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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:
May. 05, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lyndon R Leining, Austin, MN (US);
Assignee:
Geo. A. Hormel & Co., Austin, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
17 / ; 17 23 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for splitting the heads of animals comprises a conveyor including a plurality of head support members. Indexing drive means move the conveyor in incremental steps to successively advance each head support member to a cutting station. A stop means is provided for releasably locking the conveyor against movement and to precisely position a head support member at the cutting station. A shiftable cutting device is operable to split each head in half when each head is positioned at the cutting station.