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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 11, 2023
Marel Red Meat B.v., Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Bastiaan Martinus Cornelis Albers, Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Niels Antonio William Koster, Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Jan Johannes Meerdink, Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Robert David Van Riet, Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes Van Der Steen, Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Leonardus Jozephus Antonius Tiggeloven, Lichtenvoorde, NL;
MAREL RED MEAT B.V., Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method, system and spine processing device, for loosening meat from a spine portion of a split carcass part of a four-legged slaughter animal, comprising a positioning device for positioning the carcass part; a cutting device for loosening the meat, by cutting, from spinous process parts and from articular processes, the cutting device comprising a first cutter for cutting along the spinous process parts; a second cutter for cutting along an outer side of the articular processes; a third cutter for cutting along an upper side of the articular processes. The second cutter is movable transverse to the cutting direction, relative to the first cutter. The cutting device has an urging element for urging the second cutter towards the first cutter in the transverse direction while cutting, such that the second cutter cuts along the outer side of the articular processes.