Patent · US Active

Method and apparatus for mechanically processing an organ or organs taken out from slaughtered poultry

US8920222B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

53References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V. · NL

Inventors

Tom Jansen · Oostzaan, NL
Remco Spijker · Oostzaan, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 10, 2011
Grant date	Dec 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA22C21/06
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus are provided for mechanically processing an organ or organs taken out from slaughtered poultry in a processing device or processing line, which organ or organs form part of an organ package and wherein the organ or organs are separated from the organ package. The organ package is spatially oriented by the processing device without notably breaking tissue connections in the package, and in a preselected order so as to cause the harvesting of organs from the package to occur in a preselected sequence that depends on the location of the organ package in the processing device or processing line.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.