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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2023
Maja-maschinenfabrik Hermann Schill Gmbh, Kehl, DE;
Marel Inc., Des Moines, IA (US);
Joseph A. Gross, Offenburg, DE;
Samuel R. Mccarthy, Des Moines, IA (US);
Darin Dostal, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ryan Rohe, Prole, IA (US);
Gregory Anderson, Des Moines, IA (US);
Douglas R. Bauer, Altoona, IA (US);
William Johnson, Prairie City, IA (US);
MAJA-MASCHINENFABRIK HERMANN SCHILL GMBH, Kehl, DE;
MAREL INC., Des Moines, IA (US);
Abstract
A trimming device for trimming a carcass part having a skin and/or fat side, including a blade having a cutting edge facing a front face of the carcass part, and a blade holder for holding the blade. The blade holder has a tiltable blade holder segment and a non-tiltable blade holder segment rotatably coupled to the non-tiltable blade holder segment around an axis of rotation parallel to a conveying direction along which the carcass part is transported to the trimming device, and an actuator configured to tilt the tiltable blade holder segment relative to the non-tiltable blade holder segment based on information concerning a profile of the skin and/or fat side. A geometry of the cutting edge changes when the tiltable blade holder segment is tilted relative to the non-tiltable blade holder segment by the actuator to trim the skin and/or fat side into a predetermined shape.