Slaughtered pig part processing plant with a pig part deskinner, and a slaughtered pig part deskinner unit
AssigneeFrontmatec Group Aps
InventorAndreas Iskov Jensen
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Abstract
A slaughtered pig part processing plant including a conveyor with at least one retaining assembly for a pig part and a pig part deskinner below the conveyor. The deskinner including a knife and a skin gripper, wherein the said conveyor is configured for advancing the retaining assembly in a machine direction (T) past the deskinner. A deskinner carrier structure including one or more actuators for moving the deskinner between an upper position and a lower position. The knife and the skin gripper configured for engaging in the upper position skin (S) of the pig part suspended from the retaining assembly advanced to the deskinner by the conveyor, and to progressively cut off and remove the skin (S) when moved to the lower position.
Claims17
A slaughtered pig part processing plant for processing a shank of a pig, the slaughtered pig part processing plant comprising:
- a conveyor with at least one retaining assembly for a shank of a pig;
- a deskinner below said conveyor, said deskinner comprising a knife and a skin gripper;
- a deskinner carrier structure comprising one or more actuators for moving said deskinner relative to said shank of said pig between an upper position and a lower position;
- said first conveyor configured for continuously advancing said at least one retaining assembly in a machine direction past said deskinner;
- said knife and said skin gripper configured for engaging in said upper position skin of said shank of said pig suspended from said at least one retaining assembly advanced to said deskinner by said conveyor, and said knife progressively cutting off said skin when said deskinner is moved towards said lower position relative to said shank of said pig and said skin gripper progressively removing said skin and discharging said skin from said deskinner when said deskinner is moved relative to said shank of said pig towards said lower position;
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- wherein said deskinner comprises a pig part support arranged below said knife and configured to provide a sideways support for said shank of said pig suspended from said at least one retaining assembly that is continuously advanced past said deskinner by said conveyor while said knife progressively cuts off said skin.
A pig shank deskinner unit comprising:
- a deskinner comprising a knife and a skin gripper;
- a deskinner carrier structure carrying said deskinner and comprising one or more actuators for moving said deskinner relative to a pig shank between an upper position and a lower position;
- said knife and said skin gripper configured for engaging in said upper position skin of said pig shank suspended from above said pig shank deskinner unit and to progressively cut off and remove said skin when moved to said lower position;
- said knife progressively cutting off said skin when said deskinner is moved towards said lower position;
- said skin gripper progressively removing said skin and discharging said skin from said deskinner when said deskinner is moved towards said lower position;
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- wherein said deskinner comprises a pig part support arranged below said knife and configured to provide a sideways support for said pig shank suspended from above said pig part deskinner unit, when said deskinner moves towards said lower position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.