Abstract: A machine for holding the legs of animal carcasses to support a carcass during an up-pull skinning operation is provided with a jaw means for gripping a pair of legs of the carcass individually and holding the gripped legs in a side-by-side relation, means for moving the jaw means between open and closed positions and means for moving the jaw means to a desired elevated position.
Abstract: A method for preparing aromatic aldehydes and ketones in which the aldehydo or keto group is bonded directly to the aromatic ring; which comprises oxidizing an alkyl substituted aromatic compound or an aromatic compound which is substituted by an alpha-hydroxyalkyl moiety, via treatment with a persulfate and a metal catalyst. The metal catalysts include, for example, (1) iron salts and silver salts, or (2) a redox pair of salts such as an iron salt in combination with a copper salt or a silver salt in combination with a copper salt.