Patent ID: 6553886
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: C14B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A hide splitting machine comprising:an in-feed table; a ring roller; a ring jaw insert; a rubber roller, to support said ring roller; a gauge roller, and a traveling band knife arranged to split hides fed into a gap created between said ring roller and said gauge roller, wherein said ring roller is rotatably held in a first guide means and a second guide means so that said ring roller is movable along an arched path defined by said first guide means and said second guide means, said ring roller being movable in said first guide means and said second guide means using biasing means, so that, when said in-feed table is swung away from the rubber roller, the ring roller is pivotable away from said gauge roller between a working position, in which said ring roller cooperates with said rubber roller and said gauge roller and said ring jaw insert during a hide splitting operation, and a cleaning position, in which said ring roller is pivoted away from said gauge roller and said ring jaw insert and said traveling band knife to provide access to said ring jaw insert for cleaning same.