Tail Cutter With Bent Finger For Carcass Splitting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tail cutting methods during carcass splitting often result in low-quality cuts, damaging the tail and reducing its value for human consumption, as they do not ensure a straight, transverse cut at the base of the tail.
Innovation Solution
A tail cutter with a longitudinal cutting blade and a bent finger, designed to be connected to a splitting saw, allows for a high-quality, straight cut at the base of the tail, ensuring the tail is partly cut free and attached to one half of the carcass, preserving its value.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a tail cutter with a protruding bent finger is used to direct the tail to the opposite side before cutting, then the tail can be directed to a side, but the knife is not in the same plane as the saw splitting the back of the carcass, resulting in a tail cut not at the base of the tail but further up along the tail in the direction of the tail tip
Solution Approach 1:
The tail cutter is integrated with the splitting saw such that the tail knife and saw blade are in the same cutting plane. This merging of functions allows the tail to be directed and cut at the base in the same operational plane as the carcass splitting, eliminating the need for separate directional manipulation and ensuring precise cutting at the correct location.
Solution Approach 2:
The bent finger performs preliminary action by directing the tail to the opposite side before the cutting action occurs. This preliminary positioning ensures that when the tail knife cuts, it does so at the base of the tail in the correct plane, rather than requiring the tail to be in a specific position during the cut itself.
2Ease of operation
If the tail is cut further up along the tail in the direction of the tail tip, then the tail can be cut free from the carcass, but the cut is made at an angle to the longitudinal direction of the tail, thus cutting across several of the tail bones
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the tail cutter with the splitting saw in the same cutting plane, the tail knife can cut straight across the tail bones at the base of the tail rather than at an angle. This unified cutting plane ensures that the cut is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tail, producing a high-quality cut that separates the tail from the carcass without damaging the tail bones.
3Ease of operation
If the tail is cut on one side of the tail when cutting along the area where the tail is located, then the tail can be obtained on one of the half parts of the split carcass, but a non-straight cutting of the back of the carcass is obtained hereby cutting some ham meat from the ham
Solution Approach 1:
The tail cutter is positioned and integrated with the splitting saw such that the tail cutting action occurs in the same plane as the carcass splitting. This allows the tail to be cut on one side of the tail while the splitting saw simultaneously divides the carcass, without requiring the tail cutter to be positioned separately that would cause non-straight cutting of the back and ham meat loss.
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AI summary
A tail cutter or tail saver capable of partly cutting free the tail of an animal carcass while the cutting device is cutting the back of an animal carcass into two halves. The tail saver is suitable for being connected to a cutting device for splitting animal carcasses. The tail cutter comprises a tail knife with a longitudinal cutting blade for cutting free part of the tail at the base part of the tail, a finger connected to the tail knife, the finger being capable of directing the loose part of the tail to a predetermined side of the animal carcass, the finger is bent to the right or left relative to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blade of the tail knife, and the cutting blade of the tail knife is located in line with and/or in the same plane as the cutting device when the tail knife is located on this cutting device.