Patent ID: 6106384
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
A semi-automatic pig thigh deboner, in which a pig thigh held by gripping on a transport line having a preliminary processing apparatus as a first stage is sequentially deboned starting from a hind shank, comprising: the transport line along which a plurality of work stations are provided; transporting/processing means for transporting the pig thigh while holding the pig thigh by gripping through the work stations sequentially and processings are respectively performed on the pig thigh at the work stations under application of driving forces for stripping of the meat section, rotating and vertical movement of the pig thigh; driving means for outputting the driving forces for stripping of the meat section, rotating and vertical movement of the pig thigh, the driving means being provided at each of the work stations; cutting means for cutting an organic tissue away from an exposed bone section; and detecting/computing means for detecting the base positions of heads of a fibula and a femur.