Automatic cutting of products such as carcasses
CA 2425248 A1 · Owner: Owen, Jeffrey Stewart · Inventors: Boyce, Philip Rodney; Finney, Andrew Leslie; Owen, Jeffrey Stewart
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Methods and apparatus are described for automatically splitting carcass (10) of a slaughtered animal. The apparatus includes saw assembly (17) mounted on carriage (22) and ultrasonic scanner (30). Assembly (17) is moved by carriage (22) along support (16) so that saw blade (18) commences cutting at the base of the spine and progressively advances downwardly following the line of the spine. Scanner (30) scans carcass (10) and the data signals are processed to locate the spine and/or determine its conformation immediately ahead of the point where blade (18) is splitting carcass (10). The processed signals are used to control the degrees of movement of blade (18) including lateral …
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- Filed October 11, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 11, 2021.
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