A22B 7/005
Means for transferring carcasses from a conveying unit to a different one
Official title: {Means for transferring carcasses from a conveying unit to a different one, e.g. hooking, unhooking (transferring articles between conveyors B65G47/52)}
A22B7/005 (Means for transferring carcasses from a conveying unit to a different one) appears on 22 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Fish feeding system and method for automatic feeding of fish, in particular salmon species, with defined head-tail orientation and defined belly-back orientation to a fish processing device17 Feb 2026US 12,550,908 B2Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
- Overhang rail transport system9 Apr 2024US 11,950,602 B2Marel Meat B.V.
- System and a method for processing poultry slaughter products6 Feb 2024US 11,889,843 B2Marel Poultry B.V.
- System and method for automatic organization, hanging and driving of slaughtered animals14 Feb 2023US 11,576,389 B2
- Overhang rail transport system25 Oct 2022US 11,477,988 B2Marel Meat B.V.
- Gripper, a vision guided robot with such gripper, and a system, method, and computer program for the automated suspension of poultry11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158669 A1Meyn Food Processing Technology B. V.
- Device for dual dosing in an automated overhead conveyor of the meat industry ending in two independent hooks30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331525 A1
- Fish feeding system and method for automatic feeding of fish, in particular salmon species, with defined head-tail orientation and defined belly-back orientation to a fish processing device20 Feb 2025US 2025/0057170 A1Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
- Overhang rail transport system1 Feb 2024US 2024/0032549 A1Marel Meat B.V.
- A system and a method for processing poultry slaughter products7 Dec 2023US 2023/0389560 A1Marel Poultry B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Carcass conveyor for chilling chamber17US 4,838,036 AKnud Simonsen Industries Limited · 1989
- System and method for processing slaughtered animals and/or parts thereof16US 9,004,988 B2Marel Meat Processing Inc. · 2015
- System and method for processing slaughtered animals and/or parts thereof10US 9,192,172 B2Marel Meat Processing Inc. · 2015
- Method and device for separating skeleton parts from a carcass7US 4,985,963 A1991
- Apparatus for unhooking and transferring hung articles, in particular cuts of meat5US 4,423,808 ATecnomec di Venturelli Rino & C.S.n.c. · 1984