Patents Assigned to Meat Technology R & D Partnership
  • Spinal column removing method and spinal column removing apparatus
    Patent number: 7404759
    Abstract: The method for removing a spinal column from a block of meat which includes detecting the position and shape of the spinal column in the block of meat that includes at least a part of the spinal column and cutting the block of meat in the vicinity of the spinal column in a V-letter form from two directions by three-dimensionally controlling the position of a cutter based on data concerning the detected position and shape of the spinal column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Meat Technology R & D Partnership
    Inventor: Atsushi Sato