Patents by Inventor Conrad Torkler
Conrad Torkler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 6935942Abstract: Poultry carcasses are conveyed on saddles with their breastbone plate facing downwards to a scraping device having left and right scraping elements arranged adjacent to each other to simulate the contour of the approaching poultry carcass. The scraping elements are spaced apart by a signal from the control unit in relation to the individual width of the poultry carcass. Each scraping element has a sinew restraint that finds and restrains the tender sinew located in the region of the body joint, so that the scraping element can pass unhindered into the region between bone and meat and so obtain an optimum yield. A second scraping device, arranged essentially symmetrically to the direction of conveying, has left and right discs that are slidable by pivot levers to move on the corresponding part of the symmetrical wishbone in order to detach the meat connected to the wishbone.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1999Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + CO KGInventors: Reinhard Evers, Karl-Heinz Diesing, Andreas Landt, Conrad Torkler
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Patent number: 6843714Abstract: A device for processing flesh includes at least one transport belt, at least one element for position detection as well as at least one separating device and at least one control device, wherein the separating device communicates via the control device with the element for position detection which provides information to be recorded and processed into geometric data of the flesh and image data of the flesh so that separating cuts based on the geometric and image data can be made with the separating device.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2003Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + CO KGInventors: Michael Jürs, Matthias Schroder, Conrad Torkler
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Publication number: 20040029512Abstract: Device for processing flesh, including at least one transport means, at least one element for position detection as well as at least one separating means and at least one regulating and/or control device, wherein the separating means communicates by means of the regulating and/or control device with the element for position detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Applicant: NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER GMBH & CO KG, Federal Republic of GermanyInventors: Michael Jurs, Matthias Schroder, Conrad Torkler
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Patent number: 6604991Abstract: Device for processing flesh, including at least one transport means, at least one element for position detection as well as at least one separating means and at least one regulating and/or control device, wherein the separating means communicates by means of the regulating and/or control device with the element for position detection.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2001Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader Gmbh + Co KGInventors: Michael Jürs, Matthias Schroder, Conrad Torkler
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Patent number: 5980376Abstract: The invention pertains to an apparatus for gutting fish which serves for preventing flaws that reduce the quality e.g., colon and blood residues or damage to the walls of the abdominal cavity, and for attaining a highly aesthetic product. The invention proposes that the rectum is initially supported by inserting an element through the anus in order to separate the rectum within the region of the anus, and that the lateral and dorsal connections between the rectum and the abdominal walls are subsequently separated.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1998Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Bader GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Werner Grosseholz, Ulrich Gutte, Andreas Holzhuter, Conrad Torkler, Ralf Neumann
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Patent number: 5591076Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing flat fish is disclosed. The fish (5) are placed on a conveyor (1) and transported on a conveying surface (1.1) over an array of photosensing elements (3.4) which generate light absorbtion signals as the fish is advanced. These signals are sent to a computer, which determines the contour of the fish using information regarding the conveyor speed and computes cutting control signals using pre-programmed proportionality factors relating to the fish species. The cutting line control signals are sent to a cutting apparatus (4). As the advanced fish arrives at the cutting apparatus, two rotary knives (4.1) cut into the dorsal and ventral sides of the fish in response to the control signals to remove the dorsal fin together with a strip of fatty tissue (5.12) from one edge of the fish and the internal organs, the anal fin and the ventral strip of fatty tissue (5.11) from the other edge of the fish.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1995Date of Patent: January 7, 1997Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & CO KGInventors: Reinhard Evers, Klaus-Werner Gotz, Karl-Dieter Reeps, Olaf Schwarz, Conrad Torkler
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Patent number: 5259810Abstract: An installation for processing flatfish, in particular for severing the head, and, if necessary, the tail thereof, comprises a feeding device (1), means for aligning the fish and means for conveying the same in rest position on one of their sides through the operative area of processing tools. The installation can be characterized in that the conveying means (13) is provided with entrainers (14) which engage the fish at its flank remote of that lying on the support surface (16), and are controlled to turn about an axis which is perpendicular to said support surface (16). Each fish is taken over by the entrainer (14) with attention being paid to a detected measured value with respect to its size such that the point of engagement of the entrainer is uniform independent of the size.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1992Date of Patent: November 9, 1993Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Reinhard Evers, Conrad Torkler, Klaus-Werner Gotz
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Patent number: RE40085Abstract: Device for processing flesh, including at least one transport means, at least one element for position detection as well as at least one separating means and at least one regulating and/or control device, wherein the separating means communicates by means of the regulating and/or control device with the element for position detection.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1999Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Michael Jürs, Matthias Schröder, Conrad Torkler
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Patent number: RE41409Abstract: A device for processing flesh includes at least one transport belt, at least one element for position detection as well as at least one separating device and at least one control device, wherein the separating device communicates via the control device with the element for position detection which provides information to be recorded and processed into geometric data of the flesh and image data of the flesh so that separating cuts based on the geometric and image data can be made with the separating device.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rub Baader GmbH + CO KGInventors: Michael Jürs, Matthias Schroeder, Conrad Torkler