Patents by Inventor Darin DOSTAL

Darin DOSTAL 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).

  • Trimming device, trimming system and method
    Patent number: 12446588
    Abstract: A trimming device for trimming a carcass part having a skin and/or fat side, including a blade having a cutting edge facing a front face of the carcass part, and a blade holder for holding the blade. The blade holder has a tiltable blade holder segment and a non-tiltable blade holder segment rotatably coupled to the non-tiltable blade holder segment around an axis of rotation parallel to a conveying direction along which the carcass part is transported to the trimming device, and an actuator configured to tilt the tiltable blade holder segment relative to the non-tiltable blade holder segment based on information concerning a profile of the skin and/or fat side. A geometry of the cutting edge changes when the tiltable blade holder segment is tilted relative to the non-tiltable blade holder segment by the actuator to trim the skin and/or fat side into a predetermined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignees: MAJA-MASCHINENFABRIK HERMANN SCHILL GMBH, MAREL INC.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Gross, Samuel R. McCarthy, Darin Dostal, Ryan Rohe, Gregory Anderson, Douglas R. Bauer, William Johnson
  • TRIMMING DEVICE, TRIMMING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20250160344
    Abstract: A trimming device for trimming a carcass part having a skin and/or fat side, including a blade having a cutting edge facing a front face of the carcass part, and a blade holder for holding the blade. The blade holder has a tiltable blade holder segment and a non-tiltable blade holder segment rotatably coupled to the non-tiltable blade holder segment around an axis of rotation parallel to a conveying direction along which the carcass part is transported to the trimming device, and an actuator configured to tilt the tiltable blade holder segment relative to the non-tiltable blade holder segment based on information concerning a profile of the skin and/or fat side. A geometry of the cutting edge changes when the tiltable blade holder segment is tilted relative to the non-tiltable blade holder segment by means of the actuator to trim the skin and/or fat side into a predetermined shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Joseph A. GROSS, Samuel R. MCCARTHY, Darin DOSTAL, Ryan ROHE, Gregory ANDERSON, Douglas R. BAUER, William JOHNSON