US 12,144,357 B2
Restraint apparatus and method for stabilizing a suspended carcass and skinning machine
Henrique Dal Corso Becker Herbstrith Roos, Guaporé (BR); Eder Brambatti, Guaporé (BR); Giovani Sordi, Guaporé (BR); and Tobias Damo Zandona, Guaporé (BR)
Assigned to MAREL BRASIL COMERCIAL E INDUSTRIAL LTDA, Guapore (BR)
Filed by Marel Brasil Comercial e Industrial LTDA, Guaporé (BR)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/183,550.
Claims priority of application No. 102022004626.3 (BR), filed on Mar. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0284637 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A22B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A22B 7/003 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A restraint apparatus for stabilizing a suspended carcass, the carcass having a head and a neck, the neck comprising a peripheral region which is divided into a front portion and a rear portion, the restraint apparatus comprising a supporting structure, a mobile arm relative to the supporting structure and a restraint device fastened on the arm, wherein the restraint device comprises restraining means configured to, in use, exert a first contact with the head and a second contact with the neck, the second contact being exclusive with at least one part of the rear portion of the neck.