Patents by Inventor Edwin O. Fick, Jr.

Edwin O. Fick, Jr. 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).

  • Method and apparatus for processing pork sides
    Patent number: 4128916
    Abstract: A downwardly biased, upwardly movable wheel is positioned in the path of bodies of meat advancing on a conveyor having lateral hooks for impaling and retaining the meat. The rotational axis of the wheel lies at an acute angle to the conveyor direction, guiding the meat-engaging portion of the wheel in a path which lies convergent to the conveyor direction and has a lateral component opposed to the hooks. A pork side engaged by the rotating wheel is shifted laterally during conveyor movement to drive the pork side into impaled engagement on a hook for subsequent cutting of the loin from the belly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Assignee: Madison Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin O. Fick, Jr., Edward L. Bell