Device, work station and method for cutting the head off a slaughtered animal's carcass
AssigneeHumboldt B.V.
InventorsNiels Antonio William Koster, Leonardus Jozephus Antonius Tiggeloven
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device (30) for cutting the head off a slaughtered animal's carcass comprising: at least two knives (31,32), both provided with a cutting edge (33, 34); and controls for moving the knives towards and away from each other such that the cutting edges of the knives cooperate in a cutting action, whereby at least one of the knives is provided with a position-finding protruding cutting edge portion (35,36). The invention also relates to an automatic work station comprising such a cutting device and a manipulator for positioning the cutting device. Furthermore the invention relates to a method for cutting the head off a slaughtered animal's carcass.
Claims18
A device for cutting the head off a slaughtered animal's carcass comprising:
- at least two knives, both provided with a cutting edge;
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- controls for moving the knives towards and away from each other such that the cutting edges of the knives cooperate in a cutting action,
- wherein at least one of the knives is provided with a position-finding protruding cutting edge portion, which position-finding protruding cutting edge portion has a forward cutting edge that protrudes compared to two-sided adjoining set back cutting edge portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.