Patents Assigned to Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + CO KG
  • Device and method for skinning fish fillets
    Patent number: 8197311
    Abstract: An apparatus for skinning fish fillets includes a skinning knife to separate skin from the fish fillets, a delivery element to deliver the fish fillets into the region of the skinning knife, a driver roller for the skin separated from the fish fillets, a contact pressure element including a device to indicate a position of the contact pressure element, a discharge element to carry away the skinned fish fillets; and an element arranged in a region of the driver roller to monitor an input of fish fillets onto the driver roller and an output of fish fillets from the driver roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Olaf Schwarz
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SKINNING FISH FILLETS
    Publication number: 20120142262
    Abstract: An apparatus for skinning fish fillets includes a skinning knife to separate skin from the fish fillets, a delivery element to deliver the fish fillets into the region of the skinning knife, a driver roller for the skin separated from the fish fillets, a contact pressure element including a device to indicate a position of the contact pressure element, a discharge element to carry away the skinned fish fillets; and an element arranged in a region of the driver roller to monitor an input of fish fillets onto the driver roller and an output of fish fillets from the driver roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co.KG
    Inventor: Olaf Schwarz
  • Apparatus and method for automated cutting of the wings from poultry bodies
    Patent number: 8172653
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for automated cutting of the wings from poultry bodies are disclosed. The apparatus has transport units that are arranged on each side of the conveying means, each of which includes a guide rail and a conveying chain. The transport units are arranged symmetrically to the conveying means and diverge in the direction of transport T in such a way that the two wings of a poultry body are moved increasingly away from the poultry body during transport along the separating device. The cutting blades of the third pair of separating elements form a cutting station without a counter-support and each has a cutting edge which performs partial cuts leaving the end pieces of the wings on the poultry body. The lateral guide rails behind the separating device each have a recess to increase the vertical distance between the guide rail and the conveying chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Landt
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CUTTING OF THE WINGS FROM POULTRY BODIES
    Publication number: 20120045980
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for automated cutting of the wings from poultry bodies are disclosed. The apparatus has transport units that are arranged on each side of the conveying means, each of which includes a guide rail and a conveying chain. The transport units are arranged symmetrically to the conveying means and diverge in the direction of transport T in such a way that the two wings of a poultry body are moved increasingly away from the poultry body during transport along the separating device. The cutting blades of the third pair of separating elements form a cutting station without a counter-support and each has a cutting edge which performs partial cuts leaving the end pieces of the wings on the poultry body. The lateral guide rails behind the separating device each have a recess to increase the vertical distance between the guide rail and the conveying chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Landt
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING SURFACE LAYERS IN PRODUCTS OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY
    Publication number: 20120000331
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to separate a surface layer of a product in the food industry. The apparatus includes a transport device to transport the product from an input region to an output region and a pressure device to press the product against the transport device. A separating device is arranged in the output region to separate the surface layer from the product. The separating device defines a separating gap between the separating device and the transport device. A substantially cylindrical, rotatably controllable deflecting device is arranged in the output region. The deflecting device has a shape varying in the axial direction and/or a circumferential direction. The transport device is guided around the deflecting device to create a variable process gap to separate the surface layer of the product from the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Grabau
  • FISH TRANSPORTING DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY FEEDING FISH TO A FISH PROCESSING MACHINE AND DEVICE FOR ALIGNING FISH IN A HEAD/TAIL ORIENTATION HAVING SUCH A FISH TRANSPORTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110275299
    Abstract: The invention concerns a fish transporting apparatus for automatically feeding fish to a fish processing machine. The fish transporting apparatus can include, a transport device with a bottom element for receiving the fish and lateral boundary elements for guiding the fish as well as a vibrating member for vibratory driving of the transport device, which is distinguished in that the bottom element is constructed as a grid plate with rectangular apertures. Furthermore, the invention concerns a device for aligning fish in a head/tail orientation with such a fish transporting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Dann, Jorg Holtz
  • Device and method for the automated processing of meat
