Patents by Inventor Aad Hobbel

Aad Hobbel 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).

  • Apparatus for boning animal legs, like thighs of slaughtered chickens
    Patent number: 4736492
    Abstract: Prepared parts of edible fowl, such as thighs of slaughtered chickens, are deboned by loading the parts in a plurality of pans (23) of a pan conveyor (22) with the lengths of the bones approximately parallel to one another extending across the direction of movement of the conveyor and moving the parts in series to a deboning station. Pusher (26) engages one end of the bone and urges each part along the length of the bone off its pan so that the other end of the bone engages centering cup (35) and is located in a predetermined position. Clamps (11 and 12) engage the other end of the bone and blades (19 and 20) also engage the other end of the bone, and the clamps pull the bone through the blades so that the blades remove the meat from the bone. The blades (19 and 20) and clamps (11 and 12) are mechanically connected to one driving means (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Systemate Holland B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus F. Hazenbroek, Aad Hobbel, William L. Wallbridge