Patent ID: 9004988
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A22B

Abstract:
1. A slaughtered pig leg parts conveyor device, for conveying individual pig leg parts, wherein an individual pig leg part includes at least a portion of a pig leg and the pig foot, said conveyor device comprising: a track, and one or more pig leg part carriers movable along said track, each carrier being adapted to carry an individual pig leg part, wherein each carrier has one pig foot retaining assembly adapted to engage on a single pig foot so as to retain the pig leg part in a position suspended from the carrier, and wherein the retaining assembly includes a pig foot aperture adapted to receive the pig foot, the aperture having a rigid reference face, the retaining assembly being adapted to receive the pig foot with its central metatarsal bones adjacent said rigid reference face, and the retaining assembly being adapted to press the lateral metatarsal towards the rigid reference face.