Device to facilitate hog head removal
AssigneeMomence Packing Co.
InventorsPatrick Garinger, Dan Sambrooks, David H. Slayton, Edward Petras
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Abstract
A device for the clean removal of an animal part from an animal carcass is set forth. The device includes a puller that attaches to the animal part and to a cable. A piston is also provided. The piston is connected to the cable that pulls the part away from the animal carcass via the cable and the puller, and applies pressure to dislocate the bones from the animal carcass. The bones are dislocated without removing the dislocated section completely from the animal carcass.
Claims20
A device for the clean removal of an animal part from an animal carcass comprising:
- a puller that attaches to the animal part and to a cable;
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- a piston, connected to the cable, adapted and constructed for selectively providing tension force to the puller via the cable, the tension force being sufficient to pull and dislocate the part via the cable and the puller, wherein the bones are dislocated without removing the dislocated section completely from the animal carcass, and wherein the part can be subsequently removed from the carcass without crushing bone.
A method of removing a head from an animal carcass comprising the steps of:
- hooking a puller into the head of the animal;
- actuating a piston connected to the puller via a cable threaded around at least one pulley, thereby dislocating the head of the animal from a spine of the animal wherein the dislocated head remains connected to the animal carcass, and wherein the dislocated head can subsequently be removed without crushing bone;
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- removing the puller from the head of the animal.
A pressure puller for processing animal carcasses comprising:
- a puller selectively connected to an animal part for applying pressure to dislocate the animal part from a carcass;
- a piston provided within a frame for selectively actuating a cable connected to the puller and to the piston;
- at least one pulley disposed above the piston in the frame for guiding the cable within the frame;
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- a bracket connected to the frame for housing another pulley, wherein the height of the bracket is selected to facilitate applying pressure to dislocate the animal part from the carcass via the puller when the cable is actuated, and wherein a force to dislocate the animal part from the carcass is applied by the pressure puller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.