Patents by Inventor Hendrik Jan Jonkers

Hendrik Jan Jonkers 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).

  • Patent number: 8435100
    Abstract: A device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line is provided. The carcass part is supported on a carrier that moves in the processing line. The carcass part includes wing-joints, coracoids, a wishbone embodied with two legs that merge into each other at an acute angle, a keelbone, a membrane and/or ligament that connects at least to the wishbone and the keel-bone, and naturally present meat including inner and outer fillets. The device includes apparatus for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part. The device is arranged such that the apparatus for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone can be a knife equipped to cut the wishbone and disconnect it from the membrane and/or ligament with an increased yield of meat that is retained on the carcass part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Hendrik Jan Jonkers, Hermanus Laurentius Zomerdijk, Michael George Lourentius Koopman, Pieter Willem Vonk, Willem Cornelis Steenbergen
  • Patent number: 8308535
    Abstract: A device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line is provided. The carcass part is supported on a carrier that moves in the processing line. The device includes device for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part. The device is arranged such that the device for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone can be a knife equipped to cut the wishbone and disconnect it from the membrane and/or ligament with an increased yield of meat that is retained on the carcass part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Hendrik Jan Jonkers, Hermanus Laurentius Zomerdijk, Michael George Lourentius Koopman, Pieter Willem Vonk, Willem Cornelis Steenbergen
  • Publication number: 20120252337
    Abstract: A device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line is provided. The carcass part is supported on a carrier that moves in the processing line. The device includes means for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part. The device is arranged such that the means for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone can be a knife equipped to cut the wishbone and disconnect it from the membrane and/or ligament with an increased yield of meat that is retained on the carcass part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY B.V.
    Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Hendrik Jan Jonkers, Hermanus Laurentius Zomerdijk, Michael George Lourentius Koopman, Pieter Willem Vonk, Willem Cornelis Steenbergen
  • Publication number: 20110045756
    Abstract: A device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line is provided. The carcass part is supported on a carrier that moves in the processing line. The carcass part includes wing-joints, coracoids, a wishbone embodied with two legs that merge into each other at an acute angle, a keelbone, a membrane and/or ligament that connects at least to the wishbone and the keel-bone, and naturally present meat including inner and outer fillets. The device includes means for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part. The device is arranged such that the means for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone can be a knife equipped to cut the wishbone and disconnect it from the membrane and/or ligament with an increased yield of meat that is retained on the carcass part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY B.V.
    Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Hendrik Jan Jonkers, Hermanus Laurentius Zomerdijk, Michael George Lourentius Koopman, Pieter Willem Vonk, Willem Cornelis Steenbergen