Patent ID: 7261630
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: A22B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus ( 1 ) for cutting the belly of a slaughtered animal comprising: first cutting means ( displacement means located adjacent to the first means for engaging a predetermined area on an outer surface of the belly, at a first laterally displaced distance from the first means and the cutting direction, the displacement means pivotable about an axis of rotation oriented at an obtuse or acute angle relative to the cutting direction; suspension means for pivotably supporting the displacement means for movement with the first means along the cutting direction, the displacement means oriented at the obtuse or acute angle and initially being out of contact with the outer surface of the belly; means for moving the displacement means into first engaging the predetermined area on the outer surface of the belly and for rotating the displacement means about the angled axis of rotation, in a direction counter to the cutting direction, rotation of the displacement means moving the displacement means in a lateral direction to a second lateral distance further away from the cutting direction than the first laterally spaced distance while simultaneously the suspension means move with the first cutting means which are displaced along the cutting direction such that the displacement means are displaced laterally for laterally moving the engaged outer surface of the animal away as the outer surface adjacent to the engaged outer surface is cut by the first cutting means, the displacement means comprising a projecting piece (