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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
William F Couture, Amarillo, TX (US);
Assignee:
Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., Dakota City, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B / ; A22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
17 50 ; 17 21 ; 17 51 ; 17 24 ; 406 21 ; 406 33 ; 406 79 ;
Abstract
Hides are pulled from animal carcasses in a slaughterhouse, and conveyed upwardly through a pneumatic conveyor conduit for further handling. The conduit tangentially enters a vacuum chamber which is connected to a vacuum source. The chamber has a lower discharge opening which is normally closed by a gate; however, when a hide arrives in the chamber from the conduit, the vacuum is reduced to enable the gate to open and release the hide through the discharge opening.