Butchering – Slaughtering
Patent
1995-08-24
1996-07-23
Little, Willis
Butchering
Slaughtering
452125, 452178, A22B 300
Patent
active
055384668
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a mobile abattoir, or slaughterhouse in the form of a towable, wheel-carried, and covered vehicle including a personnel section and a plurality of processing stations for processing animal carcasses.
2. Description of the Related Art
A mobile abattoir of this kind is known from SE-A-448,144 and is intended to rationalize the large scale slaughter and dressing of reindeer for instance, and to prepare the animal carcasses for dismemberment.
Taking its starting point from the known technique, the present invention is intended to rationalize the slaughter of animals still further and to this end provides an improved mobile abattoir with which practically all manual lifting work is eliminated while obviating the need to turn the animal carcass when proceeding from one processing station to another.
Another object of the invention is to provide improved means which enable animal carcasses to be skinned in one working operation and the skinned carcass to be transferred from one processing station to another.
Another object of the invention is to provide a towed vehicle which can be extended with the aid of simple means to include necessary cooling space for processed animal carcasses.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a towed vehicle whose length and width lie within the dimensions permitted for country road and highway transportation, but which is so constructed as to enable the length and the width of the vehicle to be significantly enlarged when setting-up the vehicle for work of the nature intended. It is important that this change in vehicle dimensions can be effected quickly and simply.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The main object of the invention is achieved with an abattoir in the form of a towable, wheel-carried, and covered vehicle the includes a machine room for housing equipment for supplying electricity and water and for heat distribution, a personnel section, and three processing stations. The processing stations include a first station having lifting and transporting means for bringing an animal carcass to a first hanging and carcass processing position, a second station having equipment for transferring the animal carcass from a hanging position in the first station to a lying position on a longitudinally movable processing bench where the skin of the animal is removed from the carcass, and a third station in which the carcass is finally processed while in a hanging position, whereafter the thus processed carcass is moved to a cooling space. A movable transport arrangement permits conveying the carcass from the second station to the third station.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Other characteristic features of the invention are set forth in the subsidiary claims and will also be evident from the following description of a preferred exemplifying embodiment made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of an inventive mobile abattoir;
FIG. 2 illustrates the mobile abattoir of FIG. 1 schematically from above;
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the improved abattoir in its working mode;
FIGS. 4 and 4A illustrate the driven slaughtering bench forming part of the abattoir in more detail, namely in side view and from above respectively;
FIG. 5 illustrates the means coacting with the bench in FIGS. 4 and 4A for securing the hooves of the animal carcass, so as to strip-off the skin of the animal carcass with the aid of the movable processing bench and the elevator coupling; and
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the cooling section combined with the abattoir.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The mobile towable inventive abattoir is built on a three-axled wheel-supported chassis, and its forward part carries a towing bar 10 which can be connected to a towing vehicle (not shown) in a conventional manner.
The mobile abattoir also includes a machine room to which access can be had from one short side of the vehicle. The machine room (see FIG.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3624865 (1971-12-01), McDonald
patent: 3657770 (1972-04-01), Wallace
patent: 4299010 (1981-11-01), Robertson et al.
patent: 4323033 (1982-04-01), Vosyka et al.
patent: 5195923 (1993-03-01), Rankin et al.
LandOfFree
Mobile abattoir does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Mobile abattoir, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Mobile abattoir will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-709438