Patents by Inventor Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus VAN DEN HEUVEL

Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus VAN DEN HEUVEL 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: 9883680
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for processing a defeathered whole leg poultry product, wherein the method comprises the following steps: —providing a leg product which comprises: —a thigh, —a drumstick, —a knee joint, —while the leg product is suspended from a carrier of a conveyor, making a transverse cut at the knee joint, which transverse cut is made from the rear side of the leg product towards the knee cap, said cut having a cut end which is located adjacent to the rear of the knee cap so that the thigh and the drumstick remain connected to each other and the knee cap remains intact, by which cut a drumstick side cut plane and a thigh side cut plane are created, —while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, removing the thigh bone from the thigh meat via the thigh side cut plane of the transverse cut, —while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, severing the knee meat from the knee cap while keeping the knee meat and the thigh meat connected to e
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Heinze Annema, Richard Gerard Johan Drabbels, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens, Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus Van Den Heuvel, Pascal Peter André Van Kempen, Jan Willem Bos
  • Patent number: 9872506
    Abstract: A system and a method for removing a thigh bone from a defeathered whole leg poultry product includes providing a leg product including a thigh, a drumstick and a knee joint. In the leg product, a transverse cut has been provided at the knee joint transverse to the thigh bone and the tibia bone, which extends from one side of the leg product to a cut end so that the thigh and the drumstick are connected to each other, by which transverse cut a drumstick side cut plane and a thigh side cut plane are created. While keeping the thigh and the drumstick connected to each other, changing the angle between the thigh and thereby exposing the thigh side cut plane, while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, removing the thigh bone from the thigh meat via the thigh side cut plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Heinze Annema, Richard Gerard Johan Drabbels, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens, Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus Van Den Heuvel
  • Patent number: 9808019
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding system for harvesting knee meat and thigh meat from a whole leg poultry product are disclosed. The method includes providing a leg product having a thigh, a drumstick, a knee and a transverse cut at the knee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Heinze Annema, Richard Gerard Johan Drabbels, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens, Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus Van Den Heuvel
  • Publication number: 20170172165
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for processing a defeathered whole leg poultry product, wherein the method comprises the following steps: —providing a leg product which comprises: —a thigh, —a drumstick, —a knee joint, —while the leg product is suspended from a carrier of a conveyor, making a transverse cut at the knee joint, which transverse cut is made from the rear side of the leg product towards the knee cap, said cut having a cut end which is located adjacent to the rear of the knee cap so that the thigh and the drumstick remain connected to each other and the knee cap remains intact, by which cut a drumstick side cut plane and a thigh side cut plane are created, —while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, removing the thigh bone from the thigh meat via the thigh side cut plane of the transverse cut, —while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, severing the knee meat from the knee cap while keeping the knee meat and the thigh meat connected to e
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Heinze ANNEMA, Richard Gerard Johan DRABBELS, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria CLAESSENS, Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus VAN DEN HEUVEL, Pascal Peter André VAN KEMPEN, Jan Willem BOS
  • Publication number: 20170142989
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding system for harvesting knee meat and thigh meat from a whole leg poultry product are disclosed. The method includes providing a leg product having a thigh, a drumstick, a knee and a transverse cut at the knee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Heinze ANNEMA, Richard Gerard Johan DRABBELS, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria CLAESSENS, Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus VAN DEN HEUVEL
  • Publication number: 20170127692
    Abstract: A system and a method for removing a thigh bone from a defeathered whole leg poultry product includes providing a leg product including a thigh, a drumstick and a knee joint. In the leg product, a transverse cut has been provided at the knee joint transverse to the thigh bone and the tibia bone, which extends from one side of the leg product to a cut end so that the thigh and the drumstick are connected to each other, by which transverse cut a drumstick side cut plane and a thigh side cut plane are created. While keeping the thigh and the drumstick connected to each other, changing the angle between the thigh and thereby exposing the thigh side cut plane, while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, removing the thigh bone from the thigh meat via the thigh side cut plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Heinze ANNEMA, Richard Gerard Johan DRABBELS, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria CLAESSENS, Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus VAN DEN HEUVEL