Patents by Inventor Ronnie M. Conner

Ronnie M. Conner 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).

  • Heart and liver harvesting system
    Patent number: 5186678
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for mechanically and individually removing the heart and liver from poultry viscera still attached to the poultry carcass being transported through the poultry plant by an overhead conveyor and cleaning the heart after removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignees: Cantrell Machine Company, Inc., James S. Ellis, Julius A. Ellis, Jimmie C. Hewell
    Inventors: Ronnie M. Conner, Tommy N. Husley
  • Liver harvesting system and method
    Patent number: 5041052
    Abstract: Method of and apparatus for removing the liver from poultry viscera by mechanically stretching the viscera connected to the liver to pull the gall bladder away from the liver; and, mechanically cutting between the liver and the gall bladder to separate the liver from the viscera and the gall bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Cantrell Machine Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronnie M. Conner, Tommy N. Hulsey, James S. Ellis, Julius A. Ellis
  • Unloader attachment for a poultry processing machine
    Patent number: D286884
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: Centennial Machine Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronnie M. Conner, Grover S. Harben, Jr.
  • Unloader attachment for a poultry processing machine
    Patent number: D287500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: Centennial Machine Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronnie M. Conner, Grover S. Harben, Jr.