Vehicle Trailer Lid Towing Device for Hygienic Carcass Bleeding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Transporting and slaughtering cattle exposes them to stress, leading to reduced meat quality due to unfamiliar environments, and existing methods fail to ensure hygienic handling and transport of animal carcasses, especially large ones.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle trailer with a tilting cover and hydraulic/electric pulling device allows for hanging and bleeding of carcasses within a loading space, reducing environmental contamination and enabling efficient transport by positioning the carcass over the trailer, which can then be lowered into a hygienic storage area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cattle are transported to a slaughterhouse for stunning and slaughter, then the slaughter process can be completed, but the cattle experience high stress due to unfamiliar environment which reduces meat quality
Solution Approach 1:
The cattle are slaughtered at the farm before transport, eliminating the stress of unfamiliar environment during the critical pre-slaughter period. The mobile slaughter box is brought to the farm to perform stunning and bleeding operations in advance, so the cattle experience no transport stress before slaughter.
2Reliability
If cattle are slaughtered at the farm and carcass is transported to slaughterhouse, then meat quality is preserved, but strict hygiene standards must be maintained during slaughter and transport
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile slaughter box combines the slaughter chamber, bleeding area, and transport container into a single integrated unit. The carcass remains within the same hygienic environment from slaughter through transport, eliminating the need to maintain separate hygiene standards for different locations and processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile slaughter box acts as an intermediary sterile environment between the farm and slaughterhouse. It provides a controlled, hygienic space that protects the carcass from contamination during the transition from slaughter to transport, simplifying hygiene management by containing all critical operations within one unit.
3Reliability
If mobile slaughter boxes are used to transport cattle carcasses after bleeding, then hygienic storage and transport is improved, but the design requires complex lifting mechanisms to position carcasses in suspended position
Solution Approach 1:
The towing device is integrated directly into the lid structure of the mobile slaughter box. The lid serves dual functions as both the closing element and the support structure for the towing mechanism, eliminating the need for separate external lifting equipment and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The lid is designed with multi-functionality: it serves as the closure for the cargo space, the mounting structure for the towing device, and the support element for suspending the carcass during bleeding. This universal design reduces the number of separate components needed, simplifying the overall system while maintaining hygienic transport capabilities.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If carcass is suspended above loading area for bleeding, then blood contamination of surrounding area is reduced, but the towing device must be positioned on the lid which complicates the structure
Solution Approach 1:
The lid serves multiple functions: it is the closure for the cargo space, the mounting platform for the towing device, and the structural element that supports the suspended carcass. By making the lid universal, the design avoids adding separate complex positioning structures while still achieving effective blood containment.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution simplifies the slaughtering and transport process, reduces contamination risks, and allows for rapid, hygienic handling of large animal carcasses, enhancing meat quality and reducing the probability of environmental contamination.
Implementation Method 1
the lid can be lowered hydraulically or electrically from the open position
Implementation Method 2
the lid can be lowered hydraulically or electrically from the open position
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AI summary
The invention relates to a vehicle trailer (1) for the hygienic slaughter and transport of an animal carcass, in particular a cow, comprising a loading space (2) for transporting the carcass, a lid (3) for closing the loading space (2), and a towing device for positioning the carcass suspended within it. To enable hygienic slaughter and transport in a practical manner, the invention provides that the towing device is connected to the lid (3) and is arranged such that, with the lid (3) open, the carcass can be lifted by the towing device on the lid (3) in such a way that the carcass can be positioned suspended above the loading space (2) of the vehicle trailer (1) in order to bleed the carcass into the loading space (2).