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(12) Patent: | (11) CA 2067551 |
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(54) English Title: | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING FISH HEADS |
(54) French Title: | MACHINE DE TRAITEMENT DE TETE DU POISSON |
Status: | Term Expired - Post Grant Beyond Limit |
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): |
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(72) Inventors : |
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(73) Owners : |
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(71) Applicants : |
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(74) Agent: | MACRAE & CO. |
(74) Associate agent: | |
(45) Issued: | 2003-02-25 |
(22) Filed Date: | 1992-04-29 |
(41) Open to Public Inspection: | 1992-10-30 |
Examination requested: | 1999-04-28 |
Availability of licence: | N/A |
Dedicated to the Public: | N/A |
(25) Language of filing: | English |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): | No |
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(30) Application Priority Data: | ||||||
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A method and apparatus for cutting tongues, cheeks and belly flaps from fish
heads and
for cutting apart jaws of fish heads. The fish head is mounted on a reinforced
beam
beneath a spiked chain which moves the head along the beam, first towards
horizontal
knives which cut the tongue from the head, and then to vertical knives which
cut the
cheeks and the belly flaps from the head. Over the tongue knives are jaw rods
which
hold the jaw up to the beam adjacent the tongue knives. Inside the beam is a
stick which
can be driven down from the beam to locate the tongue in a cutting position
below the
tongue knives. The head hits a sensor which activates a power source for the
stick. The
belly flaps are held up by belly flap rods, which lie beneath the collar bones
and keep
the belly flaps from the tongue knives. The cheeks and belly flaps are cut off
with two
vertical cheek knives. Behind the cheek knives, there is a vertical step on
the belly flap
rods which support the belly flaps while the knives cut the cheeks and belly
flaps. The
jaw is then cut apart with a jaw knife located on the beam. One of the jaws
then falls
down a sliding chute which moves the head up and off the beam and then falls
into a
vat for bones.
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Description | Date |
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Inactive: Expired (new Act pat) | 2012-04-29 |
Small Entity Declaration Determined Compliant | 2008-04-25 |
Grant by Issuance | 2003-02-25 |
Inactive: Cover page published | 2003-02-24 |
Inactive: Final fee received | 2002-12-12 |
Pre-grant | 2002-12-12 |
Notice of Allowance is Issued | 2002-06-17 |
Letter Sent | 2002-06-17 |
Notice of Allowance is Issued | 2002-06-17 |
Inactive: Approved for allowance (AFA) | 2002-06-03 |
Amendment Received - Voluntary Amendment | 2002-04-23 |
Inactive: S.30(2) Rules - Examiner requisition | 2001-10-23 |
Amendment Received - Voluntary Amendment | 1999-06-14 |
Letter Sent | 1999-05-25 |
Inactive: Status info is complete as of Log entry date | 1999-05-25 |
Inactive: Application prosecuted on TS as of Log entry date | 1999-05-25 |
All Requirements for Examination Determined Compliant | 1999-04-28 |
Request for Examination Requirements Determined Compliant | 1999-04-28 |
Inactive: Adhoc Request Documented | 1997-04-29 |
Deemed Abandoned - Failure to Respond to Maintenance Fee Notice | 1997-04-29 |
Application Published (Open to Public Inspection) | 1992-10-30 |
Small Entity Declaration Determined Compliant | 1992-04-29 |
Abandonment Date | Reason | Reinstatement Date |
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1997-04-29 |
The last payment was received on 2002-12-13
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Fee Type | Anniversary Year | Due Date | Paid Date |
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MF (application, 6th anniv.) - small | 06 | 1998-04-29 | 1998-04-27 |
MF (application, 7th anniv.) - small | 07 | 1999-04-29 | 1999-04-27 |
Request for examination - small | 1999-04-28 | ||
MF (application, 8th anniv.) - small | 08 | 2000-05-01 | 2000-04-27 |
MF (application, 9th anniv.) - small | 09 | 2001-04-30 | 2001-03-26 |
MF (application, 10th anniv.) - small | 10 | 2002-04-29 | 2002-04-05 |
Final fee - small | 2002-12-12 | ||
MF (application, 11th anniv.) - small | 11 | 2003-04-29 | 2002-12-13 |
MF (patent, 12th anniv.) - small | 2004-04-29 | 2004-04-07 | |
MF (patent, 13th anniv.) - small | 2005-04-29 | 2005-02-21 | |
MF (patent, 14th anniv.) - small | 2006-05-01 | 2006-04-03 | |
MF (patent, 15th anniv.) - small | 2007-04-30 | 2007-04-27 | |
MF (patent, 16th anniv.) - small | 2008-04-29 | 2008-04-25 | |
MF (patent, 17th anniv.) - small | 2009-04-29 | 2009-04-24 | |
MF (patent, 18th anniv.) - small | 2010-04-29 | 2010-04-29 | |
MF (patent, 19th anniv.) - small | 2011-04-29 | 2011-04-29 |
Note: Records showing the ownership history in alphabetical order.
Current Owners on Record |
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ARNI MATTHIAS SIGURDSSON |
Past Owners on Record |
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None |