Butchering inventions 10/07

20070249271 - Belt fed food casing system: Shirred casing is packaged in pockets on a belt to assist in the stuffing of the shirred casing by an automated stuffing machine. The package is made up of a belt with pockets for the shirred casings. The pockets provide structural casings and are spaced evenly for automated handling. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070249272 - Sausage packaging apparatus for filling pasty stuffing material into tubular casing material: The subject matter of the invention is a sausage packaging apparatus for filling pasty stuffing material into tubular casing material, with a filling pipe (1) which opens at a filling zone (5) and, on its outside, has a receptacle for gathered tubular casing material (80), so that, in order to... Agent: Medlen & Carroll, LLP

20070249273 - Foam dispensing and delivery system and method: A system and appertaining methods for producing the system and operating the system permit depopulating large areas of infected poultry by providing a movable high-volume foam generation system. The water-based foam generated by the system produces a dense and non-toxic foam that creates rapid asphyxiation in animals. The foam then... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070249274 - Tenderising machine: The invention relates to a tenderising machine which is designed to tenderise deboned meat pieces. The inventive machine is equipped with two stacked tenderising assemblies, each of the assemblies comprising an integrated pair of rotating rollers which are provided with cutting members that extend out from the periphery thereof and... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070249275 - Method and apparatus for tenderizing meat: A method for tenderizing meat of a red meat slaughter animal includes separating a vertebra of the animal and applying electrical stimulation to the animal's musculature. The vertebra separating is performed prior to the onset of rigor mortis to enable stretching of muscle fibers in the carcass. The electrical stimulation... Agent: Christopher M. Turoski, Esq. Cargill, Incorporated

20070243805 - Suspension for a sausage filling pipe: The subject matter of the invention is a suspension for a sausage filling pipe (3), with a filling pipe connection piece (4) and a filling machine connection piece (5), the filling pipe connection piece (4) being pivotable in relation to the filling machine connection piece (5) about a first pivot... Agent: Medlen & Carroll, LLP

20070243806 - Optimal hog carcass processing system and method: A system and a method for determining a break point of a plurality of hog carcasses is disclosed. The method includes establishing at least one criterion for determining whether the loin of a carcass should be boned. Data is then collected from the hog carcasses relating to the quality of... Agent: Chief Intellectual Property Counsel Cargill, Incorporated

20070243807 - Apparatus for trussing a bird: An apparatus for trussing a bird comprising a main body having a platform for supporting the bird, the platform and main body having a bird keel end and a bird wishbone end, clamping means movably mounted on the main body for securing the bird on the platform and releasing the... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070238403 - Carcass processing apparatus: An apparatus for processing carcasses of gallinaceous animals, including a conveyor line 3 from which, in operation, carcasses are suspended by their legs, a heating cabinet 1 through which the carcasses are transported on the conveyor line 3, the heating cabinet 1 including hot air means 10, 11, 15 to... Agent: J. Wiley Horton, Esquire Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20070232213 - Guide for carcass backsaw and method of use: A guide for providing a controlled cut down a longitudinal length of a spine of a carcass using a backsaw includes first and second guide members, wherein the guide members are preferably interconnected by a lateral bracing member. The guide members are fixedly secured to a blade guide of the... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC