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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
May. 15, 1996
Thomas Gerardus Jacobs, Doetinchem, NL;
Sander Antonie Van Ochten, Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Leonardus Jozephus Tiggeloven, Groenlo, NL;
Stork R.M.S. B.V., Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for subjecting to a process a slaughtered and optionally pre-skinned animal, for instance livestock such as a horse, cattle, a pig, a sheep or a part thereof such that said process (also) takes place in a zone where an organ, for instance the preputium, is situated in the wall, for instance the abdominal wall, which device comprises processing means for performing said process. It is an object of the invention to offer provisions with which in simple manner an organ can be preserved from damage by the processing means. With a view hereto the device according to the invention is characterized by displacing means for displacing this organ out of the active zone of the processing means at least during performing of the process at the position of said organ.