Patent ID: 7566260

Claim:
An apparatus for washing a split animal carcass, comprising: a lower pair of longitudinally disposed, parallel, upwardly inclined, elongate shafts sharing a common angle of inclination; said lower pair of shafts including a first and a second shaft that are transversely spaced apart from one another by a distance sufficient to accommodate an animal carcass therebetween; a plurality of radially disposed appendages secured to said first shaft, collectively forming a first upwardly inclined full-length brush; a second plurality of radially disposed appendages secured to said second shaft, collectively forming a first upwardly inclined truncate brush; an upper pair of longitudinally disposed, parallel, upwardly inclined, elongate shafts sharing a common angle of inclination; said upper pair of shafts including a third and a fourth shaft that are transversely spaced apart from one another by a distance sufficient to accommodate an animal carcass therebetween; a plurality of radially disposed appendages secured to said third shaft, collectively forming a second upwardly inclined full-length brush; a plurality of radially disposed appendages secured to said fourth shaft, collectively forming a first upwardly inclined medium-length brush; a lower pair of longitudinally disposed, parallel, downwardly inclined, elongate shafts sharing a common angle of inclination; said lower pair of shafts including a fifth and a sixth shaft that are transversely spaced apart from one another by a distance sufficient to accommodate an animal carcass therebetween; a plurality of radially disposed appendages secured to said fifth shaft, collectively forming a first downwardly inclined full-length brush; a plurality of radially disposed appendages secured to said sixth shaft, collectively forming a second downwardly inclined truncate brush; an upper pair of longitudinally disposed, parallel, downwardly inclined, elongate shafts sharing a common angle of inclination; said upper pair of shafts including a seventh and an eighth shaft that are transversely spaced apart from one another by a distance sufficient to accommodate an animal carcass therebetween; a plurality of radially disposed appendages secured to said seventh shaft, collectively forming a second downwardly inclined full-length brush; and a plurality of radially disposed appendages secured to said eighth shaft, collectively forming a first downwardly inclined medium-length brush; whereby said first, third, fifth, and seventh shafts carrying said full-length brushes constitute a meat-side of the apparatus; whereby said second, fourth, sixth, and eighth shafts carrying said truncate, mid-length, truncate, and mid-length brushes, respectively, constitute a bone-side of the apparatus; whereby the upwardly inclined brushes are positioned at an entrance end of the apparatus; and whereby the downwardly inclined brushes are positioned at an exit end of the apparatus.