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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2015
Marel Stork Poultry Processing B.v., AV Boxmeer, NL;
Rene Johannes Theodorus Janssen, HJ Nijmegen, NL;
Richard Jozef De Schutter, AL Steenbergen, NL;
Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens, RK Nijmegen, NL;
Tim Petrus Wilhelmus Jaspers, BB Haps, NL;
MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V., AV Boxmeer, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a device and a method for processing slaughter animals, in particular slaughtered poultry such as chickens, and/or parts thereof. The device comprises a driving system for driving an element to be driven of the device. The, driving system comprises a driving element, a transfer element, which is driven by the driving element in use and which is rigidly connected during normal operation to the element to be driven, as well as overload protection means which are configured to rigidly connect the processing element and the transfer element during normal operation and to allow relative movement between the processing element and the transfer element in an overload situation if a force that acts between the processing element and the transfer element exceeds a threshold value. The overload protection means comprise a first connecting element forming part of one of the transfer element and the element to be driven and a second connecting element forming part of the other one of the transfer element and the element to be driven, wherein the first connecting element is configured as a first magnet element () and the second connecting element is either magnetisable or configured as a second magnet element.