Patent ID: 9675086
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A22B,A22C

Claim:
1. A skinning device for removing skin from an animal carcass or carcass parts when conveyed by a conveyor means, comprising: a frame, a housing rotatably mounted on the frame using a rotation mechanism; a motor driven tooth roll continuously rotable around an axis of rotation; a support structure mounted on the housing encasing at least a portion of the tooth roll; a cutting blade positioned between the support structure and the tooth roll in a fixed position in relation to the support structure; and a sensing structure for sensing incoming animal carcass or carcass parts, wherein the rotation mechanism is operably connected to the housing and adapted to execute, in response to a reaction from the sensing structure, a movement of the housing including rotational movement around an longitudinal axis of the tooth roll from a first angular position to a second angular position, the first angular position being a starting position where the tooth roll, during operation of the device, engages the skin of an incoming animal carcass or carcass part and pulls the skin towards the cutting blade when the tooth roll is continuously rotated around its axis of rotation, where subsequently the housing is moved from the first angular position towards the second angular position such that the animal carcass or carcass part is moved over the skinning device while the skin is being pulled between the support structure and the tooth roll causing simultaneous removal of the skin from the animal carcass or carcass part upon reaching the second angular position.