Patents by Inventor Luc M. Therien

Luc M. Therien 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).

  • Crab butchering machine
    Patent number: 5401207
    Abstract: A crab processing machine has conveyed crab-gripping carriers which move a crab through a loading station, a measuring station, a mandible/carapace/tail removal station, a body cavity cleaning station, a gilling station, a splitting station, and a discharge station. Data accumulated at the measuring station is used to automatically control operation of a star wheel at the mandible/carapace/tail removal station, and to automatically control the location of a rotary splitting knife at the splitting station so that the cleaned crab carcass will be evenly divided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Flohr Metal Fabricators, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy S. Hicks, Luc M. Therien