Patents by Inventor Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck
Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck 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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Publication number: 20110059684Abstract: The invention relates to a system for cleaning a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, which carcass part at least still comprises a part of the breast fillet and skin, which skin comprises at least a part of the breast skin, neck skin and skin in the region of transition between the breast skin and neck skin, wherein the breast skin and the skin in the region of transition between the breast skin and neck skin rest at least partly against the muscular tissue of the breast fillet, from which carcass part the muscular tissue of the neck and the neck vertebrae are substantially removed, which system comprises a neck skin removing device which comprises: a gripper for engaging a part of the neck skin that is connected to the rest of the carcass or carcass part, a stretching station, which stretching station is configured to exert a force on the neck skin engaged by the gripper in such a way that the skin in the region of transition between the breast skin and neck skin is stretched and becomes detached from thType: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.Inventors: Adrianus Josephes Van Den Nieuwelaar, Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck, Albertus Theodorus Johannes Joseph Cornelissen
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Publication number: 20100218717Abstract: A method for treating a product suitable for human consumption, for example, a meat product, such as slaughtered poultry or parts thereof, in which a large number of products are successively supplied, optionally in groups, to an inspection station in which each product is subjected to a visual inspection to detect a defect on the respective product. If a decision is made to provide a specific additive-addition treatment to a product, the product is supplied to an additive-addition station, where the product is subjected to an additive-addition treatment and an additive is added to at least one part of the outside of each product or the inside of each product.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Andries Johan Martijn Kuijpers, Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Andrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar
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Patent number: 7744449Abstract: A method for processing poultry, includes supplying live poultry, stunning the live poultry in a stunning device, placing the stunned poultry into product carriers advanced along a conveyor, killing the poultry and removing the feathers from the dead poultry in a plucking device. Downstream of the plucking device, the poultry is exposed to an electrical stimulation, an electrical voltage being applied across the carcass of the poultry. A method for controlling process parameters, especially the time and duration of execution of working steps in a process of mechanized working of slaughtered poultry, includes evaluating the tenderness of a specified meat portion prior to a due processing step and, after this evaluation, setting the important process parameters for the particular processing step to an optimal value.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2007Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.Inventors: Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar, Radboud Hubert Gerard Zwanikken
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Publication number: 20100055272Abstract: The invention provides methods and moulding devices for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of foodstuff which is suitable for human consumption, in particular from a mass of meat, in particular chicken. The method comprises filling a mould cavity with a portion of the mass under the influence of a filling pressure exerted on the mass and for a filling period via a filling opening associated with the mould cavity, closing the filling opening of the mould cavity and holding the mass in the mould cavity for a fixing period. Then, the mould cavity is opened and the moulded product is removed from the mould cavity. The method uses fixing-pressure-exerting means which are designed to exert a fixing pressure which acts on the mass in the mould cavity after the filled mould cavity has been closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: STORK PMT B.V.Inventors: MAURICE EDUARDUS THEODORUS VAN ESBROECK, Henricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria Van De Eerden, Petrus Christianus Marius Janssen, Adrianus Josephes Van Den Nieuwelaar
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Publication number: 20100021618Abstract: Method for treating a large number of meat products, in particular slaughtered poultry or parts thereof, in which an additive is added to the meat products. The meat products are supplied to additive-adding means using a conveyor means, the conveyor means being designed to feed the meat products sequentially in groups or separately. The additive-adding means subject each meat product or each group of meat products to an additive-adding treatment which is adapted to the corresponding meat product or to the corresponding group of meant products.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: STORK PMT B.V.Inventors: MAURICE EDUARDUS THEODORUS VAN ESBROECK, HENRICUS FRANCISCUS JACOBUS MARIA VAN DER EERDEN, ADRIANUS JOSEPHES VAN DEN NIEUWELAAR
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Publication number: 20100022176Abstract: The invention relates to a device for conditioning slaughtered poultry, provided with a carries (3) provided with a contact surface for locally engaging a first carcass part of a slaughtered poultry animal at a first position. The invention also relates to a method for conditioning slaughtered poultry, and to a production line for processing poultry carcasses transported hanging in carriers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2007Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: Stork PMT B.V.Inventors: Adrianus Josephes Van De Nieuwelaar, Bernardus Petrus Van De Camp, Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck, Andries Johan Martijn Kuljpers
