A22C 17/16
Cleaning of intestines
Official title: Cleaning of intestines; Machines for removing fat or slime from intestines {(cleaning the stomach of slaughtered animals A22B5/18)}
A22C17/16 (Cleaning of intestines) appears on 26 US grants and 16 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 26
- Published applications
- 16
- Assignees
- 18
- Inventors
- 47
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Nozzle assembly for livestock intestine washing machine25 Aug 2026US 12,714,118 B2Hantover, Inc.
- Device and method for separating tissue from an intestine8 Jul 2025US 12,349,685 B2Van Hessen Holding B.V.
- Machine and method for cleaning poultry offal4 Feb 2025US 12,213,492 B2
- Eversion device and small intestine processing line21 Nov 2023US 11,819,035 B2Marel Brasil Comercial E Industrial Ltda
- Method and system for the processing of clusters of poultry viscera28 Sep 2021US 11,129,392 B2Marel Poultry B.V.
- Intestinal flusher assembly2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090550 A1
- Intestine squeeze conveyor for livestock instestine washing machine31 Jul 2025US 2025/0241321 A1Hantover, Inc.
- Nozzle assembly for livestock intestine washing machine31 Jul 2025US 2025/0241322 A1Hantover, Inc.
- System and method for cleaning livestock intestine31 Jul 2025US 2025/0241323 A1Hantover, Inc.
- Machine and method for cleaning poultry offal29 Aug 2024US 2024/0284923 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Food processing apparatus13US 4,030,162 A1977
- Blade guide assembly for power operated rotary knife10US 8,752,299 B2Bettcher Industries, Inc. · 2014
- Machine for washing tripe9US 3,958,304 AIowa Beef Processors, Inc. · 1976
- Method for washing animal casings7US 4,293,980 AW & R Fletcher (N.Z.) Limited · 1981
- Gizzard harvester7US 4,748,722 APerdue Incorporated · 1988