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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:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel A Bocknek, Thornhill, CA;
Rocco G Giorgio, Mississauga, CA;
Darrell R Stoodley, Orangeville, CA;
Caroline A Moziar, Guelph, CA;
Assignee:
Air Liquide Canada, Inc., Montreal, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
452 49 ;
Abstract
A process and apparatus are described to completely separate linked sausages, wieners, or similar products and to remove the links from the ends of the product, i.e., delinking, through mechanical agitation, through the use of direct contact with refrigerant cryogens. The delinked and separated product can then also be individually quick frozen.