Abstract: Device for cutting loose the rectum of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, having a shut-off and positioning element fitted at the end of an elongated carrier with concentrically around it a rotary cutting element, and with means for creating a vacuum around said carrier, said positioning element being provided with a bore open at its front side, into which opens a flusing liquid supply channel.

Abstract: Device for forming a cut in breast and belly of the carcass of a slaughtered animal comprising a mandrel, a cutting blade and two pressure rollers lying on either side of the mandrel engaging the rear side of the carcass near the head, each roller being fitted at the first end of an arm which at the other end is connected to a carrier situated beside the mandrel and extendable in the direction of the carcass, which arms can each be swung about the longitudinal axis of the carrier the roller being provided with a disc-shaped flange right angles to the roller axis.

Abstract: Device for severing the pubis of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, comprising a positioning element, a rotary-driven cylindrical first cutting element, and a blade- type cutting element, which are combined into a functional unit which can be moved as a whole to and from the carcass, and a pressure element which is situated next to the cylindrical cutter, at the end of a guided carrier movable parallel to the direction of movement of said cutter, which pressure element has a U-shaped pressure stirrup for gripping around the tail and pressing it down.