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Abstract

The carousel-type machine has a series of holding fixtures that revolve about the central axis of the machine at the same speed as the conveyor line that brings carcasses suspended by their hocks to the machine. As a carcass is intercepted by one of the fixtures, the carcass becomes gripped by its thighs and lifted up against a stop until the tail bone is firmly seated against the stop to establish a point of reference along a longitudinal axis extending through the tail and head ends of the carcass. A back stop associated with each fixture projects outwardly from the face of the fixture by a certain amount so as to engage the back of the pelvic bone structure of the carcass and position the pelvic area along a transverse axis extending through the back and breast of the carcass. The magnitude of extension of the back stop can be adjusted to accommodate different sized carcasses, and in a preferred embodiment such adjustment is a function of adjustment of the limits of travel of lifting mechanism that forces the carcass up against the tail bone stop.

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