Meat cleaning machine
US4048689A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 1976 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C17/08
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A meat cleaning machine having an improved meat driving cylinder which includes a series of concentrically arranged, axially spaced, meat driving rings having outwardly projecting teeth which define the outer surface of the cylinder, and a supporting framework which consists of a pair of ring-shaped end frames positioned axially outwardly of the meat driving rings and interconnected by a pair of cross members disposed outwardly of the periphery of the cylinder. Each end frame has a pair of spaced, outwardly opening slots and a single inwardly opening slot. The slots in each end frame are aligned and form seats to journal the ends of grooved rollers which receive the meat driving rings in their grooves to support them, space them axially of the cylinder and maintain them in concentric relationship to each other. Because of the inherent rigidity of the supporting framework as opposed to prior art structures of cantilevered design, the framework can be made of lighter construction while still providing increased rigidity with respect to the cantilevered design and improved ease of assembly and disassembly as well as freedom from interior cross members.
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