Patents by Inventor Howard W. Adams

Howard W. Adams 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).

  • Apparatus and method for splitting poultry breasts
    Patent number: 4251901
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for receiving, positioning and clamping a chicken and severing the breast bone of the clamped chicken before releasing it while moving the chicken in a directed path of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: Holly Farms Poultry Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip R. Thomas, William P. Cannon, Jackie T. Whittington, James H. Steelman, Donald C. Oliver, Howard W. Adams, Michael A. Johnson