Hog splitter
AssigneeWolverine World Wide, Inc.
InventorsDavid R. Baylor, Byron J. Getter
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Abstract
A mechanized hog carcass splitter having a power saw extensible into an inverted hog carcass, anchored at the shoulders and retained at an acute angle to vertical, the saw being mechanically advanceable vertically with simultaneous vertical advancement of a configurated, carcass-back retainer-stop controllably spaced from the extended saw, the advancement of both being at the acute angle to vertical, splitting the carcass including the backbone without splitting the skin.
Claims15
A hog carcass splitter to be used in combination with suspension means for suspending hog carcasses in inverted position, comprising:
- an upright guide tilted at an acute angle to the vertical such that the bottom thereof extends toward a location beneath the suspension means;
- a configurated carcass-back retainer stop movable vertically along the length of said tilted guide;
- carcass anchor means positioned along said guide for anchoring an inverted hog carcass in position;
- an upright track spaced from said guide to be on the opposite side of the suspension means therefrom;
- a cutter mounting carriage movable vertically along said track;
- a cutter supported by said carriage;
- said cutter being extensible toward said guide to a predetermined spacing from said retainer stop, and retractable away from said guide;
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- coordinate drive means to said retainer stop and said carriage for advancement thereof simultaneously in alignment with each other, along said guide and track respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.