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US 12,757,906 B2Granted
Device for clamping bone-in meat
AssigneeMayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeiichiro Umeda, Takeshi Chimura, Ryuji Kodama, Kenichi Oka
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Abstract
A device for clamping bone-in meat includes a plurality of gripping blocks, and a displacement restricting part. The gripping blocks have grip parts that can abut an outer circumferential surface around a bone section of bone-in meat, and that are provided to be displaceable in a direction in which the grip parts approach and separate from each other. The displacement restricting part restricts displacement of the plurality of gripping blocks, which are gripping the bone-in meat, in a separating direction.
Claims4
A device for clamping bone-in meat comprising:
- a pair of gripping blocks each including:
- a substantially rectangular plate, wherein
- an inner side edge portion of the substantially rectangular plate of one of the pair of gripping blocks faces an inner side edge portion of the substantially rectangular plate of the other of the pair of gripping blocks,
- the inner side edge portions each having a concave portion that abuts an outer circumferential surface around a bone section of the bone-in meat,
- the concave portions move in a direction in which the concave portions approach and separate from each other, and
- the substantially rectangular plates clamp the outer circumferential surface of the bone-in meat in a substantially horizontal posture;
- a plate-like arm extending upward from the substantially rectangular plates, wherein one or more of the plate-like arms pivot about a pivoting axis such that the concave portions approach and separate from each other;
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- a guide protrusion disposed on each of the plate-like arms and extending parallel to the pivoting axis;
- and
- a displacement restricting block having a substantially U-shaped displacement restricting groove that opens downward, wherein
- the displacement restricting block moves upward and downward relative to the guide protrusions,
- the substantially U-shaped displacement restricting groove has an inner surface that abuts outer circumferential surfaces of the guide protrusions,
- a groove width of the substantially U-shaped displacement restricting groove narrows from a lower end of the substantially U-shaped displacement restricting groove toward an upper side of the substantially U-shaped displacement restricting groove, and
- when the inner surface of the substantially U-shaped displacement restricting groove abuts the outer circumferential surfaces of the guide protrusions, the displacement restricting block restricts displacement of the pair of gripping blocks gripping the bone-in meat in a separating direction.
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