| 摘要 |
<p>A safety means for a skinning and/or slashing machine having a frame means with a skinning blade means mounted thereon which provides skin from the meat product to be skinned as the meat product is moved therepast. A plurality of spaced apart slashing blades are rotatably mounted on the frame means adjacent the skinning blade means and are adapted to slash the meat product to permit the inspection thereof. The blades are supported by a pair of support arms which are pivotally connected to the frame means so that the blades may be moved upwardly away from the skinning blade means. A first normally closed switch means is provided on the frame means and is adapted to deactivate the machine power supply when the support arms are pivotally moved to their raised positions. A transparent safety shield is secured to the support arms and extends over the blades. An inverted U-shaped safety guard extends over the feed conveyor to prevent the machine operator from extending his hands too far towards the skinning blade. The safety guard is supported by a pair of spaced apart U-shaped posts secured to the frame means. A shaft is rotatably supported by the U-shaped post at the feed end of the machine and has a safety bar secured thereto which extends across the feed end of the safety guard. A cam is secured to the shaft and has an arcuate cut-out portion provided therein which is in engagement with a roller provided on a second normally closed switch means mounted on the frame means. Vertical movement of the safety bar causes the second switch means to deactivate the power supply source for the machine.</p> |
