Abstract: A device for automatic collection, intermediate storage and emptying of blood from slaughter animals, comprising an endless track (2), a number of containers (3) movable along the track and a filling station (4) and an emptying and washing station (5) which are arranged along the track. The containers are loosely arranged in relation to each other and to the track (2). As a result, the weighing (6) of a filled container can be carried out effectively immediately after the filling operation. Moreover, containers can temporarily be switched out from the normal path of progression along the track into and from a resting station.

Abstract: A sticking knife arrangement for withdrawing blood from slaughter animals is provided for a sticking knife which has a hollow handle. One of the end hollow handle is connectible to a hose. The other end has a blade. The arrangement includes a knife retainer for engaging the body of the animal, when the sticking knife has been stuck into the animal, and an operator connected to the knife retainer to move it between a sticking position and an engaging position. The knife retainer includes at least one arm which is pivotably mounted adjacent the handle and is formed with a hook-shaped end for engagement with the body of the animal, the arm extending, in the sticking position, substantially in parallel with the geometric axis of the sticking knife.

Abstract: A device for withdrawing blood from slaughter animals transported on a conveyor serially past a sticking station has a debleeding carousel (1) disposed at the sticking station and consisting of a body (2), a lower frame member (3) and an upper member frame (4), which frame members are synchronously rotatable on a vertical shaft (5) of the body, a number of collecting vessels (6) mounted on the lower frame member around the vertical shaft, a number of hollow knives (7) corresponding to the number of collecting vessels and suspendible around the vertical shaft each in a holder (9) on the upper frame member, and a hose (8) extending between each hollow knife and the associated collecting vessel for conducting blood from the hollow knife to the collecting vessel. The debleeding carousel is rotatable in such steps that the holders are displaced between a number of stopping positions around the vertical shaft, the distance between the stopping positions being equal to the distance between the holders.