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US 8,572,864 B2Granted
Hygienic dehumidification of animal carcasses warm from slaughter
AssigneePromethon AG
InventorRichard Wieck
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InventorRichard Wieck
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The invention relates to a method and a device for handling carcasses of slaughtered animals during suspended transport after evisceration and before weighing in an abattoir by means of an air stream, in which a horizontally directed stream of conditioned air is made to flow around the carcasses at speeds of 1.5 to 6 m/s with a suction effect. Suspension conveyors are set up in a separate room in a meandering arrangement along parallel tracks transversely to the horizontally aligned extraction openings and inlet openings for air, and the inlet openings and extraction openings are connected through an air-conditioning plant, arranged outside the room, for dehumidifying and cooling the air extracted from the room. When a room designed as a dripping zone in an abattoir is used for the purposes according to the invention, the room is prepared by installing or fitting inlet openings and extraction openings on two enclosing walls lying opposite one another and is connected to a separate air-conditioning plant for conditioning the air.
A method for treating carcasses of slaughtered animals during suspended transport after evisceration and prior to weighing in a slaughterhouse by means of an air flow, the method comprising:
A device for treating carcasses of slaughtered animals transported by a suspension conveyer after evisceration and prior to weighing in a slaughterhouse in a separate room, wherein the separate room has horizontally oriented air inlet openings and horizontally oriented suction openings that remove air by suction and wherein the suspension conveyer extends in a meander shape in parallel tracks (S1-S11) transversely to the horizontally oriented suction openings (6) and inlet openings (5) for air, wherein an air conditioning device is provided and the inlet openings and the suction openings (5, 6) are connected to each other by the air conditioning device (7) arranged outside of the room (1) for-dehumidifying and cooling of the air (LA) removed through the suction openings by suction from the room (1).
A method of using a room (1) embodied as a dripping stretch in a slaughterhouse (2) by installing or attaching inlet and suction openings (5, 6) on two oppositely positioned enclosure walls (W5, W6) of the room that are arranged substantially transversely to the entryway (E)/exit (A) for the carcasses (K) and coupling of the openings (5, 6) with an air conditioning device (7) for generating a horizontally oriented air flow (LE, LA) transversely to slaughtered animal carcasses (K) transported in suspension through the room (1).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.