US3206910A
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Pigs' foot packing apparatus
Assignee: Hormel Foods Corp
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Filing: 1962-07-25
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Granted: 1965-09-21
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Expires: 1982-07-25
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Oscar H Lindstrom
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 07:05
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65B; B65B63/00; B65B63/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
APPARATUS FOR PRESHAING A QUANTITY OF IRREGULARSHAPED MEAT PRODUCT, SUCH AS PIGS'' FEET, AND PACKING THE PRODUCT INTO RECEPTACLES, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A SUPPORT, AN UPWARDLY OPENING, GENERALLY CHANNEL-SHAPED ELONGATE PACKING MOLD STRUCTURE HAVING BOTH ENDS OPEN AND BEING SHIFTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT FOR SHIFTING MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO BETWEEN A PRODUCT-RECEIVING POSITION AND A PRODUCT-MOLDING POSITION, MEANS FOR SHIFTING SAID PACKING MOLD STRUCTURE BETWEEN SAID PRODUCT-RECEIVING AND SAID PRODUCT MOLDING POSITIONS, A SHAPING AND PRESS MEMBER MOUNTED FOR VERTICALLY SHIFTABLE MOVEMENT BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION SPACED ABOVE SAID MOLD STRUCTURE AND AN EXTENDED POSITION INTO SAID MOLD STRUCTURE, SAID SHAPING AND PRESS MEMBER HAVING AN ARCUATE SURFACE ENGAGING AND COMPRESSING THE PRODUCT WITHIN THE MOLD STRUCTURE WHEN SAID MEMBER IS EXTENDED INTO THE LATTER TO SHAPE THE PRODUCT INTO GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL FORM, SAID MOLD STRUCTURE HEING DISPOSED IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SHAPING AND PRESS MEMBER WHEN IN SAID PRODUCT-MOLDING POSITION AND BEING SHIFTABLE OUT OF VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SHAPING AND PRESS MEMBER WHEN IN SAID PRODUCT-RECEIVING POSITION, MEANS FOR VERTICALLY SHIFTING SAID SHAPING AND PRESS MEMBER IN AND OUT OF COOPERATING RELATION WITH SAID MOLD STRUCTURE,
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
APPARATUS FOR PRESHAING A QUANTITY OF IRREGULARSHAPED MEAT PRODUCT, SUCH AS PIGS'' FEET, AND PACKING THE PRODUCT INTO RECEPTACLES, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A SUPPORT, AN UPWARDLY OPENING, GENERALLY CHANNEL-SHAPED ELONGATE PACKING MOLD STRUCTURE HAVING BOTH ENDS OPEN AND BEING SHIFTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT FOR SHIFTING MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO BETWEEN A PRODUCT-RECEIVING POSITION AND A PRODUCT-MOLDING POSITION, MEANS FOR SHIFTING SAID PACKING MOLD STRUCTURE BETWEEN SAID PRODUCT-RECEIVING AND SAID PRODUCT MOLDING POSITIONS, A SHAPING AND PRESS MEMBER MOUNTED FOR VERTICALLY SHIFTABLE MOVEMENT BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION SPACED ABOVE SAID MOLD STRUCTURE AND AN EXTENDED POSITION INTO SAID MOLD STRUCTURE, SAID SHAPING AND PRESS MEMBER HAVING AN ARCUATE SURFACE ENGAGING AND COMPRESSING THE PRODUCT WITHIN THE MOLD STRUCTURE WHEN SAID MEMBER IS EXTENDED INTO THE LATTER TO SHAPE THE PRODUCT INTO GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL FORM, SAID MOLD STRUCTURE HEING DISPOSED IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SHAPING AND PRESS MEMBER WHEN IN SAID PRODUCT-MOLDING POSITION AND BEING SHIFTABLE OUT OF VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SHAPING AND PRESS MEMBER WHEN IN SAID PRODUCT-RECEIVING POSITION, MEANS FOR VERTICALLY SHIFTING SAID SHAPING AND PRESS MEMBER IN AND OUT OF COOPERATING RELATION WITH SAID MOLD STRUCTURE,
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1968-09-20 | 1969-03-22 | 1969-09-21 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1972-09-20 | 1973-03-22 | 1973-09-21 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1976-09-20 | 1977-03-22 | 1977-09-21 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |