Patent ID: 6811478
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
An eviscerating device for processing viscera of a slaughtered animal, comprising:at least two gripping parts comprising at least a first gripping part and a second gripping part, with at least one of the first or second gripping parts adapted to move between a first position in which a first gripping part is at a distance from the second gripping part and a second position in which the first gripping part is driven towards the second gripping part; support means for supporting the first and second gripping parts; first means for moving the support means and the at least two gripping parts at least partially into and out of a body cavity of the slaughtered animal; second means for placing the first and second gripping parts in the first position and the second position; wherein the first and second means are capable of operating in steps comprising: the first means moving the support means and the gripping parts into the body cavity while the viscera remains positioned in the body cavity without displacing the viscera in the body cavity to place at least a part of the viscera between the first and second gripping parts, the second means having previously moved the first and second gripping parts into the first position; the second means moving the first and second gripping parts to the second position to grasp the viscera; and the first means moving the support means to at least partially remove the viscera from the body cavity of the slaughtered animal.