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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Messer Industries Usa, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Newman, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Christopher T. Ebeling, Far Hills, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Messer Industries USA, Inc., Delaware, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B 3/00 (2006.01); A22B 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B 3/005 (2013.01); A22B 3/086 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for stunning an animal with an exhaust gas mixture includes a stunning chamber located at a processing site to contain therein as many an animal selected to be stunned; and a combustion chamber located at the processing site for combusting a mixture to provide therefrom an exhaust gas mixture which includes carbon dioxide for stunning the animal in the stunning chamber. A related method and exhaust gas mixture are also provided.