    Patent number: 7980926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for the automated processing of meat. Known devices comprise a transport element, a cutting element, a bearing layer for the cutting element, and at least one control and/or regulating device that is actively connected to the cutting element. According to known devices and methods, the meat is displaced onto or towards the bearing layer, before being cut and/or trimmed. Often, this leads to an accumulation of meat, interrupting the processing operation. The inventive threading element reliably ensures that the meat is lifted up before reaching the bearing layer and is guided onto the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co KG
    Inventors: Ralf Neumann, Torsten Rusko, Ulrich Gutte
  • Method and device for processing fish, poultry, or other meat products transported in multitude along a processing line
    Patent number: 7976368
    Abstract: In a method for the processing of fish, poultry or other meat products being conveyed in a plurality along a processing line, components which are to be excluded from consumption are separated and edible products obtained as a result for consumption are checked with an automatic inspection device for residues left behind. Separation takes place in such a way that, in the case of a number of edible products, minimized residues of at least one kind are deliberately permitted and induced for further processing of the edible products, in particular to optimize the edible product recovery. The automatic inspection device is adjusted to detect the minimized tolerance residues, and inspected edible products with and without the tolerance residues are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Hartmut Haucke, Ralph Anderson Miller, Paul M. Hearn, Shawn Nicholas
  • DEVICE FOR SEPARATING FILLETS FROM THE SPINAL COLUMN OF BEHEADED, SLAUGHTERED FISH WITH OPEN ABDOMINAL CAVITY BY CUTTING THE BRIDGE LEFT BY ABDOMINAL AND BACK BLADES AROUND THE SPINAL COLUMN AND FILLETING MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110111681
    Abstract: An apparatus to separate a fillet attached to a backbone of a beheaded, slaughtered fish having an open abdominal cavity previously cut by an abdominal knife and a dorsal knife, by cutting through a web left round the backbone of the fish by the abdominal and dorsal knives. The apparatus includes a transport saddle to transport the previously cut fish in a direction of fish travel wherein the saddle includes an upper bone guide and a lower bone guide. The apparatus also includes a separating unit movable back and forth from a standby position into a working position. The separating unit has a separating device to detach the fillet from the backbone of the fish and a counter support associated with the separating device and arranged on the separating unit with the separating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co.KG
    Inventors: Hans Finke, Michael Juers
  • Device for extracting the flank bones of beheaded, slaughtered fish having open abdominal cavities and filleting machine for filleting beheaded, slaughtered fish having open abdominal cavities comprising such a device
    Patent number: 7927194
    Abstract: An apparatus to cut free flank bones of a beheaded, slaughtered fish having an open abdominal cavity includes a transport saddle to transport the fish in a direction of fish travel. The saddle includes an upper bone guide and a lower bone guide. The apparatus additionally includes a separating unit moveable back and forth from a standby position into a working position having a separating device and a counter support. The separating device includes a rotating circular knife to detach a fish fillet from the flank bones and the counter support includes a fixed element and is associated with the separating device. The counter support and separating device are movable about two axes, the fixed element being movable relative to the circular knife and independently thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Jürs, Hans Finke, Manfred Brandt
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTACTLESS DETECTION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTINUOUSLY DELIVERED TRANSLUCENT PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20110013181
    Abstract: An apparatus for contactless detection of characteristics of continuously conveyed, translucent products includes first and second transmitting units each having an independent light source to generate high-intensity light radiation to illuminate the product, a light-converting element to form a planar light field from the light radiation and a focusing element to form a line of light running transversely to a direction of conveying of the products from the planar light field. A receiving unit has a detection device to pick up the light radiation transflected by the product. Shading elements are arranged respectively between the transmitting units and the receiving unit. The first transmitting unit is arranged in front of the receiving unit in the direction of conveying of the products and the second transmitting unit is arranged behind the receiving unit in the direction of conveying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Agnar Sivertsen, Karsten Heia, Heidi Anita Nilsen
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING SURFACE LAYERS IN PRODUCTS OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY
    Publication number: 20100313720
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to separate a surface layer of a product in the food industry. The apparatus includes a transport device to transport the product from an input region to an output region and a pressure device to press the product against the transport device. A separating device is arranged in the output region to separate the surface layer from the product. The separating device defines a separating gap between the separating device and the transport device. A substantially cylindrical, rotatably controllable deflecting device is arranged in the output region. The deflecting device has a shape varying in the axial direction and/or a circumferential direction. The transport device is guided around the deflecting device to create a variable process gap to separate the surface layer of the product from the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Grabau
