55 patents
Utility
Heated brine injection
14 Nov 23
A system and method for making a jerky meat product may include a pump to pump heated brine at a positive pressure at a desired temperature.
Kent M. Bearson, Simon Hugh Politzer, Tasha Joy Hermes, Julie Michelle McIntire, Dejing Fu, Brenda M. Dismore, Nicholas James Miller
Filed: 8 Feb 16
Utility
Method and apparatus for a carriage and a conveyor for automated cutting of meat
15 Aug 23
The technology as disclosed herein includes a method and apparatus for deboning a meat item, and more particular for deboning a poultry item including performing an initial shoulder cut for removing boneless breast meat from the poultry carcass or frame.
Doug Foreman, Douglas Martin Linn, James A. Ruff
Filed: 5 Dec 21
Utility
Process for Continuously Forming a Raw Egg Product
11 May 23
In accordance with this disclosure, a process for producing egg products is provided.
Zachary T. Young, Robert L. Hill, Jr.
Filed: 10 Nov 22
Utility
Method and apparatus for a mounting cone and a wing support for automated cutting of meat
21 Mar 23
The technology as disclosed herein includes a method and apparatus for deboning a meat item, and more particular for deboning a poultry item including performing an initial shoulder cut for removing boneless breast meat from the poultry carcass or frame.
Doug Foreman, Douglas Martin Linn
Filed: 5 Dec 21
Utility
Food Product Packaging with Purge Trap
2 Mar 23
A package for retaining a food item includes a base and at least one side wall extending away from the base and terminating at a flange.
Rick Strickland, Jonathon Tran, Jason Robertson, Jeffrey Anthony Czarny, Steve Morris, Ty Baublits, Bryce Gerlach, Mary Lou Resh
Filed: 29 Aug 22
Utility
Automatic chine saw
14 Feb 23
A system and method for removing a bone from a primal or sub primal meat cut that includes a conveyance system having a continuous conveyor extending along a path of conveyance from an upstream point at the loading end to a downstream point at the discharge.
Jason William Tomcak, Bradley John Dirkschneider
Filed: 4 Jan 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Food Product Extrusion
12 Jan 23
A system for producing food product may include an inner tube configured to extrude a first component, and an outer tube provided about the inner tube to define an annular space through which a second component is extruded, the inner and outer tubes, alone or in conjunction with a nozzle or other extrusion mechanism, defining an outlet.
David S. Oufnac, Larry Scott, Brenda Marie Dismore, Timothy A. Stubbs
Filed: 31 Aug 22
Utility
Method and apparatus for poultry colony storage and conveyance
3 Jan 23
An apparatus and method for a colony system for growing poultry includes a rack system including vertically and horizontally oriented support members, where the support members can be beams that are structurally interconnected forming multiple vertically tiered channels through which a poultry basket can be conveyed, and where each channel formed by the support members has an entry end and an exit end.
Doug Foreman, Stephen Brannan, James A. Ruff, David Lee Mantooth, Kevin W. Guernsey, Timothy J. DeRoche, Brian R. Lee
Filed: 31 May 19
Utility
Method and apparatus for a breast pull system and a coracoid stabilizer for automated cutting of meat
3 Jan 23
The technology as disclosed herein includes a method and apparatus for deboning a meat item, and more particular for deboning a poultry item including performing an initial shoulder cut for removing boneless breast meat from the poultry carcass or frame.
Doug Foreman, Douglas Martin Linn
Filed: 5 Dec 21
Utility
Leak-proof press-fit sealed container
13 Dec 22
An apparatus is disclosed.
Steven W. Morris, Jeffrey Czarny, Mary Lou Resh
Filed: 29 Jun 18
Utility
Methods of Producing Ready-to-eat Breakaway Meat Portions
17 Nov 22
A method may include grinding raw whole muscle meat into a ground meat material and heating the ground meat material to cook the ground meat material into a cooked ground meat material suitable for consumption.
Kent BEARSON, Kasia ORBIK, Forrest Tyler TATE
Filed: 13 May 21
Utility
Portable basket colony for growing and transport with stackable standoff
1 Nov 22
A colony basket and method of using the same for handling poultry from DOC through the growing process and on to a production facility comprising a harvesting system, a loading system, a transport system, an unloading and storing system, hanging system and cleaning system.
Doug Foreman, Stephen Brannan, James A. Ruff, David Lee Mantooth, Kevin W. Guernsey, Timothy J. DeRoche, Brian R. Lee
Filed: 31 May 19
Utility
System and Method for Framed Lid
20 Oct 22
A package for retaining a food item includes a tray with a base connected to at least one sidewall.
Steven MORRIS, Jeffrey CZARNY, Steven CLARKE, Mark JONES, Nick HARDING
Filed: 29 Jun 22
Utility
Moisture Degraded Packaging Seal
20 Oct 22
A packaged food product can include: a package and food disposed within the package.
Benjamin M. Cichowski, Jeffrey Anthony Czarny
Filed: 29 Jun 22
Utility
Apparatus and method of communicating information about a packaged food product
11 Oct 22
An apparatus for delivering information to a mobile computing device regarding a packaged food product includes an information delivery computing device comprising a processor and non-transitory memory.
Erin Tilley, Jake Wiedower
Filed: 12 Feb 20
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Non-contact Temperature Measurement of a Food Item
15 Sep 22
A method and apparatus for temperature processing a food item.
Mark Griffin, Doug Foreman, Bill Britting, Toni Kinsey, Sam Engel, Jeremy Gerard, Douglas Martin Linn, Travis Scarrow
Filed: 8 Mar 22
Utility
Cooking extrusion horn
23 Aug 22
A method and apparatus for an extrusion horn including an inner compression chamber having an interior channel extending from an open infeed port to an open exit port, where a top inner surface of the interior channel progressively tapers down with an initial slope having an initial downward taper to a target thickness, then top inner surface abruptly steps to an increased thickness of the channel, and then progressively tapers down with a secondary slope where the secondary slope has a steeper downward taper than the slope of the initial downward taper.
Mark Christie, Anthony J. Cardarelli, Dejing Fu, James A. Ruff
Filed: 26 Jun 20
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Slicing and Processing Whole Muscle
18 Aug 22
A method and apparatus for improving processing whole muscle for a thinly slice meat item, such as a meat item for Philly Cheese Steaks.
Kent Michael Bearson, Dejing Fu, Kazimierz Jachym
Filed: 6 May 22
Utility
Packaged Food with Moisture Release
4 Aug 22
A microwavable food packaging can be configured to absorb fluid.
Benjamin M. Cichowski, Jeffrey A. Czarny
Filed: 11 Mar 22
Utility
System and method for framed lid
2 Aug 22
A package for retaining a food item includes a tray with a base connected to at least one sidewall.
Steven Morris, Jeffrey Czarny, Steven Clarke, Mark Jones, Nick Harding
Filed: 6 Dec 19