APPARATUS FOR SKINNING BODIES OF FURRED ANIMALS

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for skinning bodies (10) of furred animals, such as mink, after a part (11a) of the skin (11) has been freed from a rear portion (10a) of the animal body. The apparatus (1) comprises a front side (2) facing an operator location (OL), a top part (3) and a bottom part (4), a body fixation arrangement (5) for holding a body part of the animal body freed from the skin (11) at the rear end portion (10a) so that the body extends towards said bottom part (4), a skin clamping arrangement (6) for clamping the part of the skin (11a) freed from the animal body, which skin clamping arrangement (6) is configured to be arranged in an open state to receive said freed skin and in a closed clamping state to clamp and hold a part (11a) of said freed skin, a guiding arrangement (7a, 7b) for guiding said body fixation arrangement (5) and said skin clamping arrangement (6) in a substantially linear movement relative to each other in a longitudinal direction (LD) of said guiding arrangement (7a, 7b) in opposite directions, and a drive arrangement (8) configured to provide said movement of said body fixation arrangement (5) and said skin clamping arrangement(6). The apparatus may be used to skin an animal body in a way so an operator need substantially not provide a manual skinning by hand. The invention moreover relates to a method of skinning bodies of furred animals.