Patents by Inventor Svend Lindholst

Svend Lindholst 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: 7097552
    Abstract: A method and a system (2) for gas stunning of animals for slaughter is described, where the animals arrive at the slaughterhouse in transport crates (6), where gas stunning of the animals is effected while they are still in transport crates (6), and where the transport crates with the animals, a number of conveyors (12, 14, 18, 20), are conveyed successively through a stunning chamber (8), where the action of the gas for stunning of the animals is adjusted by shortening or prolonging the conveying time and/or the conveying route of the said transport crates (6) through the stunning chamber (8). It is possible to optimize stunning while at the same time considering all the parameters. If the stunning condition of the animals is not optimum, it is easy to prolong or shorten the conveying time and/or the conveying route through the stunning chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignees: Linco Food Systems A/S, Linco Italia s.r.l.
    Inventors: Henrik Ovesen, Svend Lindholst, Massimo Zanotti
  • Publication number: 20050191953
    Abstract: A method and a system (2) for gas stunning animals for slaughter is described, where the animals arrive at the poultry slaughterhouse in transport crates (6), where gas stunning of the animals is effected while they are still in transport crates (6), and where the transport crates with the animals, by means of a number of conveyors (12, 14, 18, 20), are conveyed successively through a stunning chamber (8), where the action of the gas for stunning of the animals is adjusted by shortening or prolonging the conveying time and/or the conveying route of the said transport crates (6) through the stunning chamber (8). It has surprisingly appeared that by means of such simple measures it is possible to optimize stunning while at the same time considering all the parameters. If the stunning condition of the animals is not optimum, it is easy to prolong or shorten the conveying time and/or the conveying route through the stunning chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Henrik Ovesen, Svend Lindholst, Massimo Zanotti