Butchering inventions 09/06

20060211354 - Rehanging of slaughtered animals: In a method and device for opening a blood vessel in the neck of a pre-positioned slaughter animal, a blood vessel is opened as a result of at least one cutting device being moved into the neck from one side of the neck towards the opposite side of the neck,...

20060205332 - Method to remove meat from crabs: Crabs are exposed to water at a temperature of 70-120° F. and a pressure of at least 35,000 psi, thereby denaturing the crab meat protein, allowing for the easy and complete removal of the meat as well as the visceral mass and gonadal materials from the exoskeleton and body cavities...

20060205333 - Method and an apparatus for scalding slaughtered poultry: A method and an apparatus for scalding of slaughtered poultry are described, for example chickens, hens, turkeys, ducks, or geese, prior to plucking thereof, where the birds while shackled by their feet are conveyed through a scalding chamber (2), preferably via a sluice device, in which chamber a precisely controlled...

20060205334 - Meat dressing/boning method and system therefor: A meat dressing and boning method and a system thereof can dress and bone meat and carcass in short work-hours, while avoiding bacterial contamination. The system includes a clamp mechanism for holding a meat block with bones, a hanger connected to clamp mechanism and movably suspended from a support rail,...

20060205335 - Belt and roller flattening apparatus: An apparatus for tenderizing, progressively flattening and smoothing food items includes a roller set of substantially parallel rollers arrayed laterally for contacting, mechanically advancing and tenderizing a first side of a food item; and a compressing conveyor belt opposing and spaced apart from the roller set for contacting and advancing...

20060199485 - Device and method for filling sausage sleeves with paste filling material: A method and a device for filling a sausage sleeve with paste filling material, where to facilitate a more uniform ejection of the paste filling material and to minimise turbulences in the filling flow on exiting the filling tube, and so as to achieve a smooth sausage surface, a bush...

20060199486 - Condensation scalding tunnel for slaughter animals: A scalding tunnel for slaughter animals such as pigs or goats, including steam-discharging nozzles which are mounted inside the scalding tunnel and along the path of conveyance of the slaughter animals. The scalding tunnel has a structurally simple design and operates in an energy efficient manner. To be able to...

20060199487 - Hanging element: A hanging element that may include an extended body with a lower insertion body and an upper closure head forming a matrix of hanging elements joined to each other via the side projections. Each insertion body extends into a wire which ends as a Y joint where the respective single...

20060199488 - Bacon hanger: A hanger designed for supporting pork bellies during handling and processing into slabs of bacon characterized by support member, and a generally rectangular base frame with a top bar and a bottom bar, and a series of generally L-shaped prong members attached to the base frame and defining a prong...

20060199485 - Device and method for filling sausage sleeves with paste filling material: A method and a device for filling a sausage sleeve with paste filling material, where to facilitate a more uniform ejection of the paste filling material and to minimise turbulences in the filling flow on exiting the filling tube, and so as to achieve a smooth sausage surface, a bush...

20060199486 - Condensation scalding tunnel for slaughter animals: A scalding tunnel for slaughter animals such as pigs or goats, including steam-discharging nozzles which are mounted inside the scalding tunnel and along the path of conveyance of the slaughter animals. The scalding tunnel has a structurally simple design and operates in an energy efficient manner. To be able to...

20060199487 - Hanging element: A hanging element that may include an extended body with a lower insertion body and an upper closure head forming a matrix of hanging elements joined to each other via the side projections. Each insertion body extends into a wire which ends as a Y joint where the respective single...

20060199488 - Bacon hanger: A hanger designed for supporting pork bellies during handling and processing into slabs of bacon characterized by support member, and a generally rectangular base frame with a top bar and a bottom bar, and a series of generally L-shaped prong members attached to the base frame and defining a prong...