Tumbler for tumbling bodies of dead furred animals

Tumbler for tumbling of bodies of dead furred animals, comprising:

• a horizontally-oriented substantially cylindrical tube formed of a first end wall, a second end wall and inner wall formed of a plurality of carriers, and with a cavity provided therein defined between the first end wall, the second end wall of the tube and said inner wall, and being provided with a filling opening for bodies, and a delivery opening, and
• a motor-driven drive mechanism by which said cylindrical tube is rotatable around a horizontally-oriented longitudinal axis thereof,
• a conveyor unit extending through the tumbler parallel to said longitudinal axis between the first end wall and the second end wall,
• supply means for supplying a liquid-absorbing particulate material suitable for removing saliva, urine and feces from dead animal bodies into an area of said cylindrical tube in which the bodies are located during tumbling, and
• removal means for removing the liquid-absorbing particulate material from said cylindrical tube after passage through said area of the cylindrical tube,
• wherein, between the filling opening and the delivery opening, the cavity is divided into a number of sections to which the bodies are transferred by the conveyor unit.