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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
William F Couture, Amarillo, TX (US);
Assignee:
IBP, Inc., Dakota City, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
17 46 ; 17 / ;
Abstract
Cheek meat is removed from the skull of a slaughtered animal by a method and apparatus wherein the skull is held at a given orientation in a skull-holding device; a hook is brought into engagement with the cheek meat; and, an actuator produces forcible relative movement between the hook and the skull to strip the cheek meat from the skull.