Patent ID: 8312747
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: C14B

Abstract:
1. Tumbler for tumbling of bodies of dead furred animals, comprising: a horizontally-oriented substantially cylindrical tube formed of a first end wall, a second end wall and inner wall formed of a plurality of carriers, and with a cavity provided therein defined between the first end wall, the second end wall of the tube and said inner wall, and being provided with a filling opening for bodies, and a delivery opening, and a motor-driven drive mechanism by which said cylindrical tube is rotatable around a horizontally-oriented longitudinal axis thereof, a conveyor unit extending through the tumbler parallel to said longitudinal axis between the first end wall and the second end wall, supply means for supplying a liquid-absorbing particulate material suitable for removing saliva, urine and feces from dead animal bodies into an area of said cylindrical tube in which the bodies are located during tumbling, and removal means for removing the liquid-absorbing particulate material from said cylindrical tube after passage through said area of the cylindrical tube, wherein, between the filling opening and the delivery opening, the cavity is divided into a number of sections to which the bodies are transferred by the conveyor unit.