ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,998, issued on July 15, was assigned to Foodmate B.V. (Numansdorp, Netherlands).
"System and method for transferring poultry legs" was invented by Maarten Jeroen Van Der End (Dordrecht, Netherlands) and Adriaan Hendrik De Koning (Zuid-Beijerland, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for transferring poultry legs from a supply conveyor to a discharge conveyor. The poultry transfer unit comprises a transfer body configured for continuously moving. The poultry transfer unit comprises at least one carrier engaging to the transfer body, such that the at least one carrier in a transporting mode moves along with th...