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ES2206540T3 - Device and method for the treatment of sacrified birds. - Google Patents
Device and method for the treatment of sacrified birds.
ES2206540T3
ES2206540T3 ES96202150T ES96202150T ES2206540T3 ES 2206540 T3 ES2206540 T3 ES 2206540T3 ES 96202150 T ES96202150 T ES 96202150T ES 96202150 T ES96202150 T ES 96202150T ES 2206540 T3 ES2206540 T3 ES 2206540T3
ES96202150T
Alberthus Theodorus Johannes Jozeph Cornelissen
1995-08-04 Priority to NL1000935A priority Critical patent/NL1000935C2/en
1995-08-04 Priority to NL1000935 priority
1996-07-30 Application filed by Stork PMT BV filed Critical Stork PMT BV
2004-05-16 Publication of ES2206540T3 publication Critical patent/ES2206540T3/en
2012-06-13 First worldwide family litigation filed litigation Critical https://patents.darts-ip.com/?family=19761405&utm_source=google_patent&utm_medium=platform_link&utm_campaign=public_patent_search&patent=ES2206540(T3) "Global patent litigation dataset” by Darts-ip is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
239000000969 carriers Substances 0.000 claims description 115
241001465754 Metazoa Species 0.000 claims description 9
210000001562 Sternum Anatomy 0.000 claims description 9
210000000683 Abdominal Cavity Anatomy 0.000 claims description 7
IN A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SACRIFIED ANIMAL OR A PART OF IT, THE SACRIFIED ANIMAL OR PART OF IT IS TRANSPORTED ON A RETAINING SUPPORT (16) OF A CONVEYOR CONNECTED TO A HIGH CONVEYOR (2). THE RETAINING SUPPORT (16) IS PROVIDED WITH ELEMENTS TO FIX THE SACRIFIED ANIMAL OR A PART OF IT. THE CARRIER IS DRIVED BEYOND TO THE CLEARING TOOLS (84) PROVIDED IN AN ESSENTIALLY FIXED ORIENTATION, WHILE THE CARRIER RETAINING SUPPORT (16) IS PROVIDED WITH A ROTATING DEVICE (14) THAT CAN BE TURNED BY MEANS OF A DEVICE CONTROL (40) CONTROLLING THE ROTATING DEVICE (14) DURING THE STEP BEYOND THE CLEARING TOOLS (84), IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THE CLEARING OPERATIONS WITH THE CLEARING TOOLS (84).
Device and method for the treatment of birds slaughtered
The present invention relates to a carrier which is connectable to a conveyor and has an elongated support of support for transporting at least part of an animal sacrificed, in particular a previous half or a part of the same of a slaughtered bird, said support being provided elongated clamping means to fix the slaughtered animal or the part thereof in the support bracket, comprising the carrier a rotating device that can interact with a control device arranged along the track of the conveyor, to rotate the support bracket.
The invention further relates to a combination. of carriers and a device for automatic placement of previous halves of animals slaughtered in said carriers. The invention further relates to a device and a method for cut fillets of a slaughtered animal or part of the same.
Said carrier is known from DE-A-4 008 719. A previous half of a bird is retained by means of a retention mechanism (not shown in detail) on said carrier, which has a essentially cone-shaped clamping support connected rigidly to the air transporter, following which and to be cut into fillets, the front half is transported with the breast down on the support bracket by a series of processing stations for skinning and separating and extracting meat from the previous half. To this end, the various stations of processed are equipped with skinning tools and fillet cutting, such as slicers and grinders, which move with respect to the previous half in synchronism (of a way not shown in more detail) with the movement of the support brackets.
A similar carrier is known from EP 0 261 420-A1. This known carrier is adapted to move an anterior half of a bird slaughtered along a track. Meanwhile, on the front half are performed manual or automatic operations. The carrier is powered by a conveyor, which is positioned under the carrier.
The carrier according to EP 0 261 420 A1 comprises a fixed arm and a pivoting arm. The previous half is placed on the fixed arm, so that the anterior half maintains a position fixed with respect to the conveyor. The pivoting arm is adapted to retain the anterior half firmly on the carrier, whenever manual or automatic operations require it. The pivoting arm is controlled by means of a device cam type, which is arranged along the track.
A disadvantage of the prior art before described is the complexity of the control system for the fillet cutting tool movement, which leads to a fillet cutting device that is susceptible to experience breakdowns and that requires frequent maintenance. On the other hand, for the correct timing of the movement of fillet cutting tools detection is necessary precise position, which increases costs, of a support of clamp that moves through a processing station. By other side, for tools arranged in a fixed position at path length of the support bracket, for example rollers for skin the previous half, the processing cannot take out in the optimal way. Another disadvantage is the rigid arrangement of the air transporter and the processing stations, allowing said provision poor flexibility in routing the fillet cutting device.
The object of the invention is to eliminate Disadvantages mentioned above. To achieve this object, the carrier according to the invention is characterized by characteristics of claim 1.
With such a carrier design, the tools of fillet cutting and a skinning device can be dispose of an essentially stationary way, and by the opposite the support bracket with the slaughtered animal or a part of it located on said support can be moved not only on the usual path that essentially runs parallel to the air transporter, but also with respect to skinning and fillet cutting tools, so that Obtain the desired processing operation in the optimal way.
