Patent ID: 9615592
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A22C

Claim:
1. A combination of a conveying device for conveying slaughter animals suspended from product carriers of the conveying device, during which conveyance the slaughter animals describe a path, and a removing device disposed along said path for removing selected slaughter animals from the product carriers, the conveying device comprising a guide extending along a transport path, product carriers for the slaughter animals, which are movable in a direction of movement along the guide, each product carrier comprising at least one groove inclined according to a direction of inclination for holding at least one held part of a slaughter animal therein, wherein the at least one groove has an open upper end and a lower end and is laterally oriented relative to the conveying device, at least at the location of the removing device, the removing device comprising a pusher element, moving means for moving the pusher element to and from between a passive position, in which the pusher element is located outside the path of slaughter animals, and an active position, in which the pusher element is located in the path of at least one held part of a selected slaughter animal in the active position, or at least during movement from the passive position to the active position, for pushing the at least one held part of the selected slaughter animal from the at least one groove of a product carrier via the upper open end of said at least one groove, wherein the removing device comprises a further pusher element as well as further moving means for moving the further pusher element to and fro between a further passive position, in which the further pusher element is located outside the path of slaughter animals, and a further active position, in which the further pusher element is located in the path of the at least one held part of the selected slaughter animal, or at least during its movement from the further passive position to the further active position, for pushing the at least one held part of the selected slaughter animal from the lower end, in the direction of the upper end, to an intermediate position, wherein the pusher element is designed to push the at least one held part of a slaughter animal from the intermediate position, via the upper end of the at least one groove of a product carrier, out of said at least one groove in the active position or during its movement from the passive position to the active position.