METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CUT AROUND THE ANUS OF AN ANIMAL, WHICH IS SUSPENDED FROM ITS BACK FEET, TO FREE THE RECTUM FROM THE CARCASS, AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SAID METHOD

摘要

the process described, the practice of a cut around the anus of an animal, such as preferably a pig, in order to free the rectum of the carcass which is suspended from the hind legs, is to move a rotating tubular knife (10) into the anus of the animal p to perform a cut around the anus, according to a predetermined depth.in order to obtain an automated cutting process designed to free the rectum of the animal, whose size may also be different from one animal to the next, the process is characterized in that the frame is fixed with respect to a vertical plane passing through the axis of the knife (10).in that the rear part of the frame is fixed with respect to a vertical plane perpendicular to the first plane.in a linear detector (20) parallel to the second plane is moved down in a direction approximately vertical to a distance of the second plan comes into contact with the root of the tail of the animal, and the rotary blade (10) is arranged in a position p with respect to ru00e9du00e9terminu00e9e (20) when the detector comes into contact with the root of the tail.after that, the detector (20) is placed in a position out of reach of the cutting knife (10), which can then be carried out.