Meat dressing/boning method and system
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- MAYEKAWA MFG CO LTD
- Publication Date
- 2007-09-13
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 11 / 363,529 filed on 27 Feb. 2007, which is a continuation of International Application PCT / JP2004 / 012596 having an international filing date of 25 Aug. 2004, and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) to Japanese Application No. JP 2003-303712, filed on 27 Aug. 2003. The disclosure of the PCT and priority applications, in their entirety, including the drawings, claims, and the specification thereof, are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND
[0002] Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application No. 2000-83575 (hereafter Reference 1) and Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application No. 2000-125752 (hereafter Reference 2) disclose a boning / dressing apparatus for processing a carcass of pig, chicken, cattle, etc., to obtain a meat block. Reference 1 discloses an apparatus for securing a pig carcass, with a dissection line rail from which the pig carcass can be hung with a hanger so that the carcass can be transferred along the rail by transfer...