Patents by Inventor Pieter Willem Vonk
Pieter Willem Vonk 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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Publication number: 20230042295Abstract: A device for processing a carcass-part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line can include a tool having a primary knife and two secondary knives arranged on opposite sides of a bottom knife to disconnect a wishbone. A tertiary knife can be positionable adjacent to the two secondary knives on a side of the blades opposite to the side where the primary knife is positioned or positionable so as to define a cage for trapping the wishbone in the cage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Michael George Lourentius Koopman, Marcel Verhagen, Pieter Willem Vonk, Jeroen Hermanus Wijtten
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Patent number: 10154672Abstract: Scapula harvester for operating on a poultry carcass including instruments for breaking tissue connections and for harvesting scapula bones that connect to the poultry carcass. The instruments may include back knives and release hooks arranged to operate concertedly such that the back knives cut along and eventually assume a stationary position adjacent to the poultry spine for fixing the poultry carcass in position with the scapula bones directed upwards. The release hooks may execute a down and up movement while the back knives are stationary, wherein during the up movement the release hooks detach the scapula bones from the poultry carcass so as to harvest the scapula.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk
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Patent number: 9986746Abstract: A filleting device and method for harvesting fillets from a poultry carcass that is moved in a conveyor-line and supported on a carrier. Fillets may be guided to a pulling device that may be placed in or adjacent to the path of the poultry carcass. Harvesting of the fillets may be completed with the pulling device while keeping the fillets pushed against the first guide rail or rails and/or the pulling device. Harvested fillets may be moved to at least one outlet for the fillets.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk, Michael George Lourentius Koopman
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Patent number: 9924725Abstract: Method and device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line. A carcass part may be supported on a carrier that is movable in the processing line and includes wing joints, coracoids, a wishbone being embodied with two legs that merge into each other at an acute angle, a keel bone, and naturally present meat including inner and outer fillets, and means are applied for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk
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Publication number: 20180027827Abstract: A filleting device and method for harvesting fillets from a poultry carcass that is moved in a conveyor-line and supported on a carrier. Fillets may be guided to a pulling device that may be placed in or adjacent to the path of the poultry carcass. Harvesting of the fillets may be completed with the pulling device while keeping the fillets pushed against the first guide rail or rails and/or the pulling device. Harvested fillets may be moved to at least one outlet for the fillets.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk, Michael George Lourentius Koopman
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Publication number: 20180020684Abstract: Method and device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk
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Patent number: 9648886Abstract: A method and apparatus for harvesting of backmeat of a carcass or carcass part of slaughtered poultry in connection with a process of filleting of the carcass or carcass part is provided. The method can include scraping the backmeat loose from the carcass or carcass part whereby a connection is maintained with fillets of the carcass or carcass part. Prior to the filleting of the carcass or carcass part a neck portion of a backbone of the carcass or carcass parts is fixed in position, whereby thereafter the backmeat is scraped loose from the carcass or carcass part.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.Inventors: Pieter Willem Vonk, Ferdinand Allard De Vos
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Patent number: 9532580Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing poultry or a part thereof in a processing line, including the step of detaching and/or collecting a cartilage of the poultry's keel bone, whereby during transport of the poultry's carcass in the processing line, a cut is made in the cartilage of the keel bone. The cut is made initially transverse to the transport direction of the poultry and towards the poultry's backbone. The cut develops from the transverse direction to eventually a direction opposed to the transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk, Martinus Casper Melchior Balthasar Waasdijk
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Patent number: 9028304Abstract: A poultry processing device for removing skin from the meat of poultry is provided. The device can include a conveyor line for moving the poultry in their conveying path and one or more de-skinning devices in or adjacent to the conveying path for processing the passing poultry. Each of the de-skinning devices can include a rotatable gripper roll which is circumferentially provided with longitudinally extending teeth having radial ends facing away from a rotational axis of the roll and providing a frictional outer surface to the roll for catching engagement with the skin. Each of the de-skinning devices can further include pinch devices adjacent to the rotatable gripper roll to pinch or trap the skin between the gripper roll and the pinch devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk
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Patent number: 8974271Abstract: A filleting device and method for harvesting fillets from poultry carcasses that are moved in a conveyer-line supported on carriers is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the first guide rails are provided to guide at least a part of the fillets so as to increase this part's distance from the carcass and break the tissue connections that connect the fillet or fillets in their natural position to the keel-bone of the carcass. Flexible elements are provided that complete the harvesting of the fillets by peeling the fillets entirely loose from the keel-bone.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk, Martinus Casper Melchior Balthasar Waasdijk, Michael George Lourentius Koopman
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Publication number: 20140357174Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing poultry or a part thereof in a processing line, including the step of detaching and/or collecting a cartilage of the poultry's keel bone, whereby during transport of the poultry's carcass in the processing line, a cut is made in the cartilage of the keel bone. The cut is made initially transverse to the transport direction of the poultry and towards the poultry's backbone. The cut develops from the transverse direction to eventually a direction opposed to the transport direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk, Martinus Casper Melchior Balthasar Waasdijk