In the prior art, with devices processed arranged in a fixed position along the support brackets that move on a fixed path, often not it was possible to manufacture such devices with the technical design optimal, since some components, such as components of drive, they were not allowed to enter the animal's path sacrificed An example of this is a skinning device shown in the post DE-A-4 008 719 mentioned above, whose drive components were to be performed too much lightweight Due to the fact that the carrier support bracket according to the invention it can rotate, it can be secured in a manner simple that the slaughtered animal does not come in contact with components of processing devices, so that Processing devices can be of optimal construction.
In a preferred embodiment, the device swivel is adapted to rotate the support bracket in a vertical plane In practice, it is observed that said movement Rotary is not only easily possible, but it is also suitable for fillet cutting operations. Without However, it is also possible to design the rotating device so that the support bracket can be rotated in a horizontal plane, or you can execute a combination of a rotating movement horizontal and vertical, with the result that it can lead to perform a fillet cutting operation optimally.
The carrier advantageously comprises at least a roller or pin with an axis that extends essentially in right angle to the transport direction of the air transporter Such rollers or pegs can be made easily operate or guide along the path of air conveyor, to operate the rotating device or stabilize the carrier that moves along it. For the First application, the at least one roller or pin shape part of the rotating device, and the at least one pin or roller can move essentially at right angles to the direction of the axis of the same by means of the control device to rotate the support bracket while the carrier can interact with a control device that is provided with a curved groove to house and operate the roller or pin. For the last application, the carrier comprises preferably at least two rollers or pegs mounted on bearings fixed or fixed therein, respectively, 2 while the control device is provided with less a slot to accommodate the rollers or pegs, to stabilize the carrier.
In a convenient and economical embodiment, the support bracket is connected so that it can pivot through a first point with respect to the carrier, and the roller or pin of the rotating device is connected to a lever that is connected by a second point so that it can pivot with with respect to the support, which second point is different Regarding the first point. This embodiment is particularly suitable for rotating the support bracket in a plane vertical, in which case the articulation axes are directed essentially and horizontally at a right angle to the Air transport transport address.
In a preferred embodiment, the support of clamping is essentially elongated, while one end of the support bracket can be directed in the direction of transport of the air transporter, or at an acute angle with Regarding it. In this way this end can be done turn both up and down.
To fix the slaughtered animal or part of the same on the support, the latter is provided with at least one toothed cam that is movable with respect to the surface of the support bracket and is designed so that under a driving force produced, for example, by a spring of compression or tension, can grab the inside of the animal slaughtered or part thereof, particularly in the area of Sternum or spine. The teeth are preferably harpooned so that once a slaughtered animal or part of it has been placed in the support, it can no longer be remove from it.
For a particularly reliable fixation of the animal slaughtered or part of it on the support of clamping, the carrier is designed so that it can interact with pressure means arranged along the path of the carrier, to press the slaughtered animal or part of it on the support bracket. Said pressure means comprise preferably stops that are arranged along the path of the support bracket and can be taken briefly towards the path of the sacrificed animal or the part thereof.
After a fillet cutting operation, it is easy to remove the bodies of slaughtered animals of the support brackets due to the fact that the latter they are endowed on each side with grooves that essentially extend in the transport direction when the support is in a specific turning position, while the carrier can interact with cutting means that are arranged along of the path of the bearer and that extend almost to or entering in said grooves, to dismember a slaughtered body located on the support bracket.
In another preferred embodiment, which is intended in particular to place a part of breast on a support clamping, the carrier fixing means comprise a support element directed parallel to or at an angle sharp with the surface of the support bracket while the holding bracket contains a pin that is movable in its longitudinal direction, and one of whose ends can be projected under the action of a driving force, for example, of a spring of compression or tension, with a certain angle with respect to the surface of the support bracket against the side of the element stand facing the surface. Said support bracket is known per se, but according to the invention, it can be rotated and has a design that is suspended from a conveyor aerial. To facilitate the placement of the breast part, the clamping bracket can be designed so that the plug is moved through the rotational movement of the clamping support, of so that in a first turning position the plug is located below the surface of the support bracket, and in a second turning position, different from the first rotation position, is projected from said surface.
The carrier can be suspended for one or more points on the air carrier. From the point of view of a advantageous distribution of cargo on the air transporter - which It is particularly important in the case of slaughtered animals heavy, such as turkeys- and from the point of view of a certain basic stability of the carrier, the latter is suspended flexibly of the air carrier, at least at two points, in particular of rolling cars that are movable along a rail and are interconnected by means of a chain, belt, string or similar Said bearer suspension from the air conveyor allows a very flexible routing of so that the fillet cutting device of which the carrier can be optimally adapted to a cutting path of desired or existing fillets in a slaughterhouse.
