Patent ID: 6692345
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: A22B

Abstract:
Laying-down module for a system for primal cutting-up of meat items, comprising:a laying-down conveyor with spaced, synchronously-driven tracks, an angle-positioning module connected to the laying-down conveyor, and at least one set of substantially U-shaped laying-down fixtures in spaces between the tracks of the laying-down conveyor, lowest points on at least two outermost of said fixtures lying on a line oriented substantially at right-angles to a transport direction of the laying-down conveyor, and said laying-down fixtures being housed on a base frame which is vertically displaceable between a first outer position where the laying-down fixtures are located above the laying-down conveyor and a second outer position where the laying-down fixtures are located below surfaces of the tracks of the laying-down conveyor.