Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for harvesting livers and hearts
- Patent Title (中): 收集肝脏和心脏的方法和设备
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Application No.: US11619185Application Date: 2007-01-02
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Publication No.: US08172652B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Charley Reed , Mark Griffin , Tim Reddell , James Ruff , Ron Mackey , John E. Johnson
- Applicant: Charley Reed , Mark Griffin , Tim Reddell , James Ruff , Ron Mackey , John E. Johnson
- Applicant Address: US AR Springdale
- Assignee: Tyson Foods, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tyson Foods, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Springdale
- Agency: Husch Blackwell LLP
- Agent Mark E. Stallion, Esq.
- Main IPC: A22C17/00
- IPC: A22C17/00 ; A22C21/00

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for harvesting livers and hearts from a giblet package comprising an infeed pinch roller assembly, a slide assembly, an indexer assembly, an intestine pull down and a liver and heart separator assembly, for harvesting livers and hearts with an increased yield. The steps of the process include loading a load viscera pack into a feed chute that channels the pack to a pair of counter rollers. The viscera pack is captured by infeed pinch rollers thereby forcing the package into and between the rollers with only the gizzard remaining on top of the roller body. The liver and heart is isolated and separated by a pull down stripper assembly and a stripper arm assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080160892A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARVESTING LIVERS AND HEARTS Public/Granted day:2008-07-03
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