US 12,433,298 B2
Carcass processing machine and assemblies
Stephen Robert Maunsell, Mosgiel (NZ); Steven John Fern, Dunedin (NZ); Ian Joseph Lormans, Dunedin (NZ); and Liam James Hopkins, Winton (NZ)
Assigned to Robotic Technologies Limited, Dunedin (NZ)
Appl. No. 19/110,743
Filed by Robotic Technologies Limited, Dunedin (NZ)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2023, PCT No. PCT/NZ2023/050094
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2025,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/058674, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 21, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 792240 (NZ), filed on Sep. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0261656 A1, Aug. 21, 2025
Int. Cl. A22C 17/00 (2006.01); A22C 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 17/0033 (2013.01) [A22C 17/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carcass processing assembly for at least partly separating a portion of meat from a section of carcass, the section of carcass including vertebrae, the carcass processing assembly including:
one or more blades configured to partly separate the portion of meat from the section of carcass;
a rotating member downstream from at least one of the one or more blades, the rotating member configured to contact the portion of meat after the one or more blades partly separate the portion of meat from the section of carcass; and
a drive assembly configured to drive movement of the rotating member relative to the section of carcass, wherein a part of the rotating member that is in contact with the partly separated portion of meat moves outwardly from the vertebrae to urge the partly separated portion of meat away from the vertebrae.