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Carcass processing method

US5592828A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateMay 23, 1995
Grant dateJan 14, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D11/003
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of processing the carcasses of animals which die during the course of a grow-out operation. The inventive method comprises the steps of: (a) collecting and freezing the carcasses in a freezing apparatus and (b) transporting the frozen carcasses to a processing facility. It is preferred that (1) the processing facility referred to in step (b) is a rendering facility and (2) the inventive method further comprises the step of (c) rendering the carcasses.

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