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, includes 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.
Claims20
A method for processing carcasses of livestock, comprising processing steps of:
- making an incision along a spine of a positioned hanging livestock carcass;
- loosening meat from opposite sides of feather bones of the spine;
- and
- splitting the spine of the carcass;
- wherein, the processing steps of making an incision along the spine, loosening the meat from opposite sides of the feather bones, and 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 control unit for:
- steering a first tool arranged to make an incision along a spine of a positioned hanging livestock carcass;
- steering a second tool arranged to loosen the meat from opposite sides of the feather bones of the spine;
- and
- steering a third tool arranged to split the spine of the carcass;
- said first, second and third tools are connected to the control unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.