IP Library Granted Patent US 7,241,213
Granted Patent B2
US 7,241,213 · App. 11/094,047 · Granted Jul 10, 2007

Open top meat skinning device

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Patent No.
US 7,241,213
App. No.
11/094,047
Granted
Jul 10, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A roller assembly for a meat skinning device having a frame, a drive shaft rotatably mounted to the frame and having a female groove, and an elongated roller having a male prong frictionally received within the female groove, a bearing housing secured to the drive shaft, and a seal mounted on the roller and separated from a food zone of the roller.

Claims (7)

1. A roller assembly for a meat skinning device having a frame comprising:

a tooth roll having an elongated roller with a gripping portion having a plurality of teeth and having a male prong extending outwardly that is received within a female groove of a drive shaft.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the male prong is retained within the female groove by a bolt disposed through a centrally located bore that extends through and out of the drive shaft and is received by a bore disposed within the male prong of the tooth roll.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein a retention device on the bolt is positioned between a base of the female groove of the drive shaft and the male prong which allows reversal of the bolt to separate the male prong from the female groove.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the roller is a stripper roll.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the roller is operatively connected to a gear box having a reduction gear assembly.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein a seal is mounted on the roller and separated from a food zone of the roller.

Assignments (8)
MERGER Recorded Aug 16, 2017
From: MAREL MEAT PROCESSING INC.
To: MAREL, INC.
Reel/Frame 043308/0436 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING AND RECEIVING PARTIES PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 025521 FRAME 0670. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE TERMINATION OF PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT. Recorded Mar 7, 2012
From: COOPERATIVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEEKBANK B.A.
To: MAREL MEAT PROCESSING INC. (F/K/A STORK TOWNSEND INC.)
Reel/Frame 027817/0367 →
TERMINATION OF PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 21, 2010
From: MAREL MEAT PROCESSING INC. (FKA STORK TOWNSEND INC.)
To: COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERELEENBANK B.A.
Reel/Frame 025521/0670 →
SECURITY AGENT RESIGNATION Recorded Apr 29, 2010
From: MAREL MEAT PROCESSING INC.
To: COOPERATIVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A., AS SUCCESSOR SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 024305/0855 →
SUPPLEMENT TO SECURITY AGREEMENT (PATENTS) Recorded May 29, 2008
From: STORK TOWNSEND INC.
To: LANDSBANKI ISLANDS HF
Reel/Frame 021006/0952 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Apr 19, 2006
From: TOWNSEND ENGINEERING COMPANY
To: STORK TOWNSEND INC.
Reel/Frame 017497/0228 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2006
From: TOWNSEND ENGINEERING COMPANY
To: STORK TOWNSEND INC.
Reel/Frame 017776/0012 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2005
From: SAWHILL, MATTHEW P.; LEBSACK, KENNETH L.; KANIS, BRYAN D.; MYERS, JAMES L.; BERGMAN, MATTHEW A.
To: TOWNSEND ENGINEERING COMPANY
Reel/Frame 015973/0959 →