A 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 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.
Claims19
A slaughtered pig pan processing plant comprising:
- a conveyor with at least one retaining assembly for a pig part;
- 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 between an upper position and a lower position;
- said first conveyor configured for advancing said at least one retaining assembly in a machine direction past said deskinner;
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- said knife and said skin gripper configured for engaging in said upper position skin of a pig part suspended from said at least one retaining assembly advanced to said deskinner by said conveyor, and to progressively cut off and remove said skin when moved to said lower position.
A pig part 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 between an upper position and a lower position;
- said knife and said skin gripper configured for engaging in said upper position skin of a pig part suspended from above said pig part deskinner unit (U) and to progressively cut off and remove said skin when moved to said lower position.
The pig part deskinner unit of clan 11, said deskinner comprising a chute for delivery by gravity of said skin from said skin gripper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.