CARCASS CLEANING SYSTEM; MANUALLY POSITIONABLE VACUUM HEAD SIMULTANEOUSLY SPRAYS CLEANING FLUID ONTO CARCASS SURFACE AND VACUUMS AWAY LIQUID AND CONTAMINATION

摘要

As a carcass moves down the conveyor in a meat processing plant, it may carry contaminants from an earlier processing step. The contaminants are removed by simultaneous vacuum and spraying on of a cleaning liquid. The liquid loosens the contamination, and the vacuum removes the contamination and liquid. A hand-held carcass cleaning system head (26,28,30) is connected by flexible lines (44) to the fixed part of the system and is manually moved over the surface to be cleaned. Alternatively, the surface is sterilized, and the contaminants are removed by simultaneous delivery of steam to the surface and vacuuming away of the steam. A sterilizing hot water spray is controlled by a valve so that the operator may deliver it to particular spots that need more cleaning. IMAGE