Method and device for separating the skull and the vertebral column of a slaughtered animal
AssigneeStork R.M.S. B.V.
InventorSander A. Van Ochten
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for processing the neck of a slaughtered animal such that the skull is separated from the vertebral column, which method comprises the steps of: (1) positioning a slaughtered animal for processing; (2) providing a separating device, for instance a hydraulically or pneumatically energized pair of scissors, to arrange a separation in the cervical vertebral column, for instance between the skull and the first cervical vertebra; (3) determining the location where the separation must take place; and (4) positioning the separating device and activating same on the basis of the result of step (3) in order to arrange the separation.
Claims19
A method for processing the neck of a slaughtered animal such that the skull is separated from the vertebral column, comprising the steps of:
- (1) positioning a slaughtered animal for processing;
- (2) providing a separating device to arrange a separation in the cervical vertebral column;
- (3) determining the location where the separation must take place by means of a measuring device which locates at least one point on the rear surface of the skull;
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- (4) positioning the separating device and activating same on the basis of the result of step (3) in order to arrange the separation.
A device for processing the neck of a slaughtered animal such that a separation is arranged in the vertebral column, comprising:
- positioning means for positioning a slaughtered animal for processing;
- a separating device for arranging a separation in the cervical vertebral column;
- a measuring device for locating at least one point of the rear surface of the skull and for thus determining the desired separating position;
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- a positioning device coupled to the separating device and which, under the control of the measuring device, can position the separating device such that when activated the latter arranges said separation.
A device for processing the neck of a slaughtered animal, comprising:
- means for positioning a slaughtered animal for processing;
- means for arranging a separation in the cervical vertebral column;
- means for determining the location where the separation must take place by locating at least one point on the rear surface of the skull;
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- means for positioning and activating a separation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.