Meat and Livestock Australia Limited

Andrew Leslie Finney

Darryl John Heidke

David Gregor

John Ellard Hart

Raymond Malcolm White

A dedagging implement including a body (), a rotor () supported on the body () for rotation about an axis and having radially outwardly projecting lobes () for removing dag from a carcass, a liquid supply means located on the body (), said liquid supply means being configured to direct a flow of liquid at the lobes () and an air supply means located on the body (), said air supply means being configured to direct air flow at, or in close proximity to, the lobes (). The present invention also provides a dedagging system having a dedagging implement and a vacuum waste collection system. The dedagging implement and/or dedagging system is useful for removing dag from an animal carcass.

Dedagging implement and rotor thereof

The invention provides a process and anal seal for sealing the anus of the carcass ( ) of a slaughtered animal. The anal seal includes a plug ( ) for insertion through the anus so that tissues ( ) contract behind the plug, a clamp ( ) movable towards the plug to clamp the tissues behind, and retaining means ( ) to hold the clamp in its clamping position. The plug ( ) is conical and has a back end ( ) so that the clamp which is in the shape of a clamping disc ( ) clamps against periphery ( ) of the back end of the plug. The clamp ( ) can slide on a stem ( ) extending from the back end of the plug. The retaining means ( ) can comprise biasing means ( ) or a latch ( ) to hold the clamp in its clamping position. An applicator tool ( ) can mount the anal seal during insertion of the plug into the rectum and move the clamp from a retracted position to its operative clamping position.

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Queensland, Australia

Andrew Leslie Finney