US 4,267,755 AGranted

Fur-cutting apparatus

AssigneesKomet Stahlhalter- und Werkzeugfabrik Robert Breuning GmbH, Oehler Maschinenbau GmbH

InventorHermann Oehler

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Abstract

A circular-knife roller having several side-by-side arranged circularly shaped knives provided in a fur-cutting machine. A porcupine is arranged below the circular-knife roller and the axis of rotation thereof is parallel to the axis of the circular-knife roller. The porcupine grips with its needles the fur to be cut and presses same against the knives. A rake with elongated prongs is arranged on the outlet side of the porcupine, the free ends of which prongs extend between the needles. The rake is pivotally supported about an axis which is parallel with respect to the porcupine axis. The rake is driven by a gearing which is arranged between the porcupine axis and the pivot axis for the rake so that the free ends of the prongs perform a substantially radially outwardly and inwardly directed movement relative to the porcupine to effect a release of the fur from the tips of the needles.

Claims10

Dependent claims

In a fur-cutting apparatus for cutting of furs into strips and wherein the hair side faces downwardly, comprising a circular-knife roller, a porcupine, which is arranged below a circular-knife roller having plural circular knives, with long, radially aligned needles, which penetrate through the fur and which project between said circular knives, and a rake having leaf-shaped prongs, said rake being arranged on the outlet side of said porcupine and the free ends of said rake extending between said needles and releasing the fur from the tips of the needles, the improvement comprising wherein said rake is pivotally supported about an axle which is arranged parallel with respect to the axis of rotation of said porcupine and is driven by a gearing means provided between the porcupine axis and said rake, and which gearing effects a movement of the free ends of the prongs relative to said porcupine in a direction which is substantially radially outwardly and inwardly relative to said porcupine.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.