Patents Assigned to WRH Holdings, LLC
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Patent number: 9078452Abstract: A poultry wing segmenting blade to segment a poultry wing into segments at the poultry wing joint, the blade includes a bifurcated blade having a first edge and a second edge, and further comprises a guide, the guide configured to align the poultry wing joint with the bifurcated blade configured to separate the joint and cut the poultry wing and, thus, functions to produce consistent high speed joint cuts without producing shattered or fragmented bone segments, exposed open bone areas, and/or bone marrow contamination.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: WRH HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: David Bobby Ray, Raymond Gene Duncan, Robert Lee Darby, Anthony W. Rice, Dane T. Woods
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Publication number: 20140162540Abstract: A poultry wing segmenting blade to segment a poultry wing into segments at the poultry wing joint, the blade includes a bifurcated blade having a first edge and a second edge, and further comprises a guide, the guide configured to align the poultry wing joint with the bifurcated blade configured to separate the joint and cut the poultry wing and, thus, functions to produce consistent high speed joint cuts without producing shattered or fragmented bone segments, exposed open bone areas, and/or bone marrow contamination.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: WRH holdings, LLC d/b/a CantrellInventors: David Bobby Ray, Raymond Gene Duncan, Robert Lee Darby, Anthony W. Rice, Dane T. Woods
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Publication number: 20140162541Abstract: A method of poultry wing segmenting including providing a poultry wing segmenter system having a plurality of spaced shackles which hold the poultry wing suspended by their shoulder joints vertically positioned and presented to a horizontally rotatable wheel which has a plurality of circumferentially spaced lateral notched slots therearound, the rotatable wheel has a pair of annular slots into which cutting blades are positioned, a plurality of wing engaging members and guide members to bias and open the wing joints against cutting blades drawn through the annular to produce separate poultry wing segments of drumette, flat, and tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2014Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: WRH Holdings, LLC d/b/a CantrellInventors: David Bobby Ray, Raymond Gene Duncan, Robert Lee Darby, Anthony W. Rice, Dane T. Woods
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Patent number: 8702480Abstract: A poultry wing segmenting shackle and method of use having bifurcated support device, preferably configured as guide fingers to form bifurcated opening having an open end gripper to support the poultry wing therein and wherein bifurcated support device includes leading prong and trailing prong whereby leading prong longer in length (or extends beyond) trailing prong, and, thus, functions to improve the release of poultry wing therefrom poultry wing shackle.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: WRH Holdings, LLCInventors: David Bobby Ray, Raymond Gene Duncan, Robert Lee Darby, Anthony W. Rice, Dane T. Woods
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Patent number: 8641487Abstract: A method of poultry wing segmenting including providing a poultry wing segmenter system having a plurality of spaced shackles which hold the poultry wing suspended by their shoulder joints vertically positioned and presented to a horizontally rotatable wheel which has a plurality of circumferentially spaced lateral notched slots therearound, the rotatable wheel has a pair of annular slots into which cutting blades are positioned, a plurality of wing engaging members and guide members to bias and open the wing joints against cutting blades drawn through the annular to produce separate poultry wing segments of drumette, flat, and tip.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: WRH Holdings, LLCInventors: David Bobby Ray, Raymond Gene Duncan, Robert Lee Darby, Anthony W. Rice, Dane T. Woods
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Patent number: 8517805Abstract: A poultry wing segmenting system and method of use, includes a drive mechanism, a conveyor having a plurality of spaced shackles which hold the poultry wing suspended by their shoulder joints vertically positioned and presented to a horizontally rotatable wheel which has a plurality of circumferentially spaced lateral notched slots therearound, the rotatable wheel has a pair of annular slots into which cutting blades are positioned, a plurality of wing engaging members and guide members to bias and open the wing joints against cutting blades drawn through the annular to produce separate poultry wing segments of drumette, flat, and tip.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: WRH Holdings, LLCInventors: David Bobby Ray, Raymond Gene Duncan, Robert Lee Darby, Anthony W. Rice, Dane T. Woods