Stork R.m.s. B.v.

Stork Mps B.v.

Sander Antonie Van Ochten

Thomas Gerardus Jacobs

Leonardus Jozephus Tiggeloven

Jenneke A Lankhaar

Bernhard Antonius Van Kippersluis

Johannes Wilhelmus Te Maarssen

Adrianus Josephus Van Den Nieuwelaar

Wilhelmus A Te Dorsthorst

Ronald Theodoor Duitshof

Fransiscus M Waanders

The invention relates to an apparatus for stunning animals, such as pigs, for slaughter and may include a conveyor for conveying stunned animals for slaughter, at least one stunning device coupled to the conveyor, and a measuring and control device for detecting the number of animals stunned by the stunning device and actuating the stunning device based on the detected number of stunned animals. The invention also relates to a method for stunning animals for slaughter, such as pigs, that includes feeding stunned animals for slaughter to a conveyor at a rate based on the previous outfeed of the stunning device.

Apparatus and method for stunning animals for slaughter

Method and apparatus for anaesthetizing animals for slaughter with gas

Support for cattle for slaughter

The invention relates to an apparatus for dividing a piece of meat containing at least one elongate bone structure, for example a spinal column, such that this elongate bone structure is also divided. The apparatus includes for this purpose a positioning assembly for positioning the piece of meat and a continuously movable knife for dividing a positioned piece of meat. The invention also relates to an apparatus for removing marrow from at least one piece of bone.

Apparatus for dividing a piece of meat containing a bone structure

A method and device for releasing intestines in a carcass opened on the abdominal side, in particular a sheep, pig or cattle carcass, having the steps of:

Method and device for releasing intestines

The invention relates to a device for removing the layer of abdominal fat or leaf fat from a slaughtered animal or a part thereof, for instance a pig, of which the abdominal cavity has been opened beforehand, which device has a gripping element for gripping the layer of abdominal fat or leaf fat in addition to a pulling element for pulling loose the layer from the abdominal wall, which gripping element includes at least one suction aperture. In preference the pulling element includes a rotatably drivable winding mandrel which in provided with the at least one suction aperture, which winding mandrel is guided for winding up during rotary driving the layer of abdominal fat or leaf fat gripped by the suction aperture.

Device for removing the layer of abdominal fat or leaf fat from a

The invention relates to a device for subjecting to a process a slaughtered and optionally pre-skinned animal, for instance livestock such as a horse, cattle, a pig, a sheep or a part thereof such that said process (also) takes place in a zone where an organ, for instance the preputium, is situated in the wall, for instance the abdominal wall, which device comprises processing means for performing said process. It is an object of the invention to offer provisions with which in simple manner an organ can be preserved from damage by the processing means. With a view hereto the device according to the invention is characterized by displacing means for displacing this organ out of the active zone of the processing means at least during performing of the process at the position of said organ.

Device for processing a slaughtered animal or a part thereof

Device for stunning an animal for slaughter

A device for removing the anus of a slaughtered animal comprising: a carriage translatable in at least one direction by means of first translation means; a cutting device supported by the carriage and comprising a substantially cylindrical blade with a leading cutting edge, which device is drivable for rotation round its axis by means of drive means and drivable for axial translation by means of second translation means; and a sensor carried by the carriage for detecting contact between the cutting device and an animal for processing during operation of the first translation means, which sensor is connected in order to render inoperative the first translation means when said contact is detected and, if required, to activate the drive means for the said rotating drive and to activate the second translation means for forward axial translation of the cutting device over a chosen distance, followed by backward axial translation of the cutting device until this latter is situated out of contact with the slaughtered animal.

Device for removing the anus of slaughtered animals

The invention provides a method for opening a slaughtered animal comprising the following steps of:

Method and device for opening a slaughtered animal

The invention relates to a method for processing the neck of a slaughtered animal such that the skull is separated from the vertebral column, which method comprises the steps of: (1) positioning a slaughtered animal for processing; (2) providing a separating device, for instance a hydraulically or pneumatically energized pair of scissors, to arrange a separation in the cervical vertebral column, for instance between the skull and the first cervical vertebra; (3) determining the location where the separation must take place; and (4) positioning the separating device and activating same on the basis of the result of step (3) in order to arrange the separation.

Method and device for separating the skull and the vertebral column of a

A device for removing the anus of slaughtered animals. The device includes a cutting device for cutting out the anus of a slaughtered animal, which cutting device comprises a substantially cylindrical blade drivable for rotation and translation and having a leading cutting edge. The device further includes positioning elements for initially positioning the blade such that the center line thereof extends substantially through the anus of the slaughtered animal and a blunt locating pin for causing the blade to follow a curved path such that the cutting edge follows substantially the form of the rectum of the slaughtered animal while avoiding contact with bone.

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Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands

Sander Antonie Van Ochten