Patents by Inventor Jasper N. Howard

Jasper N. Howard 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).

  • Patent number: 5080631
    Abstract: A conveyor with juxtaposed blocks moves along a path of travel, certain of the blocks have recesses which receive second joints of the wings of poultry. The second joints are arranged sidewise to the path of travel of the conveyor, in the recesses and are successively passed beneath a support frame where a knife is reciprocated as the support frame is towed by the conveyor to cut the flesh and skin between the ulna and radius bones and one or both cartilages, which join the ends of the bones. When cutting a cartilage, the bones are urged apart as the cut is made. When one cartilage, only is cut, the bones are pivoted to produce a V-shaped product. This V-shaped product is coated with an edible coating and cooked of frozen for shipment. Several types of blades are illustrated, the blades having one or more camming surfaces for urging the bones apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: James Edwin Mauer
    Inventors: Jasper N. Howard, Benedict DiGerlando, George M. Hopkins