Patents by Inventor Engelbert J. J. Teurlinx

Engelbert J. J. Teurlinx 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 device for processing slaughtered poultry, as well as conveyor member for use in such a method and device
    Patent number: 6152816
    Abstract: In a device and method for processing slaughtered poultry, the following steps are carried out: drawing the viscera package out of the carcass of the poultry; separating the viscera package from the carcass; conveying the viscera package in a viscera package conveyor member; conveying the carcass in a carcass conveyor member; and inspecting the viscera package and the carcass. The viscera package conveyor member and the carcass conveyor member are coupled together at least during the inspection. The viscera package conveyor member and the carcass conveyor member may form part of one combined conveyor member. Prior to the inspection, at least the intestines, and in particular the intestines and the gall bladder, are removed from the viscera package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.
    Inventors: Andrianus J. van den Nieuwelaar, Engelbert J. J. Teurlinx, Bastiaan W. J. E. J. Drabbels, Cornelis D. van Harskamp
  • Method and device for separating at least one piece of visceral tissue from at least one organ connected thereto
    Patent number: 5755617
    Abstract: In a method and device for separating at least one piece of visceral tissue from at least one organ connected thereto, in which the at least one piece of visceral tissue to be separated is smaller than said at least one organ, the cluster of visceral tissue and organ or organs is moved relative to and over a surface provided with holes. The holes are effectively at least as large as the smallest cross-section of the at least one piece of visceral tissue to be separated. A piece of visceral tissue to be separated which passes into a hole is retained in the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis D. van Harskamp, Adrianus J. van den Nieuwelaar, Engelbert J. J. Teurlinx
  • Method and device for processing a cluster of organs from a slaughtered animal
    Patent number: 5549521
    Abstract: Method and device for separating one or more organs or a part thereof from a cluster of interconnected internal organs from a slaughtered animal, making use of a fixing device which is moved through an evisceration opening into the body of the slaughtered animal, in which method a part of the cluster is fixed with the aid of and relative to the fixing device, the connection between the organs and the body is broken, and the organs are taken out of the body. The fixing is maintained after the organs have been taken out of the body and until a separating operation has been carried out on one or more organs or a part thereof in a spatial orientation determined by the fixing. The fixing is achieved by clamping a part of the cluster. During the fixing, organs can be separated from the cluster of organs with the aid of guide elements, stripping elements, separating rollers, and cutting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.
    Inventors: Adrianus J. van den Nieuwelaar, Petrus C. M. Janssen, Engelbert J. J. Teurlinx, Cornelius D. van Harskamp, Bastiaan W. J. E. J. Drabbels