US 12,433,298 B2 · Carcass processing machine and assemblies

Abstract

A carcass processing machine and carcass processing assemblies for processing sections of carcass having vertebrae in them, such as loin sections. The carcass processing machine includes an assembly for removing portions of meat from the ventral side of the vertebrae. This assembly has a knife with a cutting feature that varies in height. This assembly also has a rotating member for removing a portion of meat. The carcass processing machine includes an assembly for removing portions of meat from the dorsal side of the vertebrae. This assembly has a blade, which may be a plough blade, that cuts meat from the transverse processes and can moved by another blade that rides over the transverse processes near their bases. The plough blade has a blunt tip. This assembly can have another blade that is movable relative to the blade that rides over the transverse processes.

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Dependent claims

A carcass processing assembly for at least partly separating a portion of meat from a section of carcass, the section of carcass including vertebrae, the carcass processing assembly including:

one or more blades configured to partly separate the portion of meat from the section of carcass;
a rotating member downstream from at least one of the one or more blades, the rotating member configured to contact the portion of meat after the one or more blades partly separate the portion of meat from the section of carcass;
and
a drive assembly configured to drive movement of the rotating member relative to the section of carcass, wherein a part of the rotating member that is in contact with the partly separated portion of meat moves outwardly from the vertebrae to urge the partly separated portion of meat away from the vertebrae.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Carcass processing machine and assemblies

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