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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Haagensen, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Bruce Johnson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John Cliff, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Swift & Company, Greeley, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
452171 ; 452127 ; 452136 ; 452158 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for removing loins from pork bellies to result in a high yield of loin in a two-step method, the first step involving the removal of the loin and the second step involving the skinning of the loin portion removed. A unique knife shaped in the form of a Z is used to cut all the way through the belly. Once complete, the skin from the belly remains on the loin and is subsequently run through a loin skinner in a controlled cutting process that significantly reduces the chance of cutting below the loin fat and into the muscle.