Patents by Inventor Andrew Neville Cormack

Andrew Neville Cormack 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).

  • Mollusc processing apparatus and related methods
    Patent number: 8591296
    Abstract: Mollusc processing apparatus and related methods are disclosed. Molluscs are held in holders by one of their shells, illustratively the bottom shells, and are moved between a series of processing stations. At a shell cut station, an opening is cut into one or both of the shells of each mollusc. The next processing station includes a cutting blade to cut the adductor muscle and viscera of each mollusc away from its non-held shell, illustratively the top shell, and a shell detach mechanism to detach the non-held shell from the held shell. One or multiple air blasts are directed toward the viscera to loosen it from the held shell, and at a vacuum station the loosened viscera is pulled from the held shell. A second muscle cut station includes another cutting blade to cut the adductor muscle from the held shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Gleb Sekretta, Ben Garvey, Timothy Andrew Burke, Bruce Allan Stover, Andrew Neville Cormack, Gerard Murray Prinsen, Angus McLarty, Jacob MacKinnon, Nathaniel Bruce Tynes, Louis-Phillipe Frederick Manuge, Tracy Rose, David Rose, Lee Babin
  • MOLLUSC PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20120214389
    Abstract: Mollusc processing apparatus and related methods are disclosed. Molluscs are held in holders by one of their shells, illustratively the bottom shells, and are moved between a series of processing stations. At a shell cut station, an opening is cut into one or both of the shells of each mollusc. The next processing station includes a cutting blade to cut the adductor muscle and viscera of each mollusc away from its non-held shell, illustratively the top shell, and a shell detach mechanism to detach the non-held shell from the held shell. One or multiple air blasts are directed toward the viscera to loosen it from the held shell, and at a vacuum station the loosened viscera is pulled from the held shell. A second muscle cut station includes another cutting blade to cut the adductor muscle from the held shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Gleb Sekretta, Ben Gärvey, Timothy Andrew Burke, Bruce Allan Stover, Andrew Neville Cormack, Gerard Murray Prinsen, Angus McLarty, Jacob MacKinnon, Nathaniel Bruce Tynes, Louis-Philippe Frederick Manuge, Tracy Rose, David Rose, Lee Babin