Patents Assigned to Cantrell Machine Company, Inc.
  • Heart and liver harvesting system
    Patent number: 5186678
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for mechanically and individually removing the heart and liver from poultry viscera still attached to the poultry carcass being transported through the poultry plant by an overhead conveyor and cleaning the heart after removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignees: Cantrell Machine Company, Inc., James S. Ellis, Julius A. Ellis, Jimmie C. Hewell
    Inventors: Ronnie M. Conner, Tommy N. Husley
  • Processing roll assembly
    Patent number: 5098335
    Abstract: A processing assembly for use in processing poultry parts by separating the parts into different portions comprising an elongate roll with helically extending teeth and a cover defining a recess therein for the discharge end of the roll with a size such that the discharge end of said roll is rotatably received in the recess and a depth such that the teeth on the discharge end of the roll extend a prescribed distance into the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Cantrell Machine Company, Inc
    Inventors: James S. Ellis, Julius A. Ellis
  • Liver harvesting system and method
    Patent number: 5041052
    Abstract: Method of and apparatus for removing the liver from poultry viscera by mechanically stretching the viscera connected to the liver to pull the gall bladder away from the liver; and, mechanically cutting between the liver and the gall bladder to separate the liver from the viscera and the gall bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Cantrell Machine Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronnie M. Conner, Tommy N. Hulsey, James S. Ellis, Julius A. Ellis
  • Heart harvesting system and method
    Patent number: 5041053
    Abstract: Method of and apparatus for processing the heart from poultry viscera by removing the connecting structure and any lungs connected to the heart with a pair of processing rolls to pull the connecting structure between the processing rolls and the heart down against the processing rolls and pinch off the connecting structure from the heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Cantrell Machine Company, Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Ellis, Julius A. Ellis, Jimmie C. Hewell