A22C 15/00
Apparatus for hanging-up meat or sausages
Official title: Apparatus for hanging-up meat or sausages {(filling and conveying sausage products during manufacture A22C11/00; transport through slaughterhouses A22B7/001; poultry shackles A22C21/0007; conveying poultry A22C21/0053)}
A22C15/00 (Apparatus for hanging-up meat or sausages) appears on 253 US grants and 181 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 253
- Published applications
- 181
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 344
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 10 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12 |
| 2006 | 11 | 14 |
| 2007 | 11 | 9 |
| 2008 | 9 | 3 |
| 2009 | 8 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 18 |
| 2012 | 3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7 |
| 2014 | 13 | 5 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021 | 12 | 9 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 8 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A22C 15/001Apparatus for hanging-up meat or sausages: specially adapted for hanging or conveying180
- A22C 15/003Hooks or the like specially adapted for meat or hams or part59
- A22C 15/007Racks for storing or smoking suspended meat or sausages27
- A22C 15/008Cages specially adapted for suspending hams, meat or sausages5
Recent patents
- Discharge section for a discharge of sausage-shaped products25 Aug 2026US 12,714,116 B2Poly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG
- Method and device for producing sausage chains16 Jun 2026US 12,653,200 B2Peme SA
- Methods for carcass preparation in beef processing26 May 2026US 12,635,698 B1K.K. Holdings AG
- Cutting system for cutting carcass parts while the carcass parts are carried by carriers connected to and moved by an overhang transport system12 May 2026US RE50,883 E1Marel Meat B.V.
- Food processing tree support28 Apr 2026US 12,612,997 B2Smithfield Foods, Inc.
- A slaughtered pig part processing plant and a method of retaining a slaughtered pig part by a hook8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305627 A1Frontmatec Group Aps
- Food processing machine with control device and operating method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191211 A1VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
- Method and system for providing small sausage portions18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165333 A1VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
- Animal hanging device with integrated closed-loop frame9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096565 A1
- Apparatus for loading slices of meat on a frame25 Dec 2025US 2025/0386831 A1Ve.Ma.C. Societa' A Responsabilita' Limitata
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for providing hanger-clip closures for casings60US 4,044,450 AUnion Carbide Corporation · 1977
- Process for attaching a hanger loop to a wrapper section closed with a U-shaped clip51US 4,165,593 A1979
- Method and apparatus for delivering sausages to a bar49US 4,880,105 AHitec Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Mechanism for feeding a string loop into a clip attachment apparatus49US 5,755,022 ADelaware Capital Formation, Inc. · 1998
- Aligned food processing system42US 6,523,462 B1Alkar-RapidPak, Inc. · 2003