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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1995
Antonius P Schoenmakers, Megen, NL;
Jacobus WJ. Verheijen, Middelaar, NL;
Stork Protecon-Langen B.V., Oss, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for making at least one cut in a meat piece with an articulated bone assembly, including at least two elongate bone pieces which are mutually connected in substantially rigid manner in a connecting zone and which extend from the connecting zone end initially enclose an angle, wherein the device includes: a support means for supporting the meat piece; a cutting assembly for making at least one cut in the meat piece; a positioning assembly for positioning the meat piece relative to the cutting assembly, wherein the positioning assembly comprise a positioning element which is insertable in the angle area between the mutually joined bone pieces and which is adapted to be urged relative to the meat piece into the angle in the connecting zone. The invention further relates to such a device, wherein the bone assembly includes a protruding bone part, for instance a heel bone, and wherein the device is provided with a support assembly for supporting the meat piece for deboning and with a cutting assembly for separating the protruding bone part from the bone assembly.