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US 4,918,788 AGranted
Process and apparatus for recovering meat from carcase sections in particular severed animal heads
OwnerBob Passchierinventor
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A continuous process for recovering meat from a plurality of carcase sections in particular severed animal heads (11) is provided, which comprises mounting the parts on a conveyor (1), advancing them past a number of work stations, at each of which either a manual operator (A-T) or an automatic tool partially dissects the carcase part (11), and recovering the separated meat. Apparatus for performing the process is also provided, comprising a powered conveyor (1), means for securing carcase parts thereon, and at least one automatic tool which acts on the carcase parts, as they pass, by washing, scrubbing, incising, splitting, scraping, tearing, cutting or like procedures. The process divides the meat recovery process into several steps carried out in sequence along the conveyor (1). The process is more hygienic, less labour-intensive, and considerably more productive than conventional procedures.
A continuous process for recovering meat from a plurality of animal carcass sections of the same type and approximately the same size in particular severed animal heads, which process comprises
Apparatus for use in a continuous process of recovering meat from a plurality of animal carcass sections of the same type and approximately the same size, in particular severed animal heads, which apparatus comprises:
A process for recovering meat from animal heads in particular swine heads which comprises applying a rotating tubular cutter to each head concentrically with each eyeball, prior to removal of the meat from the lateral aspects to the skull as left and right masks, whereby each mask is obtained with a circular perforation around the eye region, without attachment of eyeball or other viscera, and is fed to a derinder.
Apparatus for deboning discrete, severed animal snouts, in particular swine snouts, which apparatus comprises means for receiving a severed swine snout by engagement of the anterior and lateral aspects without obstruction of the cut surface or of the dorsal or ventral aspects thereof, means for conveying the thus engaged snout in a direction and along a line extending from the dorsal surface to the ventral surface, and an immovable barrier member disposed along said line in the path of the advancing snout, the conveying force being sufficient to drive the fleshy parts of the snout onward leaving the bone immobilized behind the barrier member, the barrier member being so disposed and dimensioned as to pass cleanly through the snout receiving and conveying means without fouling.
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