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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:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rudolf J Tieleman, Kansas City, KS (US);
Lincoln Simon Langhorn, Kansas City, MO (US);
Assignee:
Johnson Food Equipment, Inc., Kansas City, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
452116 ; 452118 ;
Abstract
A poultry processing machine has a suction tube for use in extracting an organ from a membrane-covered socket in the body cavity of a poultry carcass. The tube is connectable with a source of vacuum pressure and provided with an intake opening through which the organ is passes as it is sucked into the tube. A sharp tooth inside the suction tube is disposed for breaking the membrane during extraction of the organ.