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Patent number: 7597549Abstract: The invention provides methods and moulding devices for moulding three-dimensional productions from a mass of foodstuff which is suitable for human consumption, in particular from a mass of meat, in particular chicken. The method comprises filling a mould cavity with a portion of the mass and for a filling period via a filling opening associated with the mould cavity, closing the filling opening of the mould cavity and holding the mass in the mould cavity for a fixing period. Then, the mould cavity is opened and the moulded product is removed from the mould cavity. The method uses fixing-pressure-exerting mechanism designed to exert a fixing pressure which acts on the mass in the mould cavity after the filled mould cavity has been closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.Inventors: Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Henricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria van de Eerden, Petrus Christianus Marius Janssen, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar
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Publication number: 20090215368Abstract: The invention relates to a device for scalding poultry, comprising: a processing space provided with transport means for carrying the poultry for processing through the processing space, a conditioning space connecting to the processing space for composing a conditioning medium, and displacing means for displacing the conditioning medium from the conditioning space to the processing space. The invention also relates to a method for scalding poultry.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2007Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: STORK PMT B.VInventors: Erik Jan Van Den Griend, Johannes Gerardus Maria Gerrits, Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck, Adrianus Josephes Van De Nieuwelaar
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Patent number: 7494406Abstract: A method for processing poultry, includes supplying live poultry, stunning the live poultry in a stunning device, placing the stunned poultry into product carriers advanced along a conveyor, killing the poultry and removing the feathers from the dead poultry in a plucking device. Downstream of the plucking device, the poultry is exposed to an electrical stimulation, an electrical voltage being applied across the carcass of the poultry. A method for controlling process parameters, especially the time and duration of execution of working steps in a process of mechanized working of slaughtered poultry, includes evaluating the tenderness of a specified meat portion prior to a due processing step and, after this evaluation, setting the important process parameters for the particular processing step to an optimal value.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.Inventors: Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar, Radboud Hubert Gerard Zwanikken
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Patent number: 7284973Abstract: The invention provides methods and moulding devices for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of foodstuff which is suitable for human consumption, in particular from a mass of meat, in particular chicken. The method comprises filling a mould cavity with a portion of the mass under the influence of a filling pressure exerted on the mass and for a filling period via a filling opening associated with the mould cavity, closing the filling opening of the mould cavity and holding the mass in the mould cavity for a fixing period. Then, the mould cavity is opened and the moulded product is removed from the mould cavity. The method uses fixing-pressure-exerting means which are designed to exert a fixing pressure which acts on the mass in the mould cavity after the filled mould cavity has been closed.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2004Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.Inventors: Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Henricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria van de Eerden, Petrus Christianus Marius Janssen, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar
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Patent number: 7249998Abstract: A method is described for processing poultry, comprising the steps of supplying live poultry, stunning the live poultry in a stunning device, placing the stunned poultry into product carriers advanced along a conveyor, killing the poultry and removing the feathers from the dead poultry in a plucking device. Downstream of the plucking device, the poultry is exposed to an electrical stimulation, an electrical voltage (V1) being applied across the carcass of the poultry. A method is further described for controlling process parameters, especially the time and duration of execution of working steps in a process of mechanized working of slaughtered poultry, the tenderness of a specified meat portion being evaluated prior to a due processing step and, after this evaluation, the important process parameters for the particular processing step being set to an optimal value.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.Inventors: Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar, Radboud Hubert Gerard Zwanikken
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Patent number: 7029387Abstract: In a device, assembly and method for separating meat from bone parts, at least a chamber (2) is provided for receiving bone parts which are connected to meat, having a first open end (4) and a second open end (5) which is located opposite the first open end (4), a plunger (7), first displacement means for displacing the plunger (7) inside the chamber (2) from the first open end (4) thereof, and a stop element (13) at the second open end (5) for creating a closed space (3) together with the chamber (2) and the plunger (7). A pressure is applied to the bone parts by displacing the plunger (7) in the chamber (2). The stop element (13) is arranged at a distance from the chamber (2), so that at least one gap (15) is formed between the chamber (2) and the stop element (13), for the passage of meat which has been separated from the bone parts under the influence of pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2001Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.Inventors: Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar, Petrus Christianus Marius Janssen, Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck
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Patent number: 6912434Abstract: A processing of a first slaughter product to form a second slaughter product comprises: providing one or more processing stations, a parameter of a processing to be carried out in the processing stations being adjustable; collecting and storing data indicating the availability of the processing stations; collecting and storing data which indicate the availability of the first and/or second slaughter product; collecting and storing properties of the first and/or second slaughter product; storing relationships between the parameter of the processing and the properties of the first and/or second slaughter product. The processing of the first slaughter product to form the second slaughter product is controlled by adjusting the parameter of the processing on the basis of said data, properties and/or relationships, such that an additional added value is obtained during the processing of the first slaughter product to form the second slaughter product.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2001Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.Inventors: Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar, Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Wilhelm George von der Heide
