Patents by Inventor Raymond Strawn

Raymond Strawn 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for performing processing operations on a slaughtered animal or part thereof
    Patent number: 6383069
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for performing multiple automated poultry processing operations upon a slaughtered animal or a part thereof via a single machine is described. The machine contains at least two rotary processors in a single frame. A covering surrounds the processors. A venting processor cuts out and removes the vent to a slaughtered animal and in the process removes unwanted fecal or other material from the exterior and the interior of the carcass. The processors integrated into the single machine are coupled by a conveyor line following a preferably generally S-shaped route that carries the carcasses amongst the processors, preferably positioning the carcasses at the optimum registration point for the operation performed by the particular processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Stork Gamco Inc.
    Inventors: Max Volk, Raymond Strawn, Adrianus J. Von Den Nieuwelaar, Bradley K. Gazaway, Hendrikus Werner Peeters
  • Methods and apparatus for performing processing operations on a slaughtered animal or part thereof
    Patent number: 6371843
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for performing multiple automated poultry processing operations upon a slaughtered animal or a part thereof via a single machine is described. The machine contains at least two rotary processors in a single frame. A covering surrounds the processors. A venting processor cuts out and removes the vent of a slaughtered animal and in the process removes unwanted fecal or other material from the exterior and the interior of the carcass. The processors integrated into the single machine are coupled by a conveyor line following a preferably generally S-shaped route that carries the carcasses amongst the processors, preferably positioning the carcasses at the optimum registration point for the operation performed by the particular processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Stork Gamco Incorporated
    Inventors: Max Volk, Raymond Strawn, Adrianus J. Van Den Nieuwelaar, Bradley K. Gazaway, Hendrikus Werner Peeters
  • Methods and apparatus for performing processing operations on a slaughtered animal or part thereof
    Patent number: 6358136
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for performing multiple automated poultry processing operations upon a slaughtered animal or a part thereof via a single machine is described. The machine contains at least two rotary processors in a single frame. A covering surrounds the processors. A venting processor cuts out and removes the vent of a slaughtered animal and in the process removes unwanted fecal or other material from the exterior and the interior of the carcass. The processors integrated into the single machine are coupled by a conveyor line following a preferably generally S-shaped route that carries the carcasses amongst the processors, preferably positioning the carcasses at the optimum registration point for the operation performed by the particular processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Stork Gamco Incorporated
    Inventors: Max Volk, Raymond Strawn, Adrianus J. Van Den Nieuwelaar, Bradley K. Gazaway, Hendrikus Werner Peeters
  • Methods and apparatus for performing processing operations on a slaughtered animal or part thereof
    Patent number: 6193595
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for performing multiple automated poultry processing operations upon a slaughtered animal or a part thereof via a single machine is described. The machine contains at least two rotary processors in a single frame. A covering surrounds the processors. A venting processor cuts out and removes the vent of a slaughtered animal and in the process removes unwanted fecal or other material from the exterior and the interior of the carcass. The processors integrated into the single machine are coupled by a conveyor line following a preferably generally S-shaped route that carries the carcasses amongst the processors, preferably positioning the carcasses at the optimum registration point for the operation performed by the particular processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Stork Gamco Incorporated
    Inventors: Max Volk, Raymond Strawn, Adrianus J. Van Den Nieuwelaar, Bradley K. Gazaway, Hendrikus Werner Peeters
  • Method and apparatus for performing processing operations on a slaughtered animal or part thereof
    Patent number: 6190250
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for performing multiple automated poultry processing operations upon a slaughtered animal or a part thereof via a single machine is described. The machine contains at least two rotary processors in a single frame. A covering surrounds the processors. A venting processor cuts out and removes the vent of a slaughtered animal and in the process removes unwanted fecal or other material from the exterior and the interior of the carcass. The processors integrated into the single machine are coupled by a conveyor line following a preferably generally S-shaped route that carries the carcasses amongst the processors, preferably positioning the carcasses at the optimum registration point for the operation performed by the particular processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Stork Gamco Incorporated
    Inventors: Max Volk, Raymond Strawn, Adrianus J. Van Den Nieuwelaar, Bradley K. Gazaway, Hendrikus Werner Peeters