Patent ID: 11882842
Assignee: FOODMATE US, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. An apparatus, comprising:
a conveyor moving a series of animal parts along a predefined path of travel;
a skinning unit arranged along the path of travel of the animal parts, and including:
a series of skinning rolls each oriented at a downwardly sloping angle with respect to the path of travel of the animal parts; and
at least one guide configured to engage and bias the animal parts toward the series of skinning rolls as the animal parts are moved along the path of travel;
wherein the at least one guide is resilient and/or compressible so as to urge the animal parts against the skinning rolls sufficient to cause a portion of skin of the animal parts to be pulled into an engagement area between the skinning rolls and away from meat of the animal parts, without pressing the meat into engagement with the skinning rolls.