Spinal cord tissue extractor for slaughtered animals has compressed air system to complete removal of tissue in combination with suction pump

摘要

Extractor comprises cutting, compressed air and suction systems, with vacuum pump (1) connected to interior of a funnel (3) fed by a suction tube (4) with a conical end coupling (5) for attaching to one end of the spinal column, while a compressed air nozzle is applied to the other. Compressed air system is designed to produce soft jet of pure air with controlled time and pressure to complete suction effect created by suction system. The extractor comprises cutting, compressed air and suction systems, with a vacuum pump (1) connected to the interior of a funnel (3) fed by a suction tube (4) with a conical end coupling (5) for attaching to one end of the spinal column, while a compressed air nozzle is applied to the other. The compressed air system is designed to produce a soft jet of pure air with a controlled time and pressure to complete the suction effect created by the suction system. The extractor is mounted on a trolley and also incorporates a compressed-air drill equipped with a lubricator using food-grade oil. The cutting system has hydraulic shears for removing the animal's tail and sacral vertebrae in a single cut. The funnel has a level detector (34) to shut off the extractor if it gets too full, and the compressed air system has a regulator and timer.