The carrier design with fixing means in shape of a cam or similar element is particularly suitable for use in a device for placement automatic of previous halves of animals slaughtered on said carriers with support brackets, for whose purpose comprise a conveyor to move the previous halves with its abdominal cavity opening directed essentially at right angle to the direction of movement of the conveyor, said conveyor being adapted to interact with an air carrier with carriers, whose direction of movement is essentially at right angles with with respect to the direction of movement of the conveyor, while that the carrier support brackets enter the opening of the abdominal cavity of the anterior halves. This means that the carrier on the air carrier can receive automatically on the carrier support bracket one half anterior which is in the conveyor that moves essentially at right angles to said air transporter. Too it is possible to design the carrier with a support bracket that is detachable with respect to the first and that can be fixed automatically to it, and that has already been placed beforehand in the opening of the abdominal cavity of an anterior half, and in the that the support bracket is coupled to the remaining part of the carrier during the passage of its remaining part on the conveyor, which moves along the previous halves with the support brackets placed on it. In this embodiment the support brackets are automatically captured by the part Carrier Remaining
It should be noted that aspects according to claims 2 to 20 can also be applied in combination with any type of conveyor other than a conveyor aerial.
The following explains in more detail the invention referring to the attached drawings, in the which:
Fig. 1a shows in a side view a first embodiment of the carrier according to the invention;
Fig. 1b shows, for clarification purposes, only the carrier support bracket according to Fig. 1st;
Fig. 1c is a front view in the direction of the arrow Ic of the carrier of Fig. 1a, in combination with a control device;
Fig. 2a shows in a side view a second embodiment of the carrier according to the invention;
Fig. 2b shows, for clarification purposes, only the carrier support bracket according to Fig. 2nd;
Fig. 3 illustrates how one half is placed by hand anterior of a poultry slaughtered on a support of carrier holder according to Fig. 1a or 2a;
Figs. 3a and 3b illustrate a method and a device to automatically place an anterior half of a poultry slaughtered on a carrier according to Fig. 1a or 2nd;
Figs. 4a and 4b and 5 illustrate in side view and front view respectively, how to press a previous half on a support bracket;
Fig. 5a illustrates a possible air transport of the carrier according to the invention;
Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate in front view and view lateral respectively how an incision is made in one half previous;
Figs. 8, 9a and 9b illustrate in side view and front view respectively, a skinning operation on a previous half;
Fig. 9c illustrates an operation in front view cleaning the neck area over an anterior half;
Figs. 10, 11 and 12 illustrate in side view a cutting operation in the previous half;
Figs. 13, 14 and 15 illustrate in side view an unloading operation on the previous half;
Figs. 16 and 17 illustrate in side view the extraction of filleted fillets from the previous half;
Fig. 17a illustrates in front view a stage of processed to obtain dorsal meat from a previous half;
Figs. 18 and 19 illustrate in side view and front view respectively, the extraction from a support securing a housing from which fillets have been cut;
Fig. 20 illustrates an operation in relation to a previous half with wings, corresponding to the operation according to Fig. 6;
Fig. 21 illustrates an operation in relation to a previous half with wings, corresponding to the operation according to Fig. 7;
Fig. 22 illustrates in front view the cut of shoulder joints corresponding to an anterior half with wings;
Figs. 23, 24, 25 and 26 illustrate in view front and side view respectively, successive stages of processed to obtain breast meat from a previous half with wings;
Figs. 28a, 28b and 28c illustrate in view a variant of the embodiment of the carrier according to Fig. 27 and its operation; Y
Figs. 29a-29f show in views from the bottom successive stages of processing to cut into steaks a part of breast by means of the carrier according to Fig. 27 or 28c.
In the different figures the same numbers of reference refer to the same parts or parts with the same function.
Figs. 1a, 1b and 1c show a conveyor air 2, comprising a rail 4 with a cross section in inverted T-shape, and a series of trolleys in the form of Forks 8 interconnected by means of a chain 6, bearing said forks at the ends of their legs mounted wheels rotatably 10, by means of which the forks 8 can be moved along lane 4 in the direction of the arrow 12 exerting a force of attraction on the chain 6. The air transporter 2 described is a standard equipment in many slaughterhouses, and is intended for the transport of slaughtered animals or parts thereof by means of carriers fixed in the forks 8.
The carrier according to the invention comprises a rotating device 14 and a holding bracket 16. The device spinner 14 comprises a rectangular hollow plate 18, which is flexibly connected on its upper side with the forks 8 in two points. In this case the connection mechanism 20 that is installed on plate 18, and is indicated on the right side of the Fig. 1a, allows both the rotation of the corresponding fork 8 around a vertical axis like fork movement 8 along the upper side of the plate 18 in the direction of transport 12 or in the opposite direction. The connection 20a between the plate 18 and fork 8, shown on the left side of Fig. 1a, allows only the rotation of the fork 8 around a vertical axis in relation to the plate 18. This means that the carrier can follow any curvature of lane 4 that is Produce, without any problem.
