Spine processing device

A spine processing device, for loosening meat, from a spine portion of a split carcass part of a four-legged slaughter animal, the spine portion including split vertebrae with respective spinous process parts, spinal body parts, articular processes and transverse processes,

• the spine processing device comprising:
• a positioning device for positioning the carcass part;
• a cutting device for loosening the meat, by cutting, from the spinous process parts and from the articular processes, in a cutting direction parallel to a length direction of the spine portion,
• the cutting device comprising:
• a first cutter configured for cutting along the spinous process parts;
• a second cutter configured for cutting along an outer side of the articular processes;
• a third cutter in between the first cutter and the second cutter, for cutting along an upper, dorsal side of the articular processes;
• wherein the first, second and third cutters are mutually connected for joint movement relative to the carcass part,
• wherein the second cutter is movable in a transverse direction transverse to the cutting direction, relative to the first cutter,
• the cutting device further having an urging element for urging the second cutter towards the first cutter in the transverse direction during use while cutting, such that the second cutter cuts along the outer side of the articular processes.