U.S. Philips Corporation

Nederlandse Centrale Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk

Marcelles B Douwes

Rudolf J Van Der Hoorn

Cornelis Ouwerkerk

Cornelis H Van Rijsewijk

Cassette includes a disc (1) accommodated in an external sleeve (2) and retained therein by a disc holder (7) which closes the front of the sleeve (2) by means of a shutter (8), which retains the disc by retaining jaws (9), and which is latched in the sleeve by latching means (48) which can be moved by external means to remove the disc holder and the disc from the sleeve. Apparatus includes release levers (11) which release the disc holder (7) and an extraction mechanism (11, 13, 14) which withdraws the disc-holder/disc unit from the sleeve in such a way that the disc and disc holder remain inside the apparatus after withdrawal of the sleeve. Jaws (9) also retain the disc (2) outside the sleeve and can be moved relative to each other from the retaining position to a free position, in which the disc can be rotated and is clear of the retaining means, by external means only. Apparatus includes release means (11, 15, 20, 24) which ensure that inside the apparatus the jaws (9) are moved from the retaining position to the free position.

System for recording/reading information on/from a disc, comprising a

Device for cutting up meat and/or bones of a slaughter animal, with a cutting element (120) provided with a cutting edge and a counter support (124) which is situated opposite the cutting edge of said cutting element (120) and comprises an oblong, central, recessed space (126) for receiving the cutting edge, and is provided with symmetrical bearing faces alongside this space.

Device for cutting up meat and/or bones of a slaughter animal

Device for cutting through the pubis of the carcass of a slaughter animal, having on a slaughter yoke with a positioning element surrounded by a rotating circular first cutting element, a second cutting element and a sensor for locating the pubis position, combined into a functional unit, the movement of the positioning element being independently of same of the other elements.

Device for cutting open the carcass of a slaughter animal

A disc cassette includes a rotatable disc (1) contained in a disc-receiving space of an external enclosure (2), a front opening of the enclosure being closed by a closing member (7) which is latched in the enclosure by means of one or more resilient latching fingers (8) to retain the disc. The latching finger (8) pivots in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the disc (1) and cooperates with the side wall of a latching recess (12) formed in the inner side wall of the enclosure. A slot (15) formed in the main wall (3) of the enclosure (2) extends from the front opening of the enclosure into the latching recess but has a width which is smaller than the width at the latching recess and smaller than the width of the latching finger, and the end portion of the slot (15) which terminates in the front opening of the enclosure is covered by the portion (7A) of the closing member which projects from the enclosure. This enables the latching finger to be pivoted towards the released position by external means and it also enables gripping means of a playing apparatus to engage, via the slot, behind the portion (7A) of the closing member (7) which projects from the enclosure in order to withdraw the released closing member from the enclosure (2).

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Nuenen, Netherlands

Marcelles B Douwes