Devices for collecting, confining, transporting, loading, unloading, guiding and/or leading animals to be slaughtered.

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US200516462

EP0852115

Slaughtering or stunning of animals.

Pistols and cartridges used for stunning and slaughtering of animals. Devices hitting the animal generally on the head with or without penetration.

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US4757627

Masks for animals to be slaughtered, combined or not with stunning arrangements.

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FR2750295

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US2010107986

WO2010133379

Kosher, halal and other ritual slaughtering devices.

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EP2003981

Accessories used during the operations carried out in a slaughterhouse.

Chilling or lowering the temperature of carcasses A22B 5/0076

Cleaning or disinfecting carcasses A22B 5/0082

Electric stimulation of carcasses A22B 5/0088

Devices for eviscerating slaughtered animals.

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JP9028283

Performing cutting operations on animal carcasses

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EP0743006

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EP1740053

Deboning carcasses and/or obtaining boneless portions of a carcass

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US2006070502

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EP0849995

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US2004116061

Means and methods for classifying carcasses according to different parameters, including non-invasive scanning of meat or carcasses using image recognition, tomography, x-rays, ultrasound or similar techniques to classify the animal/cut according to its physiological characteristics.

Pens and boxes for supporting, restraining and/or immobilising animals to be slaughtered.

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EP0570851

Devices and methods for bleeding slaughtered animals, collecting their blood, or assisting and checking the bleeding process.

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EP0843970

Spreaders and stands for supporting big animals in order to perform slaughtering operations thereon.

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US2009143001

This class includes spreaders for big game animals, which can be used both indoors and outdoors and that can be portable or not.

US7059956

Scalding or burning the skin of slaughtered animals for dehairing or removing residues. Skin cleaning devices.

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Hand-operated instruments A22B 5/10

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Means for closing the throat, trachea or oesophagus of a carcass animal in order to so as to prevent the contents of the stomach spilling onto the carcass and/or ground when the animal carcass is suspended

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Devices and methods for removing the skin from slaughtered animals

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Treating in general and cleaning in particular the stomach and intestines of slaughtered animals. Recovering objects (e.g. capsules) thereof and extracting products therefrom. Separating the stomach from the rest of entrails (e.g. extracting poultry gizzards)

Cutting the backbone of a carcass in order to split it in two halves

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Also includes:

Removing spinal cord and other medullar tissue

Meat saws: band saws, disc saws, reciprocating saws and manual saws

Guides and holders for supporting the carcass during the splitting operation

Further slaughterhouse arrangements not directly related to the operations performed on the carcass

Also comprising mobile slaughtering units

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US5538466

Conveying arrangements A22B 7/001, comprising also:

gambrels, hooks and other arrangements for suspending carcasses

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WO0074491

Means for identifying or containing information relative to the carcass or piece of meat that can be attached or are embedded in the conveying means

WO9836645

Means for positioning, orienting and supporting carcasses as they are being conveyed

US3736622

rail configurations and connections for conveying suspended carcasses

GB2111928

hooking, unhooking and transfer means to transfer carcasses from one conveying unit onto a different one

US4838036

Transportation of carcasses by means of trolleys or special vehicles as well as by manual means

FR2648100

Methods and machinery for receiving the viscera and entrails of a carcass

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US4090275

Methods and machinery for cleaning slaughterhouse installations and treating its residues and waste

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WO2009156972