An arm 22 is fixed to the plate 18, being said arm 22 connected by its lower end to the support of clamp 16 so that said arm pivots about an axis 24. The support bracket 16 is connected to a lever 28 so pivoting around an axis 26, the end being guided upper of said lever along a groove 30 in the plate 18. The upper end of the lever 28 is connected to rollers 32, rotatably mounted on bearings and projecting laterally from the plate 18. The upward movement and descending rollers 32 in groove 30 results in a corresponding rotational movement of the clamping support 16 with respect to axis 24, as shown by dashed lines in Fig. 1a. Near the point where it is connected to the forks 8, the plate 18 is also provided with two pairs of rollers 34 projecting laterally from plate 18 and they are fixedly mounted on bearings on plate 18. How can you seen from Fig. 1c in particular, rollers 32 and 34 can be guided by means of a control device consisting of plates 40 provided with curved channels or tracks 36 and 38 arranged along the track of the air transporter. The curved tracks 38, which are intended for stabilization of the plate 18, in this case they extend essentially parallel to the lane 4, while rollers 32 can be moved by of the curved tracks 36 with respect to the rollers 34 (in the slot address 30). This way you get a controllable rotating movement of the clamping support 16 in a vertical plane To facilitate the cleaning of the air transporter 2 the plates 40 can be made movable, for example, pivoting with respect to an axis parallel to the direction of transport whose axis is positioned between and above their own plates.
The support 16 is shown more in detail in Fig. 1b and is essentially elongated and in shape of cone, the dimensions being adapted as much as possible cross sections of the support bracket 16 to the contour of the part of the slaughtered animal or the part of it that is faced when be placed in the support bracket. The support 16 it comprises a partially lowered cam 42 with two lobes, said cam 42 can pivot with respect to an axis 48 against the driving force of a spring supplied by a spring 46 confined by means of a screw 44 in the support bracket 16. Cam 42 is provided with harpoon teeth 50, which ensure that a slaughtered animal or part of it that has been pushed far enough on the support bracket 16 it can no longer be remove from clamping bracket 16 in the opposite direction.
The embodiment of the carrier shown in Figs. 2a and 2b corresponds considerably to the embodiment according to Figs. 1a, 1b and 1c, with the exception of cam 42, which has been replaced by cam 52. Cam 52 is also partially recessed in the support bracket 16, it can pivot with respect to an axis 48, is under the action of a directed driving force out that is generated by a spring 54, is provided with harpoon teeth 56, and has the effect of cam 42 described previously.
Fig. 3 illustrates how one half is placed by hand previous 58 of a poultry slaughtered on the support of clamping 16. The clamping bracket 16 may be provided with a cam 42 or cam 52. In the case shown, the wings have already been removed from the anterior half 58, and a part of the joints of the shoulders remain at the point indicated with the reference 60. The back of the anterior half 58 is facing towards above, so that the breast fillets are located in The bottom face. The rollers 32 are guided to the position shown with respect to roller 34, so that the support of clamp 16 is in an approximately horizontal orientation. The placement can be carried out while the carrier suspended of air transport 2 is being moved along it in the direction of the arrow 12.
Fig. 3a schematically shows a tape endless conveyor 100 that extends in the direction of the arrow 101 on rollers 102, at least one of which is actuated. A series of pairs of separators 104a, 104b. The distance between two pairs adjacent separators 104a, 104b is selected so that there is room for accommodation of a previous half 58. Tales anterior halves 58 are placed at the point indicated by the arrow 106 between two adjacent pairs of spacers 104a, 104b, with the opening of the abdominal cavity of the anterior halves 58 facing away from the side shown in Fig. 3rd; in this way Fig. 3a shows the opening side of the neck 108 of the front half 58. Lane 4 of a conveyor aerial with carriers according to Fig. 1c is angled straight with respect to the direction of movement 101 of the tape Conveyor 100. With proper control of the passage of a support clamping 16 on the conveyor belt 100, the support of fastener 16 passes through the opening of the abdominal cavity towards a anterior half 58, and the support bracket 16 is carried with it the front half 58 from the conveyor belt 100. Thus manual placement of an anterior half can be automated 58 in a support bracket 16 shown in Fig. 3.
Another method of illustrating is illustrated in Fig. 3b mechanized placement of an anterior half on a carrier. The anterior halves 58 located on conveyor belt 100 already they are provided with a support bracket 16. The supports of clamp 16 are automatically connected (in a way not shown in more detail) with an arm 22 and a lever 28 of the rotating device 14 during a passage of the wearer on the belt conveyor 100.
In a subsequent processing phase, which is illustrated in Figs. 4a and 4b, the previous half 58, which until the moment is fixed on the support bracket 16 only to one reduced level, is pressed towards a completely fixed position on the support bracket 16 by means of a device pressure 62 shown schematically and installed near the road of the previous half 58 that moves along it in the direction of the arrow 12. The pressure device 62 comprises two plates 68 that can be swung down synchronized on each side of the support bracket 16 in the direction of arrow 64 with respect to an axis 66, not showing in more detail the drives and controls of said plates, although they can be, for example, pneumatic or electric. The plates 68 of the pressure device 62, which is arranged in a fixed position along the track of the air conveyor 2, it held in the downward oscillation position shown in the Figs. 4a and 4b until the previous half 58 has moved far enough to a fixed position in the support of clamping 16 by the movement of clamping support 16 in the direction of arrow 12, as shown in Fig. 5. A then the plates go back by the action of spring to its initial position shown by dashed lines in Fig. 4a.