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Patent number: 6811802Abstract: The invention provides methods and moulding devices for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of foodstuff which is suitable for human consumption, in particular from a mass of meat, in particular chicken. The method comprises filling a mould cavity with a portion of the mass under the influence of a filling pressure exerted on the mass and for a filling period via a filling opening associated with the mould cavity, closing the filling opening of the mould cavity and holding the mass in the mould cavity for a fixing period. Then, the mould cavity is opened and the moulded product is removed from the mould cavity. The method uses fixing-pressure-exerting means which are designed to exert a fixing pressure which acts on the mass in the mould cavity after the filled mould cavity has been closed.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2001Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.Inventors: Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Henricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria van de Eerden, Petrus Christianus Marius Janssen, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar
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Publication number: 20040144263Abstract: A device for treating products, in particular massaging meat products, comprises at least one treatment section with a space for receiving the products. Said space comprises a treatment device for treating the products. A discharge device is provided for discharging the products from the space of the treatment section. The discharge device can be brought into an active and an inactive operating state with the aid of an actuating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2004Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Petrus Christianus Marius Janssen, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar, Johan Andries Martijn Kuijpers
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Publication number: 20040033773Abstract: In a device, assembly and method for separating meat from bone parts, at least a chamber (2) is provided for receiving bone parts which are connected to meat, having a first open end (4) and a second open end (5) which is located opposite the first open end (4), a plunger (7), first displacement means for displacing the plunger (7) inside the chamber (2) from the first open end (4) thereof, and a stop element (13) at the second open end (5) for creating a closed space (3) together with the chamber (2) and the plunger (7). A pressure is applied to the bone parts by displacing the plunger (7) in the chamber (2). The stop element (13) is arranged at a distance from the chamber (2), so that at least one gap (15) is formed between the chamber (2) and the stop element (13), for the passage of meat which has been separated from the bone parts under the influence of pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2003Publication date: February 19, 2004Inventors: Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar, Petrus Christianus Marius Janssen, Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck
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Publication number: 20030065414Abstract: A processing of a first slaughter product to form a second slaughter product comprises: providing one or more processing stations, a parameter of a processing to be carried out in the processing stations being adjustable; collecting and storing data indicating the availability of the processing stations; collecting and storing data which indicate the availability of the first and/or second slaughter product; collecting and storing properties of the first and/or second slaughter product; storing relationships between the parameter of the processing and the properties of the first and/or second slaughter product. The processing of the first slaughter product to form the second slaughter product is controlled by adjusting the parameter of the processing on the basis of said data, properties and/or relationships, such that an additional added value is obtained during the processing of the first slaughter product to form the second slaughter product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2001Publication date: April 3, 2003Inventors: Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar, Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Wilhelm George von der Heide
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Publication number: 20020034565Abstract: Method for treating a large number of meat products, in particular slaughtered poultry or parts thereof, in which an additive is added to the meat products.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2001Publication date: March 21, 2002Inventors: Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Henricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria Van der Eerden, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar
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Publication number: 20020012731Abstract: The invention provides methods and molding devices for molding three-dimensional products from a mass of foodstuff which is suitable for human consumption, in particular from a mass of meat, in particular chicken.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Inventors: Maurice Eduardus Theodorus van Esbroeck, Henricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria van de Eerden, Petrus Christianus Marius Janssen, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar
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Patent number: 5813905Abstract: The invention has for its object to obviate the above stated drawbacks and proposes to this end a device which is distinguished in that it is embodied with at least two members for closing and opening respectively toward and away from each other, each of which is provided with a contour cutting edge which in the closed position of the members lie together.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1997Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Assignee: Stork Protecon-Langen B.V.Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Boeijen, Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck