Butchering – Conveyer – Loading or unloading
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-18
2009-06-09
Price, Thomas (Department: 3643)
Butchering
Conveyer
Loading or unloading
Reexamination Certificate
active
07544119
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for positioning poultry, meat, or fish product pieces on a conveyor and a system and method which utilize the inventive apparatus. The inventive apparatus comprises an array of side-by-side upwardly arched product channels and a plurality of catch members mounted for rotating through the product channels such that they lift and pull the product pieces through the upwardly arched product channels and then release the product pieces onto the conveyor.
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Haley, legal representative Angela D.
Lasse Kelvin D.
Reddell Tim
Reed, Jr. Charley Lee
Ruff James
Brown Dennis D.
Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens, P.C.
Price Thomas
Tyson Foods, Inc.
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