US 6,607,431 B2Granted

Cutting up installation having a moving station

AssigneeDurand International

InventorDidier Torrelli

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Abstract

An installation (1) having a moving station for cutting up carcasses (2) of meat animals, the installation comprising two columns (14, 15) mounted to move over a certain stroke in the direction in which the carcasses move and in the opposite direction. One of the columns (15) carrying an abutment device (43) for coming into abutment against the outside dorsal face of the carcass along the backbone. The other column (14) carrying a cutting-up device (17) inserted via the ventral face under the tail and mounted to move vertically, and an internal guide device (31) situated under the cutting-up device (17) inserted via the ventral side of the carcass. The installation being characterized in that it includes a control and servo-control device for controlling the movement of the internal guide device (31), the abutment device (43), and the cutting-up device (17).

Claims27

Dependent claims

An installation (1) having a moving station for cutting up carcasses (2) of meat animals suspended from a transporter (4) by their hind legs (3), said installation comprising two columns (14, 15) facing each other and defining between them a space through which the animals to be cut up advance continuously, said two columns (14, 15) being mounted to move over a certain stroke in the direction in which the carcasses move, and in the opposite direction, an abutment one of the columns (15) carrying an abutment device (43) including means (50, 58) for coming into abutment against the outside dorsal face of the carcass along the backbone, following the cutting-up, the cutting-up other column (14) carrying firstly a cutting-up device (17) comprising cutting-up means (17) inserted via the ventral face under the tail, and mounted to move vertically, and secondly an internal guide device (31) comprising guide means situated under the cutting-up means (17) inserted via the ventral side of the carcass and acting against the abutment means (50, 58), said installation being characterized in that it further comprises a control and servo-control device for controlling and servo-controlling the movement of the internal guide device (31), of the abutment device (43), and of the cutting-up device (17), the control and servo-control device being suitable for enabling the abutment means (50;

58) to be moved independently from the cutting-up means (17), the abutment means being mounted to move vertically during the cutting up;
the control device including monitoring means for monitoring the position of the cutting-up means (17) and of the abutment means (50, 58), and is suitable for controlling the drive means (21, 25, 29, 45, 46) on the basis of speed profiles or position profiles that are predetermined or that are calculated fore each carcass;
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the monitoring means comprising a detection device (34, 73) for detecting the bottom end portion (69) of the carcass, the detection device comprising two bottom wheels (35, 74) mounted on detection means actuated by an actuator rod, the detection means being moved to a threshold position causing the cutting-up means to be retracted.

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An installation having a moving station for cutting up carcasses of meat animals, suspended from a transporter by their hind legs, comprising a cutting-up assembly and an abutment assembly, said cutting-up assembly comprising:

a first fixed structure;
said first fixed structure mounting a cutting-up column which carries a cutting-up device, said cutting-up device comprising cutting-up means inserted via the ventral face under the tail and secondly an internal guide device comprising guide means situated under the cutting-up means inserted via the ventral side of the carcass,
the abutment assembly comprising:
a second fixed structure;
said second fixed structure mounting an abutment column which carries an abutment device, said abutment device comprising abutment means for coming into abutment against the outside dorsal face of the carcass along the backbone, following the cutting-up, said abutment means and internal guide means acting antagonistically,
the two columns facing each other and defining a space between them through which the animals to be cut advance continuously, said two columns being linked together in order to form a single chassis movable in respect to their fixed structure over a certain stroke in the direction in which the carcasses move, and in the opposite direction
said cutting-up device being movable vertically in respect to the cutting-up column, said cutting-up means and said internal guide device being movable in respect to the cutting device horizontally perpendicularly to the direction in which the carcasses move,
said abutment device being movable vertically in respect to the abutment column, said abutment means being movable in respect to the abutment device horizontally perpendicularly to the direction in which the carcasses move,
said installation further comprising a control and servo-control device of the movement of the internal guide device, of the abutment device and of the cutting-up device, the control and servo-control device being suitable for enabling the abutment means to be moved independently from the cutting-up means during the cutting-up.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.