Method and device for processing carcasses of livestock along the spine
AssigneeHumboldt B.V.
InventorsRichard Antonius Maria Klein Goldewijk, Leonardus Jozephus Antonius Tiggeloven, Thomas Gerardus Maria Jacobs
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Abstract
A method for processing carcasses of livestock, comprises the processing steps of: positioning a hanging livestock carcass; making an incision along the spine of the positioned hanging livestock carcass; loosening the meat from opposite sides of the feather bones of the spine; and splitting the spine of the carcass. A device for processing carcasses of livestock is arranged for enabling the process steps.
Claims14
A method for processing carcasses of livestock, comprising the processing steps of:
- A) positioning a hanging livestock carcass;
- B) making an incision along the spine of the positioned hanging livestock carcass;
- C) loosening the meat from opposite sides of the feather bones of the spine;
- and
- D) splitting the spine of the carcass;
- wherein, the three processing steps B), making an incision along the spine, C), loosening the meat from opposite sides of the feather bones, and D), splitting the spine of the carcass, are performed during a single processing cycle and onto a single individual carcass.
A device for processing carcasses of livestock, comprising a single control unit for:
- steering a first tool making an incision along the spine of a positioned hanging livestock carcass,
- for steering a second tool loosening the meat from opposite sides of the feather bones of the spine, and
- for steering a third tool for splitting the spine of the carcass,
- are connected to the single control unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.