| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7374478 |
Poultry breast portion sizing apparatus |
May 20, 2008 |
| An apparatus for producing portions severed from a poultry breast of controlled size and weight having a rotary mounted product holder including a generally cylindrical outer surface provided with at least one product cavity for receiving a first portion of a poultry breast for trave |
| 7364504 |
Apparatus and method for producing controlled portions of meat products |
April 29, 2008 |
| An apparatus for producing multiple portions of meat. A plurality of product mandrels having an open-top recess are mounted on a conveyor for travel along a selected path. The mandrels are selectively rotatable about a vertical axis. Two sets of parallel slots are provided in the man |
| 7341505 |
Bird wing cutting machine |
March 11, 2008 |
| A machine for cutting poultry wings into segments. Holders convey wings through a guide that positions the first joint between the drumette and midwing. A blade incises the connective tissue after the bones at the joint have been disarticulated by lateral guides that form a tapered c |
| 7204748 |
Poultry breast portion sizing apparatus |
April 17, 2007 |
| An apparatus for producing portions severed from a poultry breast of controlled size and weight having a rotary mounted product holder including a generally cylindrical outer surface provided with at least one product cavity for receiving a first portion of a poultry breast for trave |
| 6699116 |
Automated poultry thigh skinning and deboning apparatus |
March 2, 2004 |
| An automated skinning and deboning apparatus for processing poultry thigh portions to remove the skin and bone from the meat portion in a single pass includes a support frame and housing having a feed inlet and a product discharge outlet. The feed inlet includes a guide chute which a |
| 6264542 |
Apparatus for skinning pieces of poultry product |
July 24, 2001 |
| An automated poultry skinning apparatus which includes a support frame having a product feed inlet and discharge outlet and housing a conveyor aligned to engage the upper surface of a piece of poultry product entering the feed outlet. The apparatus is provided with a rotatably mounted |
| 5766064 |
Method and apparatus for scoring poultry hocks |
June 16, 1998 |
| 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 employing oppositely directed water knives aligned at a right angle to the linear path of t |
| 5395283 |
Automatic tendon removal apparatus |
March 7, 1995 |
| An apparatus for automatically removing the tendon from the tenderloin fillet of a poultry breast which includes a continuous conveyor for carrying the fillet of meat to a tendon gripping and pulling station mounted adjacent to the conveyor. The conveyor comprises a plurality of late |
| 4941379 |
Apparatus for producing sized controlled portions of meat |
July 17, 1990 |
| An automated meat portion sizing apparatus is disclosed which includes a plurality of mandrels provided with a meat-receiving sizing chamber mounted on a support frame for repetitive travel between a loading and unloading station. The sizing chambers are conformed to receive a selected |
| 4557017 |
Apparatus for filleting meat from poultry breast sections |
December 10, 1985 |
| An apparatus and method for deboning or filleting the meat from a poultry breast section which is characterized by a plurality of mandrels spaced along a moving endless chain conveyor and each adapted to receive a poultry breast section. After loading of the mandrel, it is advanced to a |
| 4402112 |
Automatic poultry deboning apparatus |
September 6, 1983 |
| A method and apparatus for separation of the meat from the bone portion of poultry leg and thigh portions using an array of high pressure fluid streams disposed along the path of travel of a conveying means. The fluid streams are disposed in a manner to impinge upon the point of junction |
| 4207653 |
Automatic wing cutting apparatus |
June 17, 1980 |
| An automatic poultry wing cutting apparatus for selectively severing an individual poultry wing into predetermined pieces which is characterized by a rotatably mounted drum-like wing retaining member provided with a plurality of spaced wing receiving grooves extending generally in an axi |
| 4067085 |
Automatic poultry cutting apparatus |
January 10, 1978 |
| An improved poultry cutting apparatus which is characterized by a unique combination which includes an inner mandrel adapted to retain a dressed poultry carcass thereon which is movably mounted to advance to a cutting station. The cutting station includes a unique enclosure which is adap |
| 3945311 |
Apparatus for pre-heating poultry prior to cooking |
March 23, 1976 |
| An apparatus to preheat food products prior to actual cooking which is characterized by a tray for carrying the food products mounted for reciprocation within a reservoir filled with water at a given temperature. The reciprocating movement effects efficient mixing of the hot water en |
