A22C 21/02
Plucking mechanisms for poultry
A22C21/02 (Plucking mechanisms for poultry) appears on 62 US grants and 37 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 62
- Published applications
- 37
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 84
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hub converter17 Feb 2026US 12,550,907 B2Matteo Industrial Products LLC
- Removing feathers from poultry carcasses20 May 2025US 12,302,914 B2JBT Marel Corporation
- Poultry defeathering apparatus17 Dec 2024US 12,167,735 B2Mattco Industrial Products, LLC
- Hinged plate17 Sep 2024US 12,089,604 B2LTA Distributing
- Finger holder for a poultry plucker7 May 2024US 11,974,581 B2Plumatech
- Feather cap7 May 2026US 2026/0123639 A1LTA Distributing
- Hub converter31 Jul 2025US 2025/0241326 A1Matteo Industrial Products LLC
- Feather cap13 Feb 2025US 2025/0049053 A1LTA Distributing
- Depilating machine with optimized structure23 Nov 2023US 2023/0371531 A1Dezhou Ouzhan International Trade Co., Ltd.
- Hinged plate26 Oct 2023US 2023/0337689 A1LTA Distributing
Most cited
By later US patents
- Scrub washer45US 5,605,503 ADapec, Inc. · 1997
- Method and equipment for processing food products41US 4,196,221 A1980
- Suspended feather picker with rotatable sections37US 4,514,879 A1985
- Picking element for a poultry picking apparatus30US 4,292,709 AStork PMT B. V. · 1981
- Hinged poultry defeathering apparatus29US 4,884,318 A1989