Fig. 5a illustrates the way in which you can select a suitable form of conveyor lane 4 air 2 to ensure that in a specific part of a line of fillet cut the distance between support brackets 16 of successive bearers, which move along it in the direction of arrow 12, can be increased to facilitate the execution of fillet cutting operations in the previous half 58 or placement or removal of a previous half. The connections 20 and 20a of the carrier, combined with the flexibility of the chain 6, allow movement along lane 4 without any problem.
As illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, in an orientation horizontal of the support bracket 16, obtained by guiding the rollers 32 and 34 on curved tracks 36 and 38 respectively, the anterior half 58 has incisions made on three sides, it is that is, incisions 71 under the joints of the shoulders at armpit level by means of cutters 70, and an incision 73 through the skin at the sternum level below thereof, by means of a cutter 72, and has guides elongated 75 to determine the depth of the incisions. The cutters 70 and 72 are shown in Fig. 6 in the form of cutters circular drives, by motors 74, 76 respectively, although They can also be fixed cutters. The cutting devices 70, 74 and 72, 76 are arranged in a fixed position along the path of the clamping support 16, so that the incisions made by them are produced through the movement of carrier in the direction of the arrow 12.
To prepare for the subsequent operation of skinned, the support bracket 16 is rotated upwards with respect to the rollers 34 by means of the movement of the rollers 32 in slot 30, as illustrated in Fig. 8.
As Figs. 9a and 9b, the anterior half 58 is carried from the position directed towards above illustrated in Fig. 8, on a series of rollers rotating helical 78a, 78b, 78c and 78d (in this case four) provided with helical projections, by rotating the support holding 16 in the direction of arrow 79 towards its position more low. In this case the rollers 32 are completely located in the bottom of the slot 30. In fact, a special control system to reach this position of the clamping support 16, since this position is reached automatically through the action of the force of gravity, even in the absence of a control device 40. The rollers rotary helicals 78a and 78b, rotating in directions opposite each other, remove the skin on the right side of the middle previous 58, while the helical rollers 78c and 78d, which rotate in opposite directions to each other, remove the skin on the side left of the previous half 58.
A similar device is shown in Fig. 9c, in which the anterior half 58 on the support bracket 16 it is placed in an orientation directed downwards on two helical rollers 77a and 77b, provided with helical projections and that rotate in opposite directions to each other, for elimination of fat, glands, or the like in the neck area of the middle previous. The tissue to be removed is attracted to the impingement between rollers 77a, 77b.
After skinning and possibly the cleanliness of the neck area, the anterior half 58 remains in the downward rotation position according to Fig. 9a, as shown in Fig. 10.
Next, as illustrated in Fig. 11, the fixed balers 80 are arranged in a fixed or slightly elastic position along the track of the air conveyor 2. By means of a suitable control of the curved track of the rollers 32 with with respect to the rollers 34, the support bracket 16 with the front half 58 is rotated in the direction of the arrow 81 towards the position shown in Fig. 11 at the moment when the shoulder joints 60 of the front half 58 that move in the direction of arrow 12 have passed through the decarriers 80. As a consequence, the decarriers 80 move between the external coracobrachial and internal coracobrachial muscles of the anterior half 58 and shed the breast meat in the direction ascending towards line 82 and towards the processus thoracicus of the sacrificed body, so that the meat hangs laterally due to the effect of gravity, as illustrated in Fig. 12.
Then the support bracket 16 is tilts down in the direction of the position shown in Fig. 13 and is guided along one or more grinders 84 that are extend essentially parallel to the track of the conveyor aerial, as shown in Figs. 13, 14 and 15 while the clamping support 16 is gradually rotated upwards by proper control of the position of the rollers 32 with with respect to that corresponding to rollers 34, with the result of that the meat along the bones of the carcass is discarded in direction to the sternum of the housing 86, apart from a connection in the sternum, as illustrated in Fig. 16.
As further illustrated in Fig. 16, the breast meat 88 hanging from the breastbone of the shell 86 se separates from the housing 86 by means of a fixed cutting element or rotary 90 fixedly or elastically arranged along the housing path, through the movement of the carrier in the arrow direction 12.
As Fig. 17 illustrates, breast meat 88 can be picked up on endless conveyor belt 92 and You can download for further processing.
After the previous operation, the housing of the anterior half still contains dorsal meat, which is indicated as 85 in Fig. 17a, and forms the so-called oyster pieces from the previous half. Back meat 85 is removed from the housing by means of grinding or cutting elements 87 arranged fixed or elastic shape along the conveyor track Aerial 2 and it is skinned separately.
Figs. 18 and 19 illustrate the extraction of the housing 86 of the support bracket 16, with the meat thereof extracted and lit by cam 42, and for the sake of greater clarity, the housing is not shown in Fig. 19. The support of fastener 16 with the housing 86 of the front half is transported in the direction of arrow 12 ahead of a set of circular cutters 96 driven by motors 94. The housing of the anterior half is separated by said blades in one half dorsal and half breast. Half of breast falls down the gravity action from the support bracket 16, while that the dorsal half is loose on the upper side of the support holding 16 and can be swept in a simple way. TO then the support bracket 16 can be reused suitably as shown in Figs. 3 and following.
