Patents by Inventor Marshall Vanderpool
Marshall Vanderpool 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).
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Patent number: 7546789Abstract: A whole muscle slicer and separator that solves the product separation problem and other problems found with an ordinary slicer. The invention is where one embodiment includes a special peel out finger bar comb that peels out every other product piece onto a conveyor and a final comb that peels out the remaining product pieces onto a second conveyor. This can be accomplished by tilting the cutting assembly to about approximately a 45 degree angle off vertical. There can be an upper and lower combs arranged in a interfacing relationship with the cutter for separating the product. Another embodiment includes a single finger bar comb having two sets of fingers.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2006Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Tyson Foods, Inc.Inventors: Tim Reddell, Charley Reed, Marshall Vanderpool, Kelvin D. Lasse, James Ruff
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Patent number: 7544119Abstract: An apparatus for positioning poultry, meat, or fish product pieces on a conveyor and a system and method which utilize the inventive apparatus. The inventive apparatus comprises an array of side-by-side upwardly arched product channels and a plurality of catch members mounted for rotating through the product channels such that they lift and pull the product pieces through the upwardly arched product channels and then release the product pieces onto the conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2005Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Tyson Foods, Inc.Inventors: James Ruff, Kelvin D. Lasse, Tim Reddell, Marshall Vanderpool, Charley Lee Reed, Jr., Angela D. Haley, legal representative, Brandon Haley
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Publication number: 20080028906Abstract: A whole muscle slicer and separator that solves the product separation problem and other problems found with an ordinary slicer. The invention is where one embodiment includes a special peel out finger bar comb that peels out every other product piece onto a conveyor and a final comb that peels out the remaining product pieces onto a second conveyor. This can be accomplished by tilting the cutting assembly to about approximately a 45 degree angle off vertical. There can be an upper and lower combs arranged in a dovetail interfacing relationship with the cutter for separating the product. Another embodiment includes a single finger bar comb having two sets of fingers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2006Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: TYSON FOODS, INC.Inventors: Tim Reddell, Charley Reed, Marshall Vanderpool, Kelvin D. Lasse, James Ruff
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Publication number: 20060210674Abstract: An apparatus for positioning poultry, meat, or fish product pieces on a conveyor and a system and method which utilize the inventive apparatus. The inventive apparatus comprises an array of side-by-side upwardly arched product channels and a plurality of catch members mounted for rotating through the product channels such that they lift and pull the product pieces through the upwardly arched product channels and then release the product pieces onto the conveyor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2005Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: James Ruff, Kelvin Lasse, Tim Reddell, Marshall Vanderpool, Charley Reed, Brandon Haley, Angela Haley
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Publication number: 20050059334Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for improving the yield value of leg processing machines by increasing the amount of skin and flesh removed with the back portion. The leg processing method and apparatus of the present invention improves processing of the poultry back half or saddle portion of the carcass. The present invention generates a yield value increase for whole legs or back-out. The present invention is an apparatus which includes a combination of a hold down bar, guide members, blades, and plowing members which effect a yield value increase for the whole leg by increasing the amount of flesh and skin removed from the back portion and left attached to the upper thigh portion of the whole leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2003Publication date: March 17, 2005Applicant: TYSON FOODS, INC.Inventors: Brandon Haley, Marshall Vanderpool, Kelvin Lasse
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Patent number: 6855048Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for removing feathers from a carcass, and more specifically is a method and apparatus for removing feathers from the wing tips of poultry. The method and apparatus comprises at least one wing tip puller which further comprises upper and lower wing guides and a pinch roller adjacent said wing guides where the upper and lower wing guides are designed to receive a wing therebetween and the wing guide is further designed to laterally present the wing tip to the pinch roller.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Tyson Foods, Inc.Inventors: Brandon C. Haley, Bobby Z. Haley, Marshall Vanderpool, William David Royall, Kelvin D. Lasse, James Allen Ruff
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Publication number: 20040192182Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for removing feathers from a carcass, and more specifically is a method and apparatus for removing feathers from the wing tips of poultry. The method and apparatus comprises at least one wing tip puller which further comprises upper and lower wing guides and a pinch roller adjacent said wing guides where the upper and lower wing guides are designed to receive a wing therebetween and the wing guide is further designed to laterally present the wing tip to the pinch roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicant: TYSON FOODS, INC.Inventors: Brandon C. Haley, Bobby Z. Haley, Marshall Vanderpool, William David Royall, Kelvin D. Lasse, James Allen Ruff
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Patent number: 6749497Abstract: A method and apparatus for partially cutting hock joints, and letting feet remain attached to the rest of carcass by skin and one or more tendons, exposing the hock joint by folding feet, and hanging the carcasses in the evisceration shackles by hock joints, the method unambiguously ensures that if a carcass is condemned by an Inspector, the feet belonging to that carcass are condemned as well. Furthermore, this invention solves the even more tractable problem of capturing folded feet, separating feet from the carcass while leaving the carcass still hanging in the shackles, transferring feet into an infeed paw cutter wheel, and cutting knuckle portion to produce chicken paws ready for further processing.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Tyson Foods, Inc.Inventors: Bobby Z. Haley, Brandon C. Haley, Kelly Lasse, Marshall Vanderpool
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Patent number: 6638156Abstract: An apparatus for cutting poultry carcasses as they are continuously conveyed by a shackle conveyor having a plurality of shackles. The inventive apparatus comprises a gap provided between two rails. The rails are positioned such that the exterior of the carcass adjacent the spine will contact and slide along the back rail while the front rail will pivot the front half of the carcass backward with respect to the back half, thereby placing the skin connecting the two halves in a peeling position with respect to the front half. The apparatus further comprises a blade positioned for cutting a segment of skin while the carcass is in this stretched position such that at least most of the segment of skin remains attached to the back half.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2002Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Tyson Foods, Inc.Inventors: Brandon C. Haley, Marshall Vanderpool, Kelvin D. Lasse, Larry R. Welch, James A. Ruff
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Publication number: 20030190880Abstract: A method and apparatus for partially cutting hock joints, and letting feet remain attached to the rest of the carcass by skin and one or more tendons, exposing the hock joint by folding feet, and hanging the carcasses in the evisceration shackles by hock joints, the method unambiguously ensures that if a carcass is condemned by an Inspector, the feet belonging to that carcass are condemned as well. Furthermore, this invention solves the even more intractable problem of capturing folded feet, separating feet from the carcass while leaving the carcass still hanging in the shackles, transferring feet into an infeed paw cutter wheel, and cutting knuckle portion to produce chicken paws ready for further processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventors: Bobby Z. Haley, Brandon C. Haley, Kelly Lasse, Marshall Vanderpool
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Publication number: 20030045223Abstract: An apparatus for cutting poultry carcasses as they are continuously conveyed by a shackle conveyor having a plurality of shackles. The inventive apparatus comprises a gap provided between two rails. The rails are positioned such that the exterior of the carcass adjacent the spine will contact and slide along the back rail while the front rail will pivot the front half of the carcass backward with respect to the back half, thereby placing the skin connecting the two halves in a peeling position with respect to the front half. The apparatus further comprises a blade positioned for cutting a segment of skin while the carcass is in this stretched position such that at least most of the segment of skin remains attached to the back half.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Inventors: Brandon C. Haley, Marshall Vanderpool, Kelvin D. Lasse, Larry R. Welch, James A. Ruff