Device and method for removing shoulder blade of bone-in meat and deboning system of bone-in meat including the device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8992290-B2
Application number	US-201414484759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2014
Priority date	Mar 13, 2012
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

A shoulder blade removal device of bone-in meat includes: a bottom holder which is configured to be in contact with a lower side of the bone-in meat such that the lower side of the bone-in meat is lifted upward and moved in a horizontal direction; a support member for bending the bone-in meat in cooperation with the bottom holder such that an end of the shoulder blade; and a chuck unit attached to a robot arm and gripping the tip part of the shoulder blade in cooperation with the robot arm. The chuck unit includes: a base member fixed to the robot arm; a grip member; and a lock member supported by the base member such that the lock member can be advanced or retracted toward or away from the lateral plate part, the lock member pinching the shoulder blade in cooperation with the lateral plate part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shoulder blade removal device for removing a shoulder blade from bone-in meat that is from an arm part of a livestock carcass in a state where the bone-in meat is suspended, comprising:
a bottom holder which is configured to be in contact with a lower side of the bone-in meat such that the lower side of the bone-in meat is lifted upward and moved in a horizontal direction;
a support member configured to push a part of the bone-in meat positioned ab…

Assignees

• Maekawa Seisakusho Kk

Inventors

• Taniguchi Akira
• Sakurayama Hiroyuki
• Goto Osamu
• Tokumoto Masaru
• Muranami Hiroaki

Classifications

• A22C17/02

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A22C17/004 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A22B5/0035

  Human Necessities · mapped topic