Handheld meat skinner with pinned hybrid tooth roll
AssigneeHall Fabrication, Inc.
InventorDave Chappell
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Abstract
A handheld teeth skinning tool is provided with a head assembly having at toothed roller with interchangeable teeth rings, with the rings having different tooth configurations. The teeth rings are securely mounted on the insert arbor using male and female connections. The teeth rings may include pointed teeth for aggressively gripping the skin for direction into the blade of the head assembly, while square teeth allow for easy manual maneuverability of the head assembly on the meat carcass or head. The roller provides increase life expectancy and improved handling for lower costs and higher productivity.
Claims22
A skinning tool for skinning meat, comprising:
- a body;
- a handle on one end of the body;
- a skinny blade on the body;
- a toothed roller having opposite ends, and with multiple teeth designs rotatably mounted on the body;
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- the teeth designs including square teeth at the ends of the roller and pointed teeth at the center of the roller.
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A hand tool for skinning an animal carcass, comprising:
- a head assembly with a drive gear and a skinning blade, and a roller driven by the gear, the roller comprising:
- an arbor with a central driven gear in mesh with the drive gear and a longitudinal slot on each end of the arbor;
- a first pair of toothed rings mounted on the arbor on opposite sides of the driven gear;
- the rings each having slots aligned with the slots on the arbor;
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- a male and female connection between the rings and the arbor to prevent rotation of the rings on the arbor.
An improved power tool for removing skin from meat, the tool including a handheld head assembly with a skinning blade and a rotatable roller for gripping the skin and directing the skin toward the blade, the improvement comprising:
- a plurality of teeth rings removably mounted on a shaft of the roller, with different ones of the rings having different teeth configurations;
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- the teeth configurations including more aggressive teeth along a first portion of the roller and less aggressive teeth along a second portion of the roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.