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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
William F Couture, Amarillo, TX (US);
Assignee:
Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., Dakota City, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
17 50 ; 17 21 ;
Abstract
A pair of jaws engage the neck of a hanging freshly slaughtered carcass to deter upward movement of the carcass while the hide is pulled therefrom. The jaws are movable longitudinally in a direction parallel to the direction of carcass movement, vertically for alignment with the necks of different carcasses and laterally from a retracted position to an extended position where the jaws lie on opposite sides of the carcass neck.