Patents by Inventor Guido Johannes Antonius KUSTERS

Guido Johannes Antonius KUSTERS 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).

  • System and method for measuring a shoulder joint position of a carcass part of slaughtered poultry
    Patent number: 10455842
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring a shoulder joint position of a carcass part of slaughtered poultry are disclosed. The system includes a position measurement device, having a mechanical contact member which is adapted to engage at least one shoulder joint during a measurement of the shoulder joint position, and a product carrier which is adapted to support the carcass part during movement of the product carrier along the conveying path past the position measurement device. The position of the product carrier during the measurement of the shoulder joint position is such that the carcass part is arranged relative to the position measurement device with the left shoulder joint and right shoulder joint one behind the other as seen in the transport direction so as to allow the mechanical contact member to engage a shoulder joint bone structure of a shoulder joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck, Johannis Anthonie Vroegop, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens, Guido Johannes Antonius Kusters
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A SHOULDER JOINT POSITION OF A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY
    Publication number: 20190116811
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring a shoulder joint position of a carcass part of slaughtered poultry are disclosed. The system includes a position measurement device, having a mechanical contact member which is adapted to engage at least one shoulder joint during a measurement of the shoulder joint position, and a product carrier which is adapted to support the carcass part during movement of the product carrier along the conveying path past the position measurement device. The position of the product carrier during the measurement of the shoulder joint position is such that the carcass part is arranged relative to the position measurement device with the left shoulder joint and right shoulder joint one behind the other as seen in the transport direction so as to allow the mechanical contact member to engage a shoulder joint bone structure of a shoulder joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Maurice Eduardus Theodorus VAN ESBROECK, Johannis Anthonie VROEGOP, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria CLAESSENS, Guido Johannes Antonius KUSTERS