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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1990
Rudolf J Van Der Hoorn, Nuenen, NL;
Henrikus P Clerx, Baarlo, NL;
CCM Beheer B.V., , NL;
Abstract
A device for the placing of a spreader in the hind legs of a slaughtered animal comprising two penetration devices, each of which comprises a penetration pin provided with a pointed end, a penetration tube which is movable in the axial direction and is open at one end, the penetration pin being axially accommodated within the penetration tube and the penetration pin being movable within the penetration tube in the axial direction, and a slide-off mechanism which is movable relative to the penetration tube. In operation, the laps of the slaughtered animal are positioned relative to the penetration device and the toes of the slaughtered animal are bent relative to its legs virtually at a right angle with the aid of a toe presser. The penetration tube with the penetration pin projecting therefrom is inserted through a hind leg of the slaughtered animal between the bone and the tendons thereof, the penetration pin is retracted into the penetration tube, the hind legs are spread, the opening of each penetration tube is placed over a corresponding end of the spreader, each hind leg is moved off the penetration tube onto the corresponding end of the spreader by means of the slide-off mechanism, and the penetration tubes are freed from the ends of the spreader.