Patents by Inventor Willem M. de Greef

Willem M. de Greef 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).

  • Method and an apparatus for transporting slaughter animals during slaughtering, packaging or otherwise processing said animals, in particular poultry
    Patent number: 4856144
    Abstract: A method of transporting slaughter animals, in particular poultry, during slaughtering, from a conveyor having suspension hooks to a packaging device, a dissecting device or a similar device. The slaughter animals are transferred from the suspension hooks to a buffer conveyor wherein the slaughter animals are buffered in oriented array. From the buffer conveyor, they are transferred in oriented array to a gripper device of the packaging device or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Terpa Poultry B.V.
    Inventor: Willem M. de Greef