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Apparatus and method for skinning animal carcasses

  • US 4,025,986 A
  • Filed: 01/26/1976
  • Issued: 05/31/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A skinning machine comprising,an elongated cylinder rotatably mounted along an inclined axis and having an axially extending slot,powered retarding means connected to the cylinder for continually retarding rotation of the cylinder,a skin clamp along the slot for clamping a portion of the animal skin longitudinally of the carcass,an elongated stationary peel bar arranged along the cylinder and parallel to the outer surface thereof and spaced therefrom about the thickness of the skin for engaging the animal carcass during the skinning thereof,means connected to the clamp coacting with the retarding means to first drive the clamp to closed skin-clamping position and thereafter to effectively connect the clamp to the cylinder and rotatably drive the cylinder relative the peel bar to remove the skin from the carcass,and brake means energized when the driving means is at rest for preventing rotation of the cylinder.

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