US 12,063,938 B2
Trussing system and method
Peter Douglas Raymond Knotts, Christchurch (NZ); Bryan Gordon Grimshaw, Christchurch (NZ); and Jamie Robert Spyker, Christchurch (NZ)
Assigned to SCOTT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Dunedin (NZ)
Filed by Scott Technology Limited, Dunedin (NZ)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/930,437.
Claims priority of application No. 756672 (NZ), filed on Aug. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0051967 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A22C 21/00 (2006.01); A22C 17/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/0038 (2013.01) [A22C 17/008 (2013.01); A22C 21/0053 (2013.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 9/1682 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for trussing a slaughtered bird, the apparatus including:
two or more members having trussing band retaining members,
wherein the apparatus is configured to truss a slaughtered bird with a trussing band, and
wherein the apparatus is an end effector of a robot.