Patent ID: 6997797

Claim:
A device for processing slaughtered animals or parts thereof, having a first and a second station, comprising: a. a transfer conveyor which extends between the first station and the second station and which comprises at least one substantially stationary slot with a width, a course, a supply end and a discharge end, which at least one slot comprises a first opening at the supply end of the at least one slot and a second opening at the discharge end of the at least one slot, wherein the at least one slot is designed to carry and support slaughtered animals or parts thereof, the transfer conveyor further comprising at least one driving member which passes through a path which is substantially parallel to the course of the at least one slot and is designed to move the slaughtered animals or parts thereof which are situated in the at least one slot along the at least one slot from the first station towards the second station, wherein the at least one driving member spans at least half the width of the at least one slot; b. supply means for supplying at the first station slaughtered animals or parts thereof from a first conveyor to the at least one slot of the transfer conveyor, wherein the supply means are adapted to control which slaughtered animals or parts thereof from the group of slaughtered animals or parts on the first conveyor are supplied to the transfer conveyor, and which slaughtered animals or parts thereof from the group of slaughtered animals or parts on the first conveyor are not supplied to the transfer conveyor; and c. discharge means for discharging the slaughtered animals or parts thereof from the at least one slot of the transfer conveyor at the second station.