Patents by Inventor Adriaan EBERGEN

Adriaan EBERGEN 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).

  • Patent number: 11950602
    Abstract: A system and a method for automatic transfer of a carcass or carcass parts suspended from a first carrier to being suspended from a second carrier where at least one of the carriers is tilted at least during a part of the transfer. The carcass parts may be a half carcass that may have been eviscerated and cleaned. The first carrier may be an industry standard gambrel or a single carrier, for example a Euro Hook or a modified Euro Hook. The second carrier may be a single carrier, for example a Euro Hook, or a modified Euro Hook carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAREL MEAT B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Meerdink, Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes Van Der Steen, Adriaan Ebergen, Ronald Kranenbarg, Cornelis Joannes Janssen, Bastiaan Martinus Cornelis Albers
  • Publication number: 20240032549
    Abstract: A system and a method for automatic transfer of a carcass or carcass parts suspended from a first carrier to being suspended from a second carrier where at least one of the carriers is tilted at least during a part of the transfer. The carcass parts may be a half carcass that may have been eviscerated and cleaned. The first carrier may be an industry standard gambrel or a single carrier, for example a Euro Hook or a modified Euro Hook. The second carrier may be a single carrier, for example a Euro Hook, or a modified Euro Hook carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Jan MEERDINK, Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes VAN DER STEEN, Adriaan EBERGEN, Ronald KRANENBARG, Cornelis Joannes JANSSEN, Bastiaan Martinus Cornelis ALBERS
  • Patent number: 11612166
    Abstract: A system and a method for separating a fore end of a half pig carcass by making a first cut between ribs three and four up to the shoulder blade followed by a second cut through the rest of the carcass. The first cut is made using a regular knife blade, the second cut is made using a scissor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MAREL MEAT B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Johannes Meerdink, Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes Van Der Steen, Adriaan Ebergen, Ronald Kranenbarg
  • Patent number: 11477988
    Abstract: A system and a method for automatic transfer of carcass parts suspended from a first carrier to being suspended from a second carrier. The carcass parts may be a half carcass that may have been eviscerated and cleaned. The first carrier may be an industry standard gambrel or a single carrier or a Marel DeboFlex carrier, for example a Euro Carrier. The second carrier may be a single carrier, for example a Euro Carrier, or a Marel DeboFlex carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MAREL MEAT B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Johannes Meerdink, Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes Van Der Steen, Adriaan Ebergen, Ronald Kranenbarg
  • Patent number: 11388905
    Abstract: A system and a method for separating a middle portion of a half pig carcass, hanging from an overhead conveyor in a carrier, by cutting between the hip bone and the chine bone (backbone) and optionally between the tail bone and the hip bone, the cut causing a middle portion of the half pig carcass part to be partly separated from the remaining half pig carcass part via gravity. Further cutting the connection between the middle part of the half pig carcass part along a curve along the muscle defining the ham cut to separate the middle portion from the rest of the half pig carcass part causing the ham part of the half pig carcass part to remain hanging in the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MAREL MEAT B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Johannes Meerdink, Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes Van Der Steen, Adriaan Ebergen, Ronald Kranenbarg
  • Publication number: 20220142185
    Abstract: A system and a method for automatic transfer of carcass parts suspended from a first carrier to being suspended from a second carrier. The carcass parts may be a half carcass that may have been eviscerated and cleaned. The first carrier may be an industry standard gambrel or a single carrier or a Marel DeboFlex carrier, for example a Euro Carrier. The second carrier may be a single carrier, for example a Euro Carrier, or a Marel DeboFlex carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Johannes MEERDINK, Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes VAN DER STEEN, Adriaan EBERGEN, Ronald KRANENBARG
  • Publication number: 20220142187
    Abstract: A system and a method for separating a fore end of a half pig carcass by making a first cut between ribs three and four up to the shoulder blade followed by a second cut through the rest of the carcass. The first cut is made using a regular knife blade, the second cut is made using a scissor blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Johannes MEERDINK, Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes VAN DER STEEN, Adriaan EBERGEN, Ronald KRANENBARG
  • Publication number: 20220142184
    Abstract: A system and a method for separating a middle portion of a half pig carcass, hanging from an overhead conveyor in a carrier, by cutting between the hip bone and the chine bone (backbone) and optionally between the tail bone and the hip bone, the cut causing a middle portion of the half pig carcass part to be partly separated from the remaining half pig carcass part via gravity. Further cutting the connection between the middle part of the half pig carcass part along a curve along the muscle defining the ham cut to separate the middle portion from the rest of the half pig carcass part causing the ham part of the half pig carcass part to remain hanging in the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Johannes MEERDINK, Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes VAN DER STEEN, Adriaan EBERGEN, Ronald KRANENBARG