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING FISH, POULTRY, OR OTHER MEAT PRODUCTS TRANSPORTED IN MULTITUDE ALONG A PROCESSING LINE
    Publication number: 20100029187
    Abstract: In a method for the processing of fish, poultry or other meat products being conveyed in a plurality along a processing line (10), components which are to be excluded from consumption are separated and edible products (7) obtained as a result for consumption are checked with an automatic inspection device (3) for residues left behind. Separation takes place in such a way that, in the case of a number of edible products (7), minimised residues of at least one kind are deliberately permitted and induced for further processing of the edible products, in particular to optimise the edible product recovery. The automatic inspection device (3) is adjusted to detect the minimised tolerance residues, and inspected edible products (71, 72) with and without the tolerance residues are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud.Baader GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hartmut A. Haucke, Ralph Anderson Miller, Paul M. Hearn, Shawn Nicholas
  • Conveying apparatus
    Patent number: 7594573
    Abstract: The invention concerns a conveying apparatus, essentially including an endless conveying element which is guided over several deflecting elements and comprises a conveying sector and a return sector, the conveying sector defining a conveying plane E, a drive for the conveying element and elements for centering the conveying element, which is distinguished by the fact that at least the deflecting elements arranged at opposite ends of the conveying sector are designed as elements for centering the conveying element transversely to the direction of transport T with an inwardly directed shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Grabau
  • Method for gutting beheaded and non-beheaded fish and device for implementing the same
    Patent number: 7427229
    Abstract: A method for gutting beheaded and non-beheaded fish, and in particular farmed fish, uses a circular blade with a guide gouge for opening the abdominal cavity. Then, the entrails are aspirated and extracted separately from the aspirating and extracting of the blood and water. Separate suction pipes connected to separate collecting receptacles are used for aspirating and extracting the entrails and the blood and water, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Werner Grosseholz, Ralf Neumann
  • Device and Method for the Automated Processing of Meat
    Publication number: 20080045131
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for the automated processing of meat. Known devices comprise a transport element, a cutting element, a bearing layer for the cutting element, and at least one control and/or regulating device that is actively connected to the cutting element. According to known devices and methods, the meat is displaced onto or towards the bearing layer, before being cut and/or trimmed. Often, this leads to an accumulation of meat, interrupting the processing operation. The inventive threading element reliably ensures that the meat is lifted up before reaching the bearing layer and is guided onto the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Neumann, Torsten Rusko, Ulrich Gutte
  • Method and device for processing fillets of fish (conveyor belt fillet production)
    Patent number: 7090573
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing fish fillets includes subjecting fish fillets lying on a skin side to a brief pulling cut in the tail region and a splitting separation by a stationary separating edge which, when the fillets approach, enters in the region of the pulling cut between skin and flesh layers and separates the two layers from each other, while at the same time a pull is exerted on the skin layer. Pressure is exerted on the flesh side of the fillet in the input region thereof against the separating edge, and the pulling cut is triggered under the control of a signal, effected in a few strokes and interrupted again immediately afterwards under the control of the signal, whereupon for continuation of the final separating operation the separating edge enters the region of the pulling cut between skin and fillet flesh layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Grosseholz, Olaf Schwarz
  • Method and device for filleting killed and headless fish, the abdominal cavity of which is opened up
    Patent number: 7090574
    Abstract: Certain farmed and/or breeding fish such as tilapia are filleted after the fish have been beheaded, slaughtered and had their ventral cavity opened. Cuts are made in the dorsal region and on the ventral side in the caudal region for exposing the dorsal spokes and ventral spokes, respectively. Then, separating cuts are made over the vertebral column connecting the dorsal and ventral cuts. Before peeling separation in the region of the ventral cavity, the ventral lobes are trimmed by separation of the ends of their ventral lobe portions projecting beyond the ribs. Peeling separation is completed by peeling cuts adapted to the rib contour and made with at least two degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + CO KG
    Inventors: Horst Herbert Braeger, Wolfgang Möller, Dirk Schmüser
  • Device and method for processing meat
    Patent number: RE40085
    Abstract: Device for processing flesh, including at least one transport means, at least one element for position detection as well as at least one separating means and at least one regulating and/or control device, wherein the separating means communicates by means of the regulating and/or control device with the element for position detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Jürs, Matthias Schröder, Conrad Torkler
  • Press separating machine
    Patent number: D594489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader Gmbh + Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Rose