In principle the operations that are executed according to Figs. 20 and 21 over a previous half 58th is fully correspond to the operations that are executed according to Fig. 6. However, the anterior half 58a according to Figs. 20 and 21, unlike the previous half 58 shown in Fig. 6, still includes wings 58b, which are kept out of reach of cutters 70 by means of elongated guides 75a.
Fig. 22 illustrates the cutting of at least part of the shoulder joints of an anterior half 58a with wings 58b, by means of circular cutters 100 that are arranged in a fixed or elastic way along the path of the anterior half 58a that moves along it in the direction of the arrow 12, and which are driven by motors 102. The incisions in the shoulder joints can be made also by means of fixed cutters.
As illustrated in Figs. 23, 24 and 25, after the shoulder incisions according to Fig. 22, the meat of the breast of the anterior half 58a is pressed so that it separates the housing 86 by placing two stops 104, arranged in one fixed or elastic way, in the path of the anterior half 58a that move along it in the direction of arrow 12. Each one of the stops 104 comprises a horizontal stop portion 104a and a vertical stop part 104b, which are arranged in the level of the part of the wings of the middle shoulder joint previous 58a. The rotation of the clamping support 16 upwards after contact between stops 104 and the front half 58a, moving the rollers 32 with respect to the rollers 34, as illustrates in particular Fig. 25, causes the meat of the breast is pressed and separated from the housing 86 by means of the wings 58b. Obviously, it is also possible to light the wings for said operation, and allow the movement of the bearer in the direction of arrow 12 to detach the meat from the breast of the housing 86. Both cases produce a processing situation that is illustrated in Fig. 26, in which the support bracket 16 is has returned again to an essentially targeted orientation horizontally by moving the rollers 32 with with respect to the rollers 34, and the breast meat hangs from the breastbone.
Fig. 26 illustrates an operation that is corresponds essentially to the operation according to Fig. 16, for detach the meat from the breast and wings 58b from the housing 86 transporting said housing in the direction of arrow 12 by in front of a cutting device 106 arranged in a fixed manner or elastic
Fig. 27 shows a carrier whose device spinner 14 in principle fully corresponds to the rotating device previously described in reference to Fig. 1st. However, the support bracket 16 according to Fig. 27 comprises fixing means consisting of an elongated element of support 110 which is directed at an acute angle with respect to to the surface of the support bracket 16, a pin 114 which is movable in the directions of the double arrow 112, and a spring 116. One end of pin 114 is placed under the action of a force spring impeller 116 against the support element 110. Al pull the end of plug 114 located under arm 22 you causes the end of the plug 114 facing the element of support 110 moves until it is below the surface of the clamping support 16. Next it is easy to do slide a portion of poultry breast slaughtered by under the support element 110, after which the part of breast is secured in the support bracket 16 releasing the plug 114. The support element, together with the surface of the support bracket 16 facing support element 110, turns on the breastbone of the breast part.
In the carrier variant of Fig. 27 shown in Figs. 28a, 28b and 28c, a mechanism of control for pin 114, sliding or not pin 114 depending on the rotation position of the clamping support 16. With for this purpose, the arm 22 of the rotating device 14 extends further beyond axis 24, and is provided with an elongated groove 118 to through which the plug 114. is projected on the plug is fixed a collar 120 near the end of the plug 114 facing externally to the support element 110.
As Fig. 28b illustrates, when the support of clamp 16 swings upward as a result of movement upward of the rollers 32 in the groove 30 with respect to the rollers 34, the end of pin 114 that was leaning against the support element 110 is removed until it is below the surface of the clamping support 16, so that in this orientation of the support bracket is simple to place a part of breast of a poultry in the support support 16. A then the backward tilt of the support bracket towards the orientation shown in Fig. 28a leads to securing the breast part in the support bracket 16. The breast part is taken to the position corresponding to the operations to be illustrated later in relation to Figs. 29a-29f, through the downward rotation of the support clamping 16, as illustrated in Fig. 28c, in which case maintains the assurance of the breast part by means of the plug 114.
According to Fig. 29a, a breast part 111 of a poultry fixed in the carrier according to Fig. 28c is guided between two elongated support portions 122a, 122b of a frame (not shown in more detail) of a cutting device of steaks. The fork has already been removed from the breast part, and incisions have also been made on each side of the breastbone. As illustrated in Figs. 29a and 29b, the breast part 111 is guided firstly on guide plates 124 provided with an entrance edge 124a, the interior of the breast part projections 111 being supported against said plates. Then the part of breast 111 arrives at a set of grinding plates 126, a set of movable shoulder positioning elements 128 being arranged just before the grinding plates 126. As soon as the shoulder joints of the breast part 111 are positioned below the elements of positioning the shoulder 128, the latter briefly go into action to press the shoulder joints of the breast part 111 under the grinding plates 126, as illustrated in Fig. 29b. Immediately thereafter, the shoulder positioning elements 128 are removed again with respect to the breast part 111, with the result that the meat of the breast part 111 will pass through the grinder plates 126 on the facing side that separates from the guide plates 124. The result of this operation is shown in Fig. 29c, in which the external fillet has been discarded from the side of the housing in the collarbone area beyond the processus thoracicus and towards the connection between the internal fillet and breast part, as shown by dashed lines. Next (see Fig. 29c) the breast part 111 finds a second movable shoulder positioning element 130 and a set of guides 132, followed by a set of cutters 134. The shoulder positioning element 130 ensures that the joints of the shoulder shoulder of the breast part come to rest on the side of the guides 132 that is facing externally with respect to the side shown in the drawing, exerting a brief pressure on the shoulder joints directly before they reach the guides 132. Next the part of the breast meat already discarded from the breast part 111 is located on the other side of the guides 132. The cutters 134 are contiguous directly to the guides 132 and ensure that an incision is made on the clavicle of the breast part towards the processus thoracicus , to cut the meat around the collarbone and cut the membrane between the fillet and the shell. To this end, the cutters 134 are controlled so that when they reach the processus thoracicus they rotate separating in the direction of the arrows 136 around the shafts 138 (see Fig. 29d). If the cutters 134 are arranged in a fixed position, obviously this last incision extends almost to the side of the abdomen of the breast part 111.
