Patents by Inventor Rudi Theodorus Maria POLMAN

Rudi Theodorus Maria POLMAN 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: 11213038
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating wing tips from poultry carcasses includes a suspended conveyor device and a support guide for guiding the neck and shoulder region. The guide extends in the transport direction and is arranged below the carcass, and has at least one support surface to support the neck and shoulder region. A lower arm guide is configured for guiding the poultry lower arm and wing tip and is arranged at the side of the support guide. A first hold-down guide holds down the poultry upper arm under pretension and is arranged stationarily. A second hold-down guide is arranged downstream of the first hold-down guide and has at least two guiding elements for holding down the upper arm. The guiding elements are movable in deflection against a return force. A separating device is configured for separating the wing tip and is arranged in the region of the second hold-down guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Linco Food Systems A/S
    Inventors: Jacobus Zeen, Tim Andries Veen, Rudi Theodorus Maria Polman
  • Publication number: 20210251247
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating wing tips from poultry carcasses includes a suspended conveyor device and a support guide for guiding the neck and shoulder region. The guide extends in the transport direction and is arranged below the carcass, and has at least one support surface to support the neck and shoulder region. A lower arm guide is configured for guiding the poultry lower arm and wing tip and is arranged at the side of the support guide. A first hold-down guide holds down the poultry upper arm under pretension and is arranged stationarily. A second hold-down guide is arranged downstream of the first hold-down guide and has at least two guiding elements for holding down the upper arm. The guiding elements are movable in deflection against a return force. A separating device is configured for separating the wing tip and is arranged in the region of the second hold-down guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Jacobus Zeen, Tim Andries Veen, Rudi Theodorus Maria Polman
  • Patent number: 10485243
    Abstract: Wing cutting apparatus for processing poultry carcasses includes a conveying device configured to convey a poultry carcass along a conveying line in transport direction. First and second separating devices are configured to separate wings or wing parts in pairs from one each of the poultry carcasses. The second separating device is offset from said first separating device. A plurality of concurrent pushing elements are configured to run along in the transport direction. At least one of the pushing elements is arranged to be in association with a carrier element and is configured to come into engagement with the wing or wing parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: LINCO FOOD SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Tim Andries Veen, Johannes Cornelis Gerritsen, Rudi Theodorus Maria Polman
  • Publication number: 20180325130
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wing cutting apparatus for processing poultry carcasses (10), comprising a conveying device (12) configured to convey the poultry carcasses (10) along a conveying line in a transport direction (11), and a first separating device (13) and a second separating device (14) which are designed for separating wings or wing parts (15) in pairs from one of the poultry carcasses (10), and is characterised in that the first separating device (13) and the second separating device (14) are arranged offset along the conveying line in the transport direction (11) in such a manner that the wings or wing parts (15) of a pair are each separated in succession. The present invention relates further to a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: LINCO FOOD SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Tim Andries VEEN, Johannes Cornelis GERRITSEN, Rudi Theodorus Maria POLMAN