A22C 29/043
Cleaning operations on bivalves
Official title: {Cleaning operations on bivalves, e.g. evisceration, brushing, separation of meat and shell material}
A22C29/043 (Cleaning operations on bivalves) appears on 39 US grants and 17 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 39
- Published applications
- 17
- Assignees
- 17
- Inventors
- 65
- Latest grant
- 7 May 2024
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Apparatus and methods for mollusc processing7 May 2024US 11,974,582 B2Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership
- Depuration system20 Dec 2022US 11,528,894 B2Saeplast Iceland Ehf
- Method for washing, sorting, counting and bagging shellfish5 Oct 2021US 11,134,695 B2Merry Shellfish Farm LLC
- Apparatus with multiple nozzles for cleaning crustacea or game6 Oct 2020US 10,791,749 B2
- Tidal rotating oyster shaper and cleaner apparatus and method of use19 Nov 2019US 10,477,874 B1
- Apparatus and methods for mollusc processing8 Sep 2022US 2022/0279804 A1Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership
- Upside down oysters22 Apr 2021US 2021/0112838 A1
- Method and system for packaging live clams in a container8 Oct 2020US 2020/0315193 A1
- Depuration system18 Jun 2020US 2020/0187465 A1Saeplast Iceland Ehf
- Apparatus with multiple nozzles for cleaning crustacea or game1 Aug 2019US 2019/0230945 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for segregating and separately recovering solids of different densities23US 4,375,264 ADoxsee Food Corp. · 1983
- Apparatus for rinsing and scraping bi-valve mollusks14US 6,508,699 B12003
- Process of elimination of bacteria in shellfish and of shucking shellfish10US 6,537,601 B1Innovatit Seafood Systems, LLC · 2003
- Mussel washer9US 4,324,020 A1982
- Method and apparatus for cleaning tainted shellfish9US 4,537,149 A1985