Automatic hock shear with carcass leg positioner

Details Automatic hock shear with carcass leg positioner Automatic hock shear with carcass leg positioner

1994-06-01

1995-06-06

Little, Willis

Butchering

Carcass subdivision

Extremity remover

452166, 452163, A22C 1706

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054217733

ABSTRACT:
A carcass leg shearing apparatus adapted for mounting near a carcass rail. The apparatus includes a carcass leg engager for engaging the carcass legs and positioning the legs within a shearing region such that the carcass legs are sheared at the hock portions thereof. The leg shearing apparatus further includes a control system connected to position the shearing apparatus at a desired location relative to the carcass, position the carcass legs within the shearing region so that the carcass legs are sheared at the hock portions thereof, move the shearing blade from an open shearing position to a closed shearing position to shear the legs from the carcass, and position the shearing apparatus at a desired location prior to shearing off the legs of the next carcass on the carcass rail.

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