Patent ID: 7264543

Claim:
A device for cutting free a colon of a slaughter animal, the device comprising; a) an attachment plate having means for connection to a robot and comprising, a first passage having a first opening for connection to a vacuum source, a second passage having a second opening for connection to a water supply, a third passage having a third opening for connection to a pressurized air supply, and a fourth passage having a fourth opening for connection to an air exit; b) a tool for separating the colon of the animal from surrounding tissue, said tool including, aa) a cylindrical hollow cutting knife, bb) a pressurized air motor for rotating said hollow cylindrical knife, said motor driven by pressurized air supplied by a supply means and exhausted by an exhaust means, cc) a guiding arbor extending into said hollow cutting knife, dd) a first operatively tube connected to said hollow cutting knife and/or to a channel in said arbor, said first tube for evacuating a contents of an intestine of the animal, ee) a second for tube supplying water to said hollow cylindrical knife and/or to said channel; and c) means for joining said tool to said attachment plate in a separable fashion such that said supply means for pressurized air of said tool are directly connected to said third passage of said attachment plate, said exhaust means of said tool are directly connected to said fourth passage of said attachment plate, said first tube of said tool is directly connected to said first passage of said attachment plate, and said second tube is directly connected to said second passage of said attachment plate.