| US 7,530,888 B2 | ||
| Method and device for removing a bone from an extremity of a slaughter animal | ||
| Hein Annema, Stevensbeek (Netherlands); Adrianus Josephes van den Nieuwelaar, Gemert (Netherlands); and Johannes Antoon Vincent van Kippersluis, Ede (Netherlands) | ||
| Assigned to Stork PMT B.V., Boxmeer (Netherlands) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 08, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/808,389. | ||
| Application 11/808389 is a division of application No. 10/495052, granted, now 7,232,365, previously published as PCT/NL02/00696, filed on Nov. 01, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 1019293 (NL), filed on Nov. 05, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0064315 A1, Mar. 13, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A22C 18/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 452—167 | 10 Claims |
| 1. An assembly for processing an elongated bone from an extremity or part thereof of a slaughter animal, the extremity or
part thereof comprising meat, the elongate bone having a longitudinal axis and first and second joint ends, the first joint
end having been previously partially removed from the extremity manually with a tissue connection between the extremity and
the second joint end of the elongate bone being substantially retained, the assembly comprising:
a) a moving device for moving at least one of the elongate bone and the meat away from the other in the region of the second
joint end, the moving device comprising two parallel rolls;
b) a separating device for breaking the tissue connection between the extremity and the second joint end of the elongate bone.
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