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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2011
Jason W. Tomcak, Jefferson, SD (US);
Jerrad L. Tomcak, Sioux City, IA (US);
Adam Pfeifer, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);
Jason W. Tomcak, Jefferson, SD (US);
Jerrad L. Tomcak, Sioux City, IA (US);
Adam Pfeifer, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);
Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, AR (US);
Abstract
A system and method that is adapted to remove portions of a neck-bone that are useful for meat recovery systems. These most useful portions of the neck bone structure are the outer edges distal from the core of the bone that have meat attached to them. The useful portions on the outer edges distal from the core can be safely removed and subsequently processed in downstream processes such as mechanical separators (bone cannons) or hand trimmed. The overall system contains series sub systems to process neck-bones. The subsystems includes, a Product Infeed; a Chain Drive System; a Cutting Apparatus; a Cat Chain; a Core Extractor System; and a Conveyor Washing System.