Patents Assigned to Transhumance DBA Superior Packing Co.
  • Patent number: 5279518
    Abstract: A pelt puller apparatus and method utilizing hydraulic power means for stripping a pelt from an animal carcass suspended by both fore and hind legs in an upside down cradle position. The pelt puller apparatus includes a puller assembly and a kick bar assembly. The puller assembly is generally defined as an L-shaped frame structure and includes a pair of hydraulically operated clamp assemblies for holding the worked up sock portions of the animal pelt. The vertical frame portion of the L-shape framework includes a pair of telescopingly adjustable frame members and a hydraulic power means for providing vertical height adjustment of the clamp assemblies with respect to the animal carcass. The puller assembly framework is connected to an overhead rail system via a wheeled carriage assembly and includes hydraulic power means for providing fore/aft (push/pull) movement to the puller assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Transhumance DBA Superior Packing Co.
    Inventors: Gary L. Ekiss, William R. Wragge, Jerry L. Bradford