US 12,268,216 B2
Device and method for removing leaf lard from slaughtered animals
Niels Antonio William Koster, Lichtenvoorde (NL); and Leonardus Jozephus Antonius Tiggeloven, Lichtenvoorde (NL)
Assigned to MAREL RED MEAT B.V., Lichtenvoorde (NL)
Appl. No. 18/035,643
Filed by MAREL RED MEAT B.V., Lichtenvoorde (NL)
PCT Filed Nov. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/081767
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/106383, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20208088 (EP), filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0397616 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A22B 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A22B 5/00 (2013.01) [B25J 11/0045 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool for loosening or removing leaf lard from at least a part of an animal carcass, the tool comprising a winding mandrel configured to wind a leaf lard around the winding mandrel, the mandrel comprising:
a suction cavity located inside the mandrel and with a rounded opening arranged on an outer surface of the mandrel, the suction cavity being configured to engage with a part of the leaf lard,
at least one first air device located inside the mandrel for alternately aspirating and blowing air into and away from the suction cavity via the rounded opening to respectively pull the engaged part of the leaf lard into the suction cavity and blow off the engaged part of the leaf lard from the suction cavity.