Patent ID: 9513234
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A22B,A22C,G01N,G21K

Claim Text:
1. An X-ray image capturing device of bone-in meat for capturing an X-ray image of the bone-in meat that is from an arm part or a thigh part of a livestock carcass in a state where the bone-in meat is suspended, comprising: a clamp configured to suspend the bone-in meat and go around an endless track; an X-ray source configured to irradiate the bone-in meat with an X-ray; a shielding box configured to cover the bone-in meat while the X-ray image is captured; a sensor which is disposed in the shielding box and which detects the X-ray which passes through the bone-in meat; a filter which is disposed between the bone-in meat and the X-ray source and which adjusts an intensity distribution of the X-ray with which the bone-in meat is irradiated; and a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the clamp so that the bone-in meat rotates about a vertical axis in a rotation direction corresponding to whether the bone-in meat is from a right side or a left side of the livestock carcass in order to capture the X-ray image.