Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Meat Research Corporation

Australian Meat & Live-stock Research Development

Other

Austrialian Meat & Live-stock Research & Development Corporation

John W Buhot

Phillip R Boyce

Russel J Rankin

Raymond M White

Graeme L Wescombe

Robert W Tritchler

David T Kerr

Darryl J Heidke

Andrew M Leiner

David J De Chastel, Deceased

Edward G Mills

Andrew L Finney

Paul A Green

Matthew Aqualini

William J Witham

Richard J Gibbons

David P Thomas

Paul Stapleton

David John De Chastel, Deceased

John C Abood

Matthew Aquilini

Paul Anderson

David G Roberts

Meat decontamination

Carcass hide opening

Animal evisceration

An apparatus for automatically processing an animal carcass (8). Suspension means (122, 123) suspends the carcass (8) in an inverted position with the spine inclined upwardly towards the neck (11) with the spine located beneath the carcass (8) and so that the diaphragm (119) is approximately vertical. A cutting assembly, (130) moves into the abdominal cavity adjacent to the diaphragm (119), and a cutting means (28) cuts the diaphragm (119) around the periphery. A brisket shearing means (21) cuts the brisket (20) with a shearing action along the brisket (20) from the abdomen and towards the neck end of the brisket (20). The reaction member (188) is pivotally movable relative to the brisket (20) about a rear end to generally follow the contours of the brisket (20). Head holding means (12) locates and clamps the head (10) against movement, and stretching means (15) stretches the neck of the carcass (8) so as to spread the atlas joint, and a cutting blade (156) moves along the line of the jaw (9) and through the atlas joint so as to sever the head (10). Splitting support means (81) is movable lengthwise along the carcass (82), an opposed pair of rolling or sliding spine tracking means (86) carried by the splitting support means (81) straddles, locates and restrains the spine against lateral movement while cutting means (87, 200) splits the carcass (82) at the tracking means (86).

Automatic animal processing

Head washing apparatus

Boning method and apparatus

Animal sticking

Growing community of inventors

Coorparoo, Australia

John W Buhot