Method and device for separating the skull and the vertebral col

Details Method and device for separating the skull and the vertebral col Method and device for separating the skull and the vertebral col

1994-07-22

1996-04-16

Little, Willis

Butchering

Slaughtering

Throat slitting or severing

452167, A22B 500

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055076882

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a method for processing the neck of a slaughtered animal such that the skull is separated from the vertebral column, which method comprises the steps of:
(1) positioning a slaughtered animal for processing;
(2) providing a separating device, for instance a hydraulically or pneumatically energized pair of scissors, to arrange a separation in the cervical vertebral column, for instance between the skull and the first cervical vertebra;
(3) determining the location where the separation must take place; and
(4) positioning the separating device and activating same on the basis of the result of step (3) in order to arrange the separation.

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patent: 5083971 (1992-01-01), Karubian et al.
patent: 5152713 (1992-10-01), Baertlein
patent: 5162016 (1992-11-01), Malloy
patent: 5192243 (1993-03-01), Weustink

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