Patents by Inventor Heinz MADSEN

Heinz MADSEN 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 positioning and/or handling carcasses and/or carcass parts during the slaughter of animals on an industrial scale
    Patent number: 11785956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for automatically positioning and/or handling a carcass and/or carcass part during the slaughter of animals on an industrial scale and to a device for cutting a carcass and/or carcass part during the slaughter of animals on an industrial scale. The invention also relates to a method for automatically positioning and/or handling a carcass and/or carcass part of a slaughtered animal during the slaughter of animals on an industrial scale as well as a method for automatically cutting a carcass and/or carcass part of a slaughtered animal during the slaughter of animals on an industrial scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HUMBOLDT B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Gerardus Maria Jacobs, Heinz Madsen
  • A CUTTING SYSTEM FOR CUTTING CARCASS PARTS WHILE THE CARCASS PARTS ARE CARRIED BY CARRIERS CONNECTED TO AND MOVED BY AN OVERHANG TRANSPORT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230225338
    Abstract: A cutting system is provided for cutting carcass parts while the carcass parts are carried by carriers connected to and moved by an overhang transport system. A detection device is provided for determining a cutting position of an incoming carcass part. At least one cutting device having an upwardly and downwardly facing surface structure is provided and a moving mechanism is mechanically connected to the at least one cutting device for controlling the position of the at least one cutting device on the basis of the determined cutting position. A carcass displacement device is arranged to initiate displacement of the carcass part away from the at least one cutting position while the carcass part or a resulting sub-part carried by a carrier and is located between the upstream cutting edge and the downstream edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jan MEERDINK, Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes VAN DER STEEN, Cornelis Joannes JANSSEN, Bastiaan Martinus Cornelis ALBERS, Heinz MADSEN, Leonardus Jozephus Antonius TIGGELOVEN, Niels Antonio William KOSTER
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AND/OR HANDLING CARCASSES AND/OR CARCASS PARTS DURING THE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE
    Publication number: 20220022470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for automatically positioning and/or handling a carcass and/or carcass part during the slaughter of animals on an industrial scale and to a device for cutting a carcass and/or carcass part during the slaughter of animals on an industrial scale. The invention also relates to a method for automatically positioning and/or handling a carcass and/or carcass part of a slaughtered animal during the slaughter of animals on an industrial scale as well as a method for automatically cutting a carcass and/or carcass part of a slaughtered animal during the slaughter of animals on an industrial scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Gerardus Maria JACOBS, Heinz MADSEN