Patents by Inventor Francis Willem Johan van Happen

Francis Willem Johan van Happen 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 separating abdominal fat from abdominal skin of poultry
    Patent number: 6726556
    Abstract: In a method for separating abdominal fat from abdominal skin of a slaughtered bird, a supporting surface is positioned against at least a part of that side of the abdominal skin which is remote from the abdominal fat. At least a section of the abdominal fat is scraped off the abdominal skin with the aid of a movable scraper member. The movement of the scraper member is directed substantially parallel to the supporting surface. The supporting surface forms part of a flat plate. The scraper member comprises a bracket, a claw or a body provided with a scraping edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Stork PMT B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Antonius Maria Gooren, Francis Willem Johan van Happen, Jenneke Antonia Christina Lankhaar, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar
  • Method and device for separating abdominal fat from abdominal skin of poultry
    Publication number: 20020173261
    Abstract: In a method for separating abdominal fat from abdominal skin of a slaughtered bird, a supporting surface is positioned against at least a part of that side of the abdominal skin which is remote from the abdominal fat. At least a section of the abdominal fat is scraped off the abdominal skin with the aid of a movable scraper member. The movement of the scraper member is directed substantially parallel to the supporting surface. The supporting surface forms part of a flat plate. The scraper member comprises a bracket, a claw or a body provided with a scraping edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Antonius Maria Gooren, Francis Willem Johan van Happen, Jenneke Antonia Christina Lankhaar, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar
  • Method and device for processing poultry
    Publication number: 20010014580
    Abstract: In a method and device for carrying out at least one processing operation on a slaughtered bird which is hung by its legs, the bird is conveyed on a hook of a conveyor towards and into the processing area of a processing device in order for the at least one processing operation to be carried out on the bird. The bird is positioned in the processing area of the processing device by externally supporting the bird at at least two locations, which are selected from the group of locations which comprises the back, the sternum, the area of the clavicle, the wings and the sides of the bird. Then, the at least one processing operation is carried out in the processing device in the area of the breast of the bird. The bird may also be positioned in the processing area of the processing device by internally supporting the bird on the side of the sternum facing the abdominal cavity of the bird.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: Stork PMT
    Inventors: Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes van der Steen, Francis Willem Johan van Happen, Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar