US Patent Issued to MAJA-MASCHINENFABRIK HERMANN SCHILL, MAREL on Oct. 21 for "Trimming device, trimming system and method" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,588, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MAJA-MASCHINENFABRIK HERMANN SCHILL GMBH (Kehl, Germany) and MAREL INC. (Des Moines, Iowa).

"Trimming device, trimming system and method" was invented by Joseph A. Gross (Offenburg, Germany), Samuel R. McCarthy (Des Moines, Iowa), Darin Dostal (Simpsonville, S.C.), Ryan Rohe (Prole, Iowa), Gregory Anderson (Des Moines, Iowa), Douglas R. Bauer (Altoona, Iowa) and William Johnson (Prairie City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trimming device for trimming a carcass part having a skin and/or fat side, including a blade having a cutting edge facing a front face of the carcass part, and a blade...