Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Tywanda L. Harris
  • Patent number: 6811478
    Abstract: An eviscerating member for processing a cluster of viscera of a slaughtered animal comprises two jaw parts to be moved at least partially into and out of the body cavity of the slaughtered animal. The jaw parts can move with respect to one another between an open position, in which a first jaw part is situated at a distance from the second jaw part, and a closed position, in which the first jaw part and the second jaw part substantially clamp onto part of the cluster of viscera. The eviscerating member also comprises a support mechanism supporting the jaw parts, and an actuating mechanism moving the jaw parts with respect to one another between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Stork PMT, B.V.
    Inventors: Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar, Cornelis Dirk van Harskamp, Bastiaan Wilhelmina Johannes Elizeus Josephus Drabbels, Hendrikus Antonius Theresia Petrus Hetterscheid