# US 9,516,887 B1 · Handheld skinning device with a simple blade replacement

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- Number: US 9,516,887 B1
- Document ID: US9516887B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 15/185,775
- Filed: 2016-06-17
- Published: 2016-12-22
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2015-06-17
- Assignees: FREUND Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
- Applicants: FREUND Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
- Inventors: Christoph Ewers
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9516887B1

## CPC

- A22B 5/168: {Hand tools specially adapted for skinning carcasses}
- A22B 5/166: {Drum skinners}
- A22C 17/12: Apparatus for cutting-off rind {(skinning instruments A22B5/16)}
- A22B: SLAUGHTERING
- A22C: PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH (preserving A23B; obtaining protein compositions for foodstuffs A23J1/00; fish, meat or poultry preparations A23L; disintegrating, e.g. chopping meat, B02C18/00; preparation of proteins C07K1/00)

## Abstract

A handheld skinning device having a tooth roll, which is retained motor-driven in a housing with side arms and rotating about an axis, and having a blade which in an operating position is positioned with a gap parallel to the tooth roll and is retained in a blade mount, which is formed by side parts fixed to the side arms of the housing and a blade holder. The blade mount in the operating position is fixed in the side arms by releasable locking, and in an opened position of the blade mount the blade can be removed from the blade holder. The locking of the blade mount in the operating position occurs by two spring-loaded locking pins in the arms, which are releasable together via a disengaging plate and in the opened position the blade holder remains connected to the arms of the housing.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A handheld skinning device comprising:
a housing with side arms;
a tooth roll that is retained motor-driven in the housing, the tooth roll being rotatable about an axis; and
a blade, which in an operating position, is positioned with a gap substantially parallel to the tooth roll and is retained in a blade mount, which is formed by side parts fixed to the side arms of the housing and formed by a blade holder,
wherein the blade mount, in the operating position, is fixed to the side arms by releasable locking, and in an opened position of the blade mount, the blade is removable from the blade holder, and
wherein the locking of the blade mount in the operating position occurs by two spring-loaded locking pins in the arms, which are releasable together via a disengaging plate and, in the opened position, the blade holder remains connected to the arms of the housing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The handheld skinning device according to claim 1, wherein the locking pins in the operating position engage with their inner pin ends in a lock hole of the side part of the blade mount.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The handheld skinning device according to claim 1, wherein the blade mount is pivotable about the axis from the operating position to the opened position about an opening angle.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The handheld skinning device according to claim 3, wherein the disengaging plate in the operating position is pressed via heads of the spring-loaded locking pins as a guard plate on the housing.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The handheld skinning device according to claim 1, wherein the disengaging plate during release of the locking pins is pivoted about a top edge, which is not connected to the housing.