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Patent number: 8845401Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing poultry or a part thereof in a processing line, including the step of detaching and/or collecting a cartilage of the poultry's keel bone, whereby during transport of the poultry's carcass in the processing line, a cut is made in the cartilage of the keel bone, which cut is made initially transverse to the transport direction of the poultry and towards the poultry's backbone, and which cut develops from said transverse direction to eventually a direction opposed to the transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk, Martinus Casper Melchior Balthasar Waasdijk
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Patent number: 8784165Abstract: A residual fat remover and method for removal of residual fat that remains on tissue of a poultry carcass after the poultry carcass has passed a scraper for releasing tissue connections between a fillet or fillets and the poultry carcass, wherein the fillet or fillets still at least in part are attached to the carcass when passing the residual fat remover, and wherein the residual fat remover is embodied with opposite pens that are positioned along the path of the passing poultry carcass on opposite sides of the breastbone of the passing poultry carcass so as to detach the residual fat on the outer sides of the fillet or fillets during passing of the poultry carcass.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.Inventors: Pieter Willem Vonk, Ferdinand Allard De Vos
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Patent number: 8758097Abstract: A method is provided for releasing tissue connections between a fillet and a carcass of slaughtered poultry. In one embodiment, the method uses a scraper that includes a stem ending into a first scraping lip, which is bent to follow a carcass contour. The stem is provided with a second scraping lip for release of at least part of the fatty tissue connected to an unexposed or uncovered side of the fillet.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Jeroen Bohm, Marcel Verhagen, Pieter Willem Vonk
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Publication number: 20130331017Abstract: A residual fat remover and method for removal of residual fat that remains on tissue of a poultry carcass after the poultry carcass has passed a scraper for releasing tissue connections between a fillet or fillets and the poultry carcass, wherein the fillet or fillets still at least in part are attached to the carcass when passing the residual fat remover, and wherein the residual fat remover is embodied with opposite pens that are positioned along the path of the passing poultry carcass on opposite sides of the breastbone of the passing poultry carcass so as to detach the residual fat on the outer sides of the fillet or fillets during passing of the poultry carcass.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: Pieter Willem VONK, Ferdinand Allard DE VOS
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Patent number: 8529322Abstract: A method and device for processing a carcass-part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line is provided. Means are applied for cutting the membrana and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass-part. The means for cutting the membrana and/or removing of the wishbone include an arrow-shaped knife and two blades arranged on opposite sides of the knife. After the means for cutting the membrana and/or removing of the wishbone are introduced into the carcass part, the arrow-shaped knife and the two blades are moved in a unitary movement from within the carcass-part in a sideways direction away from the carcass part so as to lift the wishbone legs while they are still connected to the wing joints, and subsequently turn the wishbone legs out of the wing joints of the carcass-part.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology, B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk
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Patent number: 8435100Abstract: A device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line is provided. The carcass part is supported on a carrier that moves in the processing line. The carcass part includes wing-joints, coracoids, a wishbone embodied with two legs that merge into each other at an acute angle, a keelbone, a membrane and/or ligament that connects at least to the wishbone and the keel-bone, and naturally present meat including inner and outer fillets. The device includes apparatus for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part. The device is arranged such that the apparatus for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone can be a knife equipped to cut the wishbone and disconnect it from the membrane and/or ligament with an increased yield of meat that is retained on the carcass part.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2010Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Hendrik Jan Jonkers, Hermanus Laurentius Zomerdijk, Michael George Lourentius Koopman, Pieter Willem Vonk, Willem Cornelis Steenbergen
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Patent number: 8308535Abstract: A device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line is provided. The carcass part is supported on a carrier that moves in the processing line. The device includes device for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part. The device is arranged such that the device for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone can be a knife equipped to cut the wishbone and disconnect it from the membrane and/or ligament with an increased yield of meat that is retained on the carcass part.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Hendrik Jan Jonkers, Hermanus Laurentius Zomerdijk, Michael George Lourentius Koopman, Pieter Willem Vonk, Willem Cornelis Steenbergen
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Publication number: 20120252337Abstract: A device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line is provided. The carcass part is supported on a carrier that moves in the processing line. The device includes means for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part. The device is arranged such that the means for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone can be a knife equipped to cut the wishbone and disconnect it from the membrane and/or ligament with an increased yield of meat that is retained on the carcass part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY B.V.Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Hendrik Jan Jonkers, Hermanus Laurentius Zomerdijk, Michael George Lourentius Koopman, Pieter Willem Vonk, Willem Cornelis Steenbergen
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Publication number: 20120225184Abstract: A method and apparatus for harvesting of backmeat of a carcass or carcass part of slaughtered poultry in connection with a process of filleting of the carcass or carcass part is provided. The method can include scraping the backmeat loose from the carcass or carcass part whereby a connection is maintained with fillets of the carcass or carcass part. Prior to the filleting of the carcass or carcass part a neck portion of a backbone of the carcass or carcass parts is fixed in position, whereby thereafter the backmeat is scraped loose from the carcass or carcass part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY B.V.Inventors: Pieter Willem VONK, Ferdinand Allard DE VOS