Method and device for separating the skull and the vertebral column of a slaughtered animal

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PATENT NO 5507688
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08279238

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The invention relates to a method for processing the neck of a slaughtered animal such that the skull is separated from the vertebral column, which method comprises the steps of: (1) positioning a slaughtered animal for processing; (2) providing a separating device, for instance a hydraulically or pneumatically energized pair of scissors, to arrange a separation in the cervical vertebral column, for instance between the skull and the first cervical vertebra; (3) determining the location where the separation must take place; and (4) positioning the separating device and activating same on the basis of the result of step (3) in order to arrange the separation.

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STORK R M S B VALBERT SCHWEITZERSTRAAT 33 NL-7131 PG LICHTENVOORDE

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Van, Ochten Sander A Lichtenvoorde, NL 4 29

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