Meat dressing/boning method and system therefor

A method of dressing/boning a meat block with bones, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a support rail extending along a processing line;
• securing the meat block with bones to a clamp mechanism;
• suspending the clamp mechanism to the support rail with a meat-block support having at least first and second pivots to allow the meat block held by the clamp mechanism to rotate about at least first and second axes;
• supporting the meat block with bones held by the clamp mechanism with a guide made of a pipe or bar, wherein the guide extends along and below the support rail, and is configured so that the meat block with bones comes into a line contact with the guide;
• and
• dissecting/boning/dressing the meat block with bones while the meat block with bones is in contact with the guide,
• wherein the meat-block support includes a supporting bar, a support-rail connector pivotally connected to the supporting bar to provide the first pivot, and a clamp-mechanism connector pivotally connected to the supporting bar to provide the second pivot, wherein the clamp-mechanism connector is connected to the clamp mechanism, and wherein the support-rail connector is movably connected to the support rail and is pivotally connected relative to the support rail to provide a third pivot.

A method of dressing/boning a meat block with bones, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a support rail extending along a processing line;
• securing the meat block with bones to a clamp mechanism;
• suspending the clamp mechanism to the support rail with a meat-block support having at least first and second pivots to allow the meat block held by the clamp mechanism to rotate about at least first and second axes;
• supporting the meat block with bones held by the clamp mechanism with a guide made of a pipe or bar, wherein the guide extends along and below the support rail, and is configured so that the meat block with bones comes into a line contact with the guide;
• and
• dissecting/boning/dressing the meat block with bones while the meat block with bones is in contact with the guide,
• wherein the guide includes a pair of guide rails extending along the support rail, each of the guide rails having an inclined section for raising the meat block with bones and a horizontally extending section continuing from the inclined section and extending substantially parallel to the support rail.