摘要 |
<p>"POWER OPERATED APPARATUS FOR SPLITTING CARCASSES OF SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS" To guide a power operated knife, cleaver, or saw, or the like precisely along the spinal column of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, so that the carcass will be exactly halved lengthwise, a guide pin for the power cutters is inserted into the central opening of the spinal column to guide the cutting apparatus. In accordance with the present invention, the guide pin is movable over a restricted arc to permit following curved portions of the spinal column without binding.</p> |