Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Meat Research Corporation

Australian Meat & Live-stock Research Development

Other

Austrialian Meat & Live-stock Research & Development Corporation

Russel J Rankin

John W Buhot

Phillip R Boyce

Raymond M White

Graeme L Wescombe

David T Kerr

Robert W Tritchler

David J De Chastel, Deceased

Darryl J Heidke

Andrew L Finney

Andrew M Leiner

Edward G Mills

Paul A Green

Matthew Aqualini

Richard J Gibbons

William J Witham

David John De Chastel, Deceased

John C Abood

Matthew Aquilini

David G Roberts

David P Thomas

Carcass hide opening

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

Clean Mountain, Australia

Russel J Rankin