(19)
(11) EP 1 245 155 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
22.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/04

(43) Date of publication:
02.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/40

(21) Application number: 01302838.6

(22) Date of filing: 23.03.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A22B 5/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(71) Applicant: SLAGTERIERNES FORSKNINGSINSTITUT
DK-4000 Roskilde (DK)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nielsen, Jens Ulrich
    2880 Bagsvaerd (DK)
  • Hansen, Niels Worsoe
    4320 Lejre (DK)
  • Andersen, Kjeld Neve
    2670 Greve Strand (DK)

(74) Representative: Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril et al
BOULT WADE TENNANT, Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

   


(54) Apparatus, tool and method for removal of heart and lungs from a carcass


(57) An apparatus for removal of heart (5) and lungs (6) from a suspended carcass which has been cut open in the belly, breast and neck comprises a tool which is designed with two surface parts (1A, 1B) together forming a mainly V-shaped opening (3), which at the bottom of the V passes into a slit (4). The slit is closed or narrowed at the opposite end from the V. There are provided means to move the tool upwards with the V-shaped opening at the top and the slit in a vertical or oblique position, and means to turn the tool after the said upward movement so that the V-shaped opening (3) is to one side and the slit (4) assumes a more oblique or horizontal position, and to move the tool downwards. The apparatus is capable of extracting heart and lungs completely from the carcass so that a partial loosening of the trachea and oesophagus takes place in the neck area, and trachea and oesophagus are sufficiently extracted from the carcass to enable an operator or a mechanical tool to cut them through in the larynx area.