Method and means of skinning ham chunks
US5609519A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/2083
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A meat skinning machine has a supporting surface with a discharge edge adjacent the surface of a toothed gripper roll, with an elongated skinning blade spaced from and opposite to the discharge edge. A curved deflector plate is located downstream from the blade and curves upwardly and rearwardly to cause a chunk of meat departing the blade to move upwardly and rearwardly for redeposit on the supporting surface. A method of skinning a meat product with a gripper roll and a blade by moving a skinned chunk of meat upwardly and rearwardly with respect to the blade after departing the blade for purposes of skinning another surface of the meat chunk.
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