Butchering – Deboning – Plow type
Patent
1995-04-10
1997-08-26
Little, Willis
Butchering
Deboning
Plow type
452138, A22C 1704
Patent
active
056605838
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the separation of meat from bone material. Most embodiments are more suited to the removal of meat from elongate bones and/or bones of a relatively constant cross-sectional configuration and/or diameter. Preferred embodiments are especially suitable for the removal of meat from the humerus and radius bones of cattle or livestock though embodiments of the present invention will also find use with other bones and animals.
BACKGROUND ART
Traditional methods of removing meats from bones have centred around the use of a skilled worker to cut meat away from a bone. However, a reasonably high level of skill is required to become proficient with the techniques so as to remove a substantial proportion, if not all, meat from the bone and to avoid damage to the meat cut and bone (bone chips). In addition, the worker must be able to work at a relatively fast rate to keep pace with the semi-automated facilities and chains at many meat works.
Scraping methods have apparently been investigated, using a blade to attempt to remove meat from bone material though these are not entirely successful, especially for the round bones of an animal i.e. those bones which are substantially round in cross-section.
It is an object of the present invention to address the foregoing problems or at least to provide the public with a useful choice.
Further aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the ensuing description which is given by way of example only.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a method for the removal of meat from bone comprising the relative movement of a flexible collar over bone material, the collar having an inner aperture occupied by said bone during meat removal and wherein said collar performs a scraping action on said bone material during meat removal.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a method substantially as described above wherein there is deformation of said collar to accommodate bone material within its aperture, said deformation occurring along a substantial proportion of the length of bone material passing therethrough during meat removal.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a method substantially as described above comprising steps of: means; restraining means positioned near said end; alternate end; assemblage towards said lower end so as to peel meat from bone material; the passage of moving components; assemblage.
According to a further aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus for the removal of meat from bones comprising: longitudinal direction; accommodate variations in the cross-sectional dimensions and configuration of bone material when positioned therein, and assemblage, in a substantially longitudinal direction.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus substantially as described above wherein said initial restraining means comprises a clamping mechanism acting directly or indirectly on said bone or bone assemblage.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus substantially as described above wherein said initial restraining means comprises an assembly with at least one fixed pin and a rotatable arrangement comprising a plurality of extending pins, the assembly characterised in that the pins of the rotatable arrangement can pierce or be positioned about the meat either side of said bone, and wherein the rotatable arrangement can be subsequently rotated so that a clamping action of the bone results from said fixed pin(s) and pins of the rotatable arrangement bearing substantially against said bone.
The present invention provides a method for the removal of meat from bone material.
Most embodiments of the methods according to the present invention, and apparatus for implementing those methods, will feature the relative movement of a flexible collar over bone material. Typically this collar will
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