Patents by Inventor Godefridus W. Verbakel

Godefridus W. Verbakel 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).

  • Apparatus for removing skin from animal parts
    Patent number: 5197917
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing the skin from animal parts, such as from poultry thighs, comprises a rotary turntable for supporting the poultry thighs and for conveying them along a path in a forward direction and a pair of counter-rotating peeler rollers positioned beneath the turntable. The rotary turntable has an aperture formed therein and a vacuum means positioned adjacent the rollers for drawing a portion of the skin of the poultry part through the aperture and toward the rollers to reliably engage the skin of the poultry part in the peeler rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Stork Gamco, Inc.
    Inventors: Godefridus W. Verbakel, Thomas G. Jacobs, Robert J. Conklin, Raymond F. Strawn