 452/91 |
Axis of rotation perpendicular to work path |
10 |
| 452/94 |
Rotary scraper (i.e., rigid end) |
3 |
| 452/96 |
Batch (e.g., cradle) |
1 |
| 452/95 |
Carcass conveyed past scraper |
0 |
| 452/97 |
Scraper element structure or mounting |
6 |
| 452/98 |
Scaler (i.e., serrated or toothed end) |
9 |
| 452/99 |
Rotary |
22 |
| 452/100 |
Driven behind boat |
2 |
| 452/101 |
Hand held |
14 |
| 452/74 |
Scalding |
19 |
| 452/77 |
Spray type scalder |
19 |
| 452/78 |
Tanks |
5 |
| 452/80 |
Conveyed through scalding tank |
10 |
| 452/79 |
Means for raising or lowering animals into or out of scalding tank (e.g., hoists) |
3 |
| 452/75 |
With simultaneous scraping or defeathering |
6 |
| 452/76 |
Spray type scalding |
7 |
| 452/73 |
Singeing |
6 |
| 452/72 |
Wax-type |
2 |
| 452/198 |
Miscellaneous |
89 |
| 452/174 |
Modelling (e.g., shaping) |
64 |
| 452/175 |
Bacon stretcher |
0 |
| 452/176 |
Visceral cavity closure |
38 |
| 452/12 |
Mollusk (e.g., oyster, clam, squid, mussel, octopus, snail, slug, scallop) |
25 |
| 452/13 |
Bivalve opener |
21 |
| 452/15 |
By pressure differential |
12 |
| 452/17 |
Hand tool |
22 |
| 452/16 |
Support and wedge |
16 |
| 452/14 |
With heat treatment |
16 |
| 452/18 |
Eviscerating |
16 |
| 452/20 |
By fluid pressure |
13 |
| 452/19 |
Pinching rollers |
13 |
| 452/30 |
Sausage making |
81 |
| 452/31 |
Automatic control |
54 |
| 452/32 |
Casing handling |
85 |
| 452/33 |
Insertion on nozzle |
35 |
| 452/34 |
Indexing onto stuffing horn |
30 |
| 452/49 |
Delinking |
43 |
| 452/46 |
Linking |
57 |
| 452/48 |
By applying constricting member |
86 |
| 452/47 |
By twisting |
60 |
| 452/50 |
Peeling |
26 |
| 452/51 |
Sausage link handling |
82 |
| 452/35 |
Stuffing |
99 |
| 452/36 |
Multiple head |
11 |
| 452/45 |
Nozzle |
66 |
| 452/40 |
Pump type |
18 |
| 452/42 |
Reciprocating piston |
15 |
| 452/43 |
Fluid motor |
18 |
| 452/41 |
Rotary piston |
24 |
| 452/44 |
Screw |
10 |
| 452/37 |
Sausage sizing and shaping |
48 |
| 452/39 |
Casing insert (e.g., flat ended sausage) |
21 |
| 452/38 |
Sizing ring |
68 |
| 452/148 |
Scoring cutters |
18 |
| 452/21 |
Shirring of casing |
51 |
| 452/22 |
Combined with sausage stuffing |
18 |
| 452/27 |
Fluid lubrication of casing |
25 |
| 452/28 |
Inflation pressure control |
4 |
| 452/23 |
Multiple shirring devices operating simultaneously |
1 |
| 452/29 |
Severing into descrete lengths |
24 |
| 452/24 |
Shirring head |
10 |
| 452/26 |
Combined with twisting of casing |
7 |
| 452/25 |
Moves about axis parallel to shirring mandrel |
19 |
| 452/172 |
Sinew remover |
12 |
| 452/125 |
Skinning |
74 |
| 452/131 |
Fluid pressure type |
13 |
| 452/128 |
Gripper or hook type |
47 |
| 452/129 |
Drum skinner type |
24 |
| 452/130 |
Skin pinching roller type |
26 |
| 452/127 |
Peeling by movement of workpiece past cutter |
99 |
| 452/132 |
Skinning implement (e.g., hand tool) |
31 |
| 452/133 |
Power type |
29 |
| 452/126 |
Temperature modification perfects skinning operation |
8 |
| 452/52 |
Slaughtering |
12 |
| 452/66 |
Anesthetizing or gassing |
17 |
| 452/67 |
Bleeding |
12 |
| 452/68 |
Suction assisted |
1 |
| 452/69 |
Trocar and cannula |
5 |
| 452/53 |
Conveying live animals to slaughtering apparatus |
38 |
| 452/54 |
Restraint or immobilizer |
29 |
| 452/56 |
Fall directing device |
1 |
| 452/55 |
Knocking pen |
0 |
| 452/65 |
Sticking |
10 |
| 452/57 |
Stunning |
20 |
| 452/58 |
Electric |
51 |
| 452/60 |
Hand held stunner |
4 |
| 452/59 |
Trough or tank |
13 |
| 452/62 |
Pneumatic |
17 |
| 452/61 |
Spring loaded |
0 |
| 452/63 |
Throat slitting or severing |
16 |
| 452/64 |
Beheading |
24 |
| 452/70 |
Tongue protector |
0 |
| 452/185 |
Support |
57 |
| 452/187 |
Carcass or portion suspended (i.e., hanger) |
91 |
| 452/193 |
Bacon hanger |
9 |
| 452/188 |
Fowl |
43 |
| 452/189 |
Gambrel |
31 |
| 452/192 |
Foldable to facilitate transport |
26 |
| 452/190 |
Grappling |
4 |
| 452/191 |
Weight of suspended carcass spreads carcass engaging means apart |
4 |
| 452/197 |
Carcass spreader |
12 |
| 452/186 |
Smoke stick |
24 |
| 452/194 |
Underlying support |
26 |
| 452/195 |
With clamp (clipboard type) |
27 |
| 452/196 |
With prong (e.g., impaling means) |
18 |
| 452/141 |
Tenderizers |
85 |
| 452/142 |
Coacting rolls |
37 |
| 452/144 |
Coacting toothed plates |
11 |
| 452/146 |
Hand manipulated pounder |
8 |
| 452/147 |
With chopper |
4 |
| 452/145 |
Hand roll |
5 |
| 452/143 |
Roll and plate |
5 |
| 452/106 |
Viscera processing |
71 |
| 452/107 |
Eviscerating including means to remove external portion of animal |
2 |
| 452/108 |
Removal of head with viscera |
19 |
| 452/109 |
Removal of vent with viscera |
18 |
| 452/124 |
Giblet inserter |
2 |
| 452/111 |
Gizzard |
32 |
| 452/112 |
Harvesting |
19 |
| 452/113 |
Opener |
2 |
| 452/114 |
With cleaning |
15 |
| 452/117 |
Gripper or hook type eviscerator |
55 |
| 452/115 |
Oil gland removers |
5 |
| 452/116 |
Pressure differential type |
39 |
| 452/110 |
Roe or ova |
20 |
| 452/119 |
Rotary scrubber type eviscerator |
19 |
| 452/118 |
Spoon type eviscerator |
30 |
| 452/120 |
Venting or opening preparatory to eviscerating |
46 |
| 452/122 |
By tubular rotary cutter |
35 |
| 452/121 |
Of fish |
30 |
| 452/123 |
Viscera cleaner |
33 |
| 452/173 |
Washer |
77 |
