Open top meat skinning device

• US 7,582,007 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2007
• Issued: 09/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marel, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Stork Townsend Incorporated
• Inventors: Kanis, Bryan D., Myers, James L., Sawhill, Matthew P., Bergman, Matthew A., Lebsack, Kenneth L.
• Primary Examiner(s): PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS
• Application Number:
  US11/739,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20070202788A1
• Time in Patent Office: 861 Days
• Field of Search: 452/125, 452127-129, 452/133, 409/294, 409/308, 409/311, 409/312, 409/231, 409232-234, 407/30, 407/33, 407/46, 407/47, 407/66
• US Class Current: 452/127
• CPC Class Codes: A22B 5/166 Drum skinners

Abstract

A roller assembly for a meat skinning device having a frame, a drive shaft rotatably mounted to the frame and having a female groove, and an elongated roller having a male prong frictionally received within the female groove, a bearing housing secured to the drive shaft, and a seal mounted on the roller and separated from a food zone of the roller.

Claims

1. A gear box for use with a meat skinning device comprising:

a housing;

an opening in the housing adapted to receive a drive shaft;

a stripper roll operatively connected to the drive shaft;

a reduction gear assembly disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the stripper roll and a tooth roll.

2. The device of claim 1 further comprising a worm gear operatively connected to the reduction gear assembly for driving a reciprocating manifold.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the worm gear is driven by a worm gear shaft connected to the reduction gear assembly.

4. The device of claim 2 wherein the worm gear drives a crank shaft connected to the reciprocating manifold.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the reduction gear assembly has a first gear mounted to the stripper roll, a second gear mounted to the tooth roll, and reduction gears operatively mounted to the first and the second gears.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein the stripper roll has a male prong frictionally received within the female groove of a drive shaft.

7. The device of claim 5 wherein the tooth roll has a male prong frictionally received within the female groove of a drive shaft.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein a seal is mounted on the stripper roll and separated from a food zone of the roll.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein a seal is mounted on the tooth roll and separated from a food zone of the roll.