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US 5,462,477 AGranted
Method and device for deboning leg pieces of slaughtered animals
AssigneeStork Protecon B.V.
InventorGerardus H. J. Ketels
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AssigneeStork Protecon B.V.
InventorGerardus H. J. Ketels
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A method and device for deboning leg pieces of slaughtered animals such as turkeys, cattle, sheep, pigs other poultry and livestock, said method comprising the following steps: fixedly holding the leg piece at a bone end thereof, spatially orienting the holder and the leg piece fixedly held therein to obtain a suitable position for, exerting a force on the meat piece or portion thereof for removing the meat or meat portion in lengthwise direction of the leg piece, whereas said device for fixedly holding a meat piece comprises a carrier, which carrier carries a sleeve part enclosing the end portion of the leg piece, and wherein pressure means are arranged in the sleeve part for clamping the end portion of the meat piece, in order to position the leg piece in any desired position during processing steps of said method.
A device for fixedly holding a meat piece provided with a plurality of bone portions, wherein the bone portions lie substantially mutually in line, and wherein holding takes place on an end portion of the meat piece, comprising a carrier embodied with the holding device, which said carrier is provided with at least two elements closable toward and openable away from each other for gripping the bone portion contained in the meat wherein one element includes a first profiled member which is movable along one side of the relevant bone in the direction of the clamp and the other element is a second profiled counter member which can be carried in a movement substantially perpendicularly of the first member, and
A device for fixedly holding a meat piece provided with a plurality of bone portions, wherein the bone portions lie substantially mutually in line, and wherein holding takes place on an end portion of the meat piece, comprising a carrier embodied with the device, which said carrier carries a sleeve part enclosing the end portion of the leg piece, and pressure means arranged in the sleeve part for clamping the end portion of the meat piece, said holding device further including a device for breaking the adhesion between the meat and the bone having an annular carrier and at least three stripping segments pivotable on a tangential shaft relative to the carrier, wherein each segment is embodied on the side remote from the pivot shaft with a supporting edge.
A device for fixedly holding a meat piece provided with a plurality of bone portions, wherein the bone portions lie substantially mutually in line, and wherein holding takes place on an end portion of the meat piece, comprising a carrier embodied with the holding device, which said carrier is provided with at least two elements closable toward and openable away from each other for gripping the bone portion contained in the meat, said holding device further including a device for breaking the adhesion between the meat and the bone having an annular carrier and at least three stripping segments pivotable on a tangential shaft relative to the annular carrier wherein each segment is embodied on the side remote from the pivot shaft with a supporting edge.
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