Patents by Inventor Tim Petrus Wilhelmus JASPERS

Tim Petrus Wilhelmus JASPERS 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: 11690382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shackle for processing hanging poultry comprising a poultry catching element; a suspension rod; and a fastening hook; wherein one side of the suspension rod is pivotably connected with a pivotable connection with the fastening hook and the opposite side of the suspension rod is moveably coupled with the poultry catching element by a moveable coupling. The invention also provides a method for attaching a shackle for processing hanging poultry on an overhead conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Marel Poultry B.V.
    Inventors: Engelbertus Johannes Jacobus Teurlinx, Franciscus Arnoldus Albertus Van Berkel, Rene Johannes Theodorus Janssen, Richard Jozef De Schutter, Tim Petrus Wilhelmus Jaspers
  • Publication number: 20220046934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shackle for processing hanging poultry comprising a poultry catching element; a suspension rod; and a fastening hook; wherein one side of the suspension rod is pivotably connected with a pivotable connection with the fastening hook and the opposite side of the suspension rod is moveably coupled with the poultry catching element by a moveable coupling. The invention also provides a method for attaching a shackle for processing hanging poultry on an overhead conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Marel Poultry B.V.
    Inventors: Engelbertus Johannes Jacobus Teurlinx, Franciscus Arnoldus Albertus Van Berkel, Rene Johannes Theodorus Janssen, Richard Jozef De Schutter, Tim Petrus Wilhelmus Jaspers
  • Patent number: 9907314
    Abstract: The invention provides a device and a method for processing slaughter animals, in particular slaughtered poultry such as chickens, and/or parts thereof. The device comprises a driving system for driving an element to be driven of the device. The, driving system comprises a driving element, a transfer element, which is driven by the driving element in use and which is rigidly connected during normal operation to the element to be driven, as well as overload protection means which are configured to rigidly connect the processing element and the transfer element during normal operation and to allow relative movement between the processing element and the transfer element in an overload situation if a force that acts between the processing element and the transfer element exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Rene Johannes Theodorus Janssen, Richard Jozef De Schutter, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens, Tim Petrus Wilhelmus Jaspers
  • Publication number: 20170273320
    Abstract: The invention provides a device and a method for processing slaughter animals, in particular slaughtered poultry such as chickens, and/or parts thereof. The device comprises a driving system for driving an element to be driven of the device. The, driving system comprises a driving element, a transfer element, which is driven by the driving element in use and which is rigidly connected during normal operation to the element to be driven, as well as overload protection means which are configured to rigidly connect the processing element and the transfer element during normal operation and to allow relative movement between the processing element and the transfer element in an overload situation if a force that acts between the processing element and the transfer element exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Rene Johannes Theodorus JANSSEN, Richard Jozef DE SCHUTTER, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria CLAESSENS, Tim Petrus Wilhelmus JASPERS