Band saw for cutting animal carcasses
AssigneeReinhard Freund Maschinenbau
InventorsManfred Syre, Reinhard Freund
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Abstract
A band saw for cutting animal carcasses and the like includes a housing and a lid rotatably connected therewith for movement between open and closed positions. Within the housing are provided a pair of pulleys for supporting a cutting band. Guides are provided adjacent the pulleys to twist the band 90.degree. to define a cutting segment thereof. Each guide includes a first guide member connected with the housing and a second guide member connected with the lid and defining a gap for receiving the band when the lid is closed. When the lid is opened, the second guide member is remotely positioned form the first guide member, thereby providing easy access to the band for replacement thereof.
Claims11
A band saw for cutting animal carcasses and the like, comprising
- (a) a housing including a fixed rotatable pulley and a displaceable rotatable pulley for supporting the band;
- (b) a lid pivotally connected with said housing for movement between open and closed positions;
- (c) means connected with said housing for displacing said displaceable pulley for tensioning the band when said lid is pivoted to the closed position;
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- (d) guide means arranged adjacent to said pulleys for twisting the band, each of said guide means including:
- (1) a first guide member connected with said housing;
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- (2) a second guide member adjustably connected with said lid via an adjustable plate, said second guide member being arranged adjacent and space from said first guide member when said lid is in the closed position to define a gap for receiving the band, the thickness of the gap being adjusted by operation of said adjustable plate, said first guide member of said guide means arranged adjacent to said displaceable pulley being connected with a bearing block thereof for displacing said displaceable pulley and tensioning the band when said lid is pivoted to the closed position, whereby when the lid is in the open position, the band is detensioned and the second guide members are remotely positioned from the first guide members to allow the band to be replaced.
A band saw for cutting animal carcasses and the like, comprising
- (a) a housing including a fixed rotatable pulley and a displaceable rotatable pulley for supporting the band;
- (b) a lid pivotally connected with said housing for movement between open and closed positions;
- (c) means connected with said housing for displacing said displaceable pulley for tensioning the band, said displacing means including at least one hydraulic block for displacing said displaceable pulley against the force of a return spring, said block being actuated by a ram having a toothed end connected with a pinion which is driven upon movement of said lid to the closed position;
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- (d) guide means arranged adjacent to said pulleys for twisting the band, each of said guide means including
- (1) a first guide member connected with said housing;
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- (2) a second guide member adjustably connected with said lid via an adjustable plate, said second guide member being arranged adjacent and spaced from said first guide member when said lid is in the closed position to define a gap for receiving the band, the thickness of the gap being adjusted by operation of said adjustable plate, said first guide member of said guide means arranged adjacent to said displaceable pulley being connected with a bearing block thereof, whereby when the lid is in the open position, the second guide members are remotely positioned from the first guide members too allow the band to be replaced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.