Automated method and system for processing a hog carcass
US6155919A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22B5/16
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for removing loins from pork bellies to result in a high yield of loin in a two-step method, the first step involving the removal of the loin and the second step involving the skinning of the loin portion removed. A unique knife shaped in the form of a Z is used to cut all the way through the belly. Once complete, the skin from the belly remains on the loin and is subsequently run through a loin skinner in a controlled cutting process that significantly reduces the chance of cutting below the loin fat and into the muscle.
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