Patent ID: 6358135
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A22B

Abstract:
A device for the gripping and retention of a part of a split carcass by spinal column (17) and for conveying said part mainly in a lengthwise direction of spinal column, while retaining said part by the spinal column, wherein the device comprises a mainly rectilinear conveyor (10) with retention clement (11) having a first section (21) with a contact surface (22) for a first side of the spinal column and a second section (25) with a pressure surface (26) for a second side of the spinal column, and the first and second sections of each said retention element allowing said contact surface (22) and said pressure surface (26) to be relatively moved towards and away from each other in a direction across a direction of conveyance of said conveyor, and further comprising a structure (14) running in the lengthwise direction of the conveyor (10), which structure by actuating the first or second or both sections of the retention elements (11), causes a relative movement of the contact surface (22) and the pressure surface (26) towards or away from each other.