ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,747, issued on March 25, was assigned to Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V. (Oostzaan, Netherlands).
"Scraper and processing line for cleaning the neck of poultry" was invented by Cornelis Busch (Oostzaan, Netherlands) and Stefan Christiaan Semuel Dane (Oostzaan, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scraper for removing undesired parts from a neck area of slaughtered poultry can include a mandrel and forwardly directed projections that are arranged to operate during use in the neck area of the slaughtered poultry, wherein the forwardly directed projections form part of at least one plate, and wherein while being mounted on...