Next, as illustrated in Fig. 29e, the steaks 140 of the breast part 111 are ignited by means of the pressing elements 142 only shown schematically, of so that fillets 140 are pulled completely - or partially if the pressing elements 142 release the grip- with respect to the casing 111a by the movement of the breast part fixed in the carrier in the direction of arrow 12. If the cutters 134 are designed so that they can rotate, as described in in relation to Fig. 29d, the fillets obtained comprise fat in the side of the abdomen On the other hand, if the cutters 134 are arranged in a fixed position, the grease mentioned on the side of the abdomen is behind the casing 111a.
Fig. 29f illustrates the ejection of a housing from which steaks have been extracted, by means of guides 144 that follow the path of a support bracket that turns up according to Fig. 28b and are provided with stops 146. When the support clamping 16 is turned up, the assurance will be released of the plug 114 of the casing 111a of the breast part, after which the housing 111a is retained with respect to the holding support 16 by means of stops 146 and falls from the guides 144, and can be downloaded.
1. Carrier that is connectable to a conveyor (2) and has an elongated support bracket (16) for transporting at least part of a slaughtered animal, in particular an anterior half (58) or a part thereof of a bird slaughtered, said elongated holding support (16) being provided with means for fixing the slaughtered animal or the part thereof on the holding support, the carrier comprising a rotating device (14) that can interact with a control device (40) arranged along the track of the conveyor, to rotate the support, characterized in that the carrier is connectable to an air transport, and one end of the elongated support (16) is directed substantially in the direction of transport (12) , the elongated clamping support (16) being adapted to be rotated with respect thereto in two directions with an acute angle with respect to the transport direction (12) by means of the device or spinner (14).
2. Carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that the rotating device (14) is adapted to rotate the support bracket (16) in a vertical plane.
3. Carrier according to claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the carrier comprises at least one roller (32, 34) or pin with an axis that extends essentially at right angles to the transport direction (12) of the air conveyor (two).
4. Carrier according to claim 3, characterized in that the at least one roller (32, 34) or pin is part of the rotating device (14), and can be moved essentially at right angles to the direction of the axis thereof by means of the control device (40) to rotate the support bracket (16).
5. Carrier according to claim 4, characterized in that the carrier can interact with a control device (40) which is provided with at least one groove (36, 38) for housing and driving the at least one roller (32, 34 ) or plug.
6. Carrier according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that the carrier comprises at least two rollers (32, 34) or pins fixedly mounted on bearings or fixed therein, respectively, while the control device It is provided with at least one groove (36, 38) to accommodate the rollers (32, 34) or pins.
7. Carrier according to claims 4 or 5, characterized in that the support bracket (16) is connected so that it can pivot through a first point (24) with respect to the carrier, and because the roller (32) or pin of the rotating device (14) is connected to a lever (28) that is connected by a second point (26) so that it can pivot with respect to the holding support (16), said second point (26) being different from the first point (24) .
8. Carrier according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the holding support (16) is essentially elongated, while one end of the holding support (16) can be directed in the transport direction (12) of the conveyor aerial (2), or at an acute angle with respect to it.
9. Carrier according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the fixing means for the slaughtered animal or the part thereof comprises at least one toothed cam (42; 52) which is movable with respect to the surface of the support clamping (16) and is designed so that under a driving force it can ignite the interior of the slaughtered animal or the part thereof.
10. Carrier according to claim 9, characterized in that the at least one cam (42; 52) is adapted to ignite the interior of the slaughtered animal or the part thereof in the area of the sternum or the spine.
11. Carrier according to claims 9 or 10, characterized in that the teeth (50; 56) of the cam (42; 52) are harpoon.
12. Carrier according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that it can interact with pressure means (62) arranged along the path of the carrier, to press the slaughtered animal or the part thereof on the holding support (16 ).
13. Carrier according to claim 12, characterized in that the pressure means comprise stops (68) that are arranged along the path of the support bracket (16) and that can be taken briefly towards the path of the slaughtered animal or the part of the same.
14. Carrier according to any one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that it is provided on each side with grooves that extend essentially in the direction of transport (12) when the support bracket (16) is in a specific turning position, while the wearer can interact with cutter means (96) that are arranged along the path of the wearer and that extend almost to or into said grooves, to dismember a housing (86) located in the support bracket (16) .
