A22C 21/0053
Transferring or conveying devices for poultry
Official title: {Transferring or conveying devices for poultry}
A22C21/0053 (Transferring or conveying devices for poultry) appears on 365 US grants and 295 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 295
- Assignees
- 110
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 11 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for hanging poultry15 Sep 2026US 12,733,652 B2Meyn Food Processing Technology B. V.
- Method and apparatus for conveying a meat product and using a knife for automated cutting of meat25 Aug 2026US 12,714,117 B1Tyson Foods, Inc.
- Production flow-rate measurement options for food process lines16 Jun 2026US 12,656,160 B2Nothum Manufacturing Company
- Systems and methods for rotating products during processing2 Jun 2026US 12,642,276 B2Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Device and method for removing meat from poultry, and poultry carrier19 May 2026US 12,628,837 B2Ifec B.V.
- Work grasping apparatus and work grasping method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283168 A1Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Processing line and method for processing products of the food processing industry and in particular stunned poultry bodies20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240176 A1Baader Poultry Holding GmbH
- Poultry Hanging System and Method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231966 A1
- Automatic processing system and method for poultry carcasses6 Aug 2026US 2026/0223868 A1
- System for making preparatory incision longitudinally of a poultry leg6 Aug 2026US 2026/0223869 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Transfer apparatus for poultry processing conveyor58US 4,178,659 AStork-Gamco, Inc. · 1979
- Method and apparatus for filleting the body of slaughtered poultry52US 6,007,416 AStork PMT B. V. · 1999
- Poultry inspection apparatus and method50US 4,283,813 AStork-Gamco, Inc. · 1981
- System for transferring birds from one conveyor system to another with intermediate accumulator50US 5,453,045 ASystemate Holland, B. V. · 1995
- Method and device for processing a carcass part of a slaughtered poultry47US 7,344,437 B2Stork PMT B. V. · 2008