Method of and apparatus for handling raw materials in the production of hydrolyzed feather meal and other poultry by-product meal
First Claim
1. IN THE SIMULTANEOUS BUT SEPARATE PRODUCTION OF FEED INGREDIENTS FROM THE RENDERING OF CHICKEN OFFAL AND CHICKEN FEATHERS RESPECTIVELY, BOTH DERIVED FROM A CONVENTIONAL CHICKEN SLAUGHTERING PLANT DURING A GIVEN RUN, THE METHOD OF SEPARATELY SUPPLYING DIGESTING APPARATUS AT A RENDERING PLANT WITH SEPARATELY AVAILABLE OFFAL FROM THE EVISCERATING ROOM AND FEATHERS FROM THE PLUCKING ROOM OF SUCH SLAUGHTERING PLANT, RESPECTIVELY, SAID METHOD COMPRISING CONTINUOUSLY DISCHARGING CHICKEN OFFAL INTO AN ARTIFICALLY CREATED STREAM OF FRESH WATER ISSUING FROM THE SLAUGHTERING PLANT AND FLOWING TO THE RENDERING PLANT IN SUFFICIENT QUALTITY AND WITH SUFFICIENT VELOCITY TO BUOYANTLY TRANSPORT SAID OFFAL FROM THE SLAUGHTERING PLANT TO THE RENDERING PLANT, CONTINUOUSLY DISCHARGING THE STREAM AND ITS OFFAL CONTENT INTO AND THROUGH A FIRST FILTERING SCREENING BIN TO THUS PROGRESSIVELY FILL THE BIN WITH THE MATERIAL SOLIDS WHILE COLLECTING THE FILTRATE WATER IN AN ARTICIALLY CREATED POOL BELOW THE BIN, CONTINUOUSLY PUMPING THE OFFAL-CONTAMINATED WATER FROM SAID POOL AND RETURNING THE SAME TO THE SLAUGHTERING PLANT, CREATING A SECOND ARTIFICAL STREAM WITH THE THUS RETURNED OFFALCONTAMINATED WATER AND CUASING THE SAME TO ISSUE FROM THE SLAUGHTERING PLANT AND FLOW TO THE RENDERING PLANT AT A PREDETERMINED VELOCITY, CONTINUOUSLY DISCHARGING CHICKEN FEATHERS INTO SAID SECOND ARTIFICIAL STREAM OF OFFAL-CONTAMINATED WATER AT THE SLAUGHTERING PLANT AT A RATE COMMENSURATE WITH THE VELOCITY OF SAID SECOND STREAM SO THAT SAID FEATHERS WILL BE BUOYANTLY TRANS-
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1. IN THE SIMULTANEOUS BUT SEPARATE PRODUCTION OF FEED INGREDIENTS FROM THE RENDERING OF CHICKEN OFFAL AND CHICKEN FEATHERS RESPECTIVELY, BOTH DERIVED FROM A CONVENTIONAL CHICKEN SLAUGHTERING PLANT DURING A GIVEN RUN, THE METHOD OF SEPARATELY SUPPLYING DIGESTING APPARATUS AT A RENDERING PLANT WITH SEPARATELY AVAILABLE OFFAL FROM THE EVISCERATING ROOM AND FEATHERS FROM THE PLUCKING ROOM OF SUCH SLAUGHTERING PLANT, RESPECTIVELY, SAID METHOD COMPRISING CONTINUOUSLY DISCHARGING CHICKEN OFFAL INTO AN ARTIFICALLY CREATED STREAM OF FRESH WATER ISSUING FROM THE SLAUGHTERING PLANT AND FLOWING TO THE RENDERING PLANT IN SUFFICIENT QUALTITY AND WITH SUFFICIENT VELOCITY TO BUOYANTLY TRANSPORT SAID OFFAL FROM THE SLAUGHTERING PLANT TO THE RENDERING PLANT, CONTINUOUSLY DISCHARGING THE STREAM AND ITS OFFAL CONTENT INTO AND THROUGH A FIRST FILTERING SCREENING BIN TO THUS PROGRESSIVELY FILL THE BIN WITH THE MATERIAL SOLIDS WHILE COLLECTING THE FILTRATE WATER IN AN ARTICIALLY CREATED POOL BELOW THE BIN, CONTINUOUSLY PUMPING THE OFFAL-CONTAMINATED WATER FROM SAID POOL AND RETURNING THE SAME TO THE SLAUGHTERING PLANT, CREATING A SECOND ARTIFICAL STREAM WITH THE THUS RETURNED OFFALCONTAMINATED WATER AND CUASING THE SAME TO ISSUE FROM THE SLAUGHTERING PLANT AND FLOW TO THE RENDERING PLANT AT A PREDETERMINED VELOCITY, CONTINUOUSLY DISCHARGING CHICKEN FEATHERS INTO SAID SECOND ARTIFICIAL STREAM OF OFFAL-CONTAMINATED WATER AT THE SLAUGHTERING PLANT AT A RATE COMMENSURATE WITH THE VELOCITY OF SAID SECOND STREAM SO THAT SAID FEATHERS WILL BE BUOYANTLY TRANS-
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Current AssigneeBrown, William D., Tom W. Waller
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Original AssigneeBrown, William D., Tom W. Waller
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InventorsBrown, William D., Waller, Tom W.
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Application NumberUS03/751,907Time in Patent Office958 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current99/352CPC Class CodesA23K 10/26 from waste material, e.g. f...