15. Carrier according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the fixing means for the slaughtered animal or part thereof comprise a support element (110) directed in parallel to or forming an acute angle with the surface of the holding support , while the clamping support (16) contains a pin (114) that is movable in its longitudinal direction, and one of whose ends can be projected under the action of a driving force at a certain angle with respect to the surface of the support clamping (16) against one side of the support element (110) facing the surface.
16. Carrier according to claim 15, characterized in that the pin (114) is moved by the rotating movement of the clamping support (16), so that in a first turning position (Fig. 28b) the pin (114) is located below the surface of the support bracket (16), and in a second turning position (Figs. 28a, 28c), different from the first turning position, it is projected from the surface.
17. Carrier according to any one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that it is flexibly suspended from the air conveyor (2) by at least two points (34).
18. Carrier according to claim 17, characterized in that it is suspended from two trolleys (8) that are movable along a rail (4) and that are interconnected by means of a chain (6), belt, cable, rope or Similary.
19. Combination of carriers and a device for automatic placement of anterior halves (58) of animals slaughtered in said carriers, in which each carrier is connected to an air transporter (2) and has a elongated support bracket (16) for transporting at least part of a slaughtered animal, particularly a previous half (58) or a part thereof of a slaughtered bird, being said elongated support bracket (16) provided with means for fix the slaughtered animal or the part thereof in the support of holding, said carrier comprising a rotating device (14) that can interact with a control device (40) arranged along the track of the air carrier, to rotate the support bracket, and so that in said carrier a end of the elongated support bracket (16) is directed substantially in the transport direction (12), being adapted elongated support bracket (16) to be rotated with with respect to it in two directions with an acute angle with with respect to the transport direction (12) by means of rotating device (14), the device comprising the automatic placement of anterior halves (58) of animals slaughtered on the carriers a conveyor (100) to move the anterior halves (58) with its cavity opening abdominal directed essentially at right angles to the direction of movement (101) of the conveyor (100), being adapted said conveyor (100) to interact with the air transporter (2) with carriers, whose address of movement (12) is essentially at right angles to the direction of movement (101) of the conveyor, while support brackets (16) of the carriers enter the opening of the abdominal cavity of the anterior halves (58).
20. Combination of carriers and a device for automatic placement of anterior halves (58) of animals slaughtered in said carriers, in which each carrier is connected to an air transporter (2) and has a elongated support bracket (16) for transporting at least part of a slaughtered animal, particularly a previous half (58) or a part thereof of a slaughtered bird, being provided said elongated clamping support (16) of means for fixing the slaughtered animal or the part thereof in the support bracket, said carrier comprising a rotating device (14) that can interact with a control device (40) arranged to along the track of the air conveyor, to rotate the holding support, and so that in said carrier one end of the elongated support bracket (16) is directed substantially in the transport direction (12), and said adaptation being adapted elongated support bracket (16) to be rotated with respect to the same in two directions with an acute angle with respect to the transport direction (12) by means of the rotating device (14), the support brackets (16) being removable with regarding the remaining part of the carriers and being able to fix automatically to it, comprising the device for automatic placement of anterior halves (58) of animals slaughtered in carriers a conveyor (100) to move to along it the previous halves (58) with its opening of the abdominal cavity, in which a support of clamp (16) separated, directed essentially at right angles with with respect to the direction of movement (101) of the conveyor (100), said conveyor (100) being adapted for interact with the air carrier (2) with carriers without support brackets, whose direction of movement (12) is essentially at right angles to the direction of movement (101) of the conveyor (100), while the supports clamps (16) are connected to the remaining part of the bearers
21. Device for cutting fillets of an animal sacrificed or a part thereof, comprising:
a conveyor (2) with a series of carriers comprising a support bracket (16), being provided said support brackets (16) of means for fixing the animal sacrificed or part thereof; Y
fillet cutting tools (84) arranged along the path of the carriers, each carrier comprising a rotating device (14) that can interact with a control device (40) arranged along the track of the conveyor (2) , to rotate the support bracket (16), characterized in that the conveyor (2) is an air conveyor, and one end of the elongated support bracket (16) is directed substantially in the direction of transport (12), the adapter being adapted elongated clamping support (16) to be rotated with respect to it in two directions with an acute angle with respect to the transport direction (12) by means of the rotating device (14) to carry out fillet cutting operations with fillet cutting tools (84).
22. Method for cutting fillets of a slaughtered animal or a part thereof, in which the slaughtered animal or the part thereof is transported on a support bracket (16) of a carrier connected to a conveyor (2), being said holding support (16) provided with means for fixing the slaughtered animal or the part thereof, the conveyor (2) carrying the carrier in front of the fillet cutting tools (84), the holding support (16) being rotated ) of the carrier provided with a rotating device (14) by means of a control device (40) during the passage in front of the fillet cutting tools (84), characterized in that the conveyor (2) is an air conveyor, and one end of the elongated support bracket (16) is directed substantially in the transport direction (12), the elongated support bracket (16) being adapted to be rotated thereon in two directions with a sharp angle with respect cto to the transport direction (12) by means of the rotating device (14), to perform fillet cutting operations with fillet cutting tools (84).
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