Slagteriernes Forskningsinstitut

Teknologisk Institut

Thomas Peter Iversen

The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting free of at least a part of a tenderloin in a suspended half-carcass. The apparatus comprises a fixture () having a pubic bone catch () for positioning and support of the half-carcass by the pubic bone thereof. Further the apparatus comprises a cutting device () having a sharp edge () curving transversely to the edge (), and a moving device for the cutting device () for moving the cutting device () with the sharp edge () foremost during cutting free of at least a part of the tenderloin in a half-carcass positioned in the pubic bone catch. Moreover, the invention relates to a fixture for a half-carcass or a hindquarters thereof, a pubic bone catch () for use in the above apparatus, a cutting device, and a method for cutting free of at least a part of a tenderloin in a suspended half-carcass.

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Taastrup, Denmark

Thomas Peter Iversen