Patents by Inventor Richard A. Steadham

Richard A. Steadham 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).

  • Poultry beak remover
    Patent number: 4040425
    Abstract: A poultry beak remover for debeaking fowl includes a housing having a pair of spaced apart electrodes supported therein and a beak receiving aperture therein for insertion of the beak of the fowl into the housing into proximity with the electrodes, and electrical circuitry connected with the electrodes for discharging a spark to burn the beak of the fowl and thus effect removal of a desired portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Auburn Research Foundation
    Inventors: John S. Goodling, Gayner R. McDaniel, Richard A. Steadham
  • Poultry beak remover
    Patent number: RE31202
    Abstract: A poultry beak remover for debeaking fowl includes a housing having a pair of spaced apart electrodes supported therein and a beak receiving aperture therein for insertion of the beak of the fowl into the housing into proximity with the electrodes, and electrical circuitry connected with the electrodes for discharging a spark to burn the beak of the fowl and thus effect removal of a desired portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1983
    Assignee: Auburn Research Foundation
    Inventors: John S. Goodling, Gayner R. McDaniel, Richard A. Steadham