Patents Represented by Law Firm Hurt, Richardson
  • Patent number: 4813101
    Abstract: Device for the selective transfer of slaughtered poultry, supplied on a conveyor track, to one or more discharge stations, under control of at least one grading station disposed along the conveyor track, with a control device in each discharge station for removing from the conveyor track poultry selected by the grading station, a buffer device in which the birds to be discharged can be temporarily stored, and a device for taking the birds to be discharged into the desired discharge position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Stork-PMT B.V.
    Inventors: Gerardus H. M. Brakels, Josephus van den Nieuwelaar
  • Patent number: 4766644
    Abstract: Device for supporting a carcass or part of a carcass of slaughtered poultry, having a first and a second support member having surface parts facing one another, in which one of the support members is so constructed that it is suitable for penetrating into connective tissue and/or flesh parts of the carcass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.
    Inventors: Josephus A. van den Nieuwelaar, Petrus C. H. Janssen