Open top meat skinning device
View Patent ↗A roller assembly for a meat skinning device having a frame, a drive shaft rotatably mounted to the frame and having a female groove, and an elongated roller having a male prong frictionally received within the female groove, a bearing housing secured to the drive shaft, and a seal mounted on the roller and separated from a food zone of the roller.
1. A gear box for use with a meat skinning device comprising:
a housing;
an opening in the housing adapted to receive a drive shaft;
a stripper roll operatively connected to the drive shaft;
a reduction gear assembly disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the stripper roll and a tooth roll.
2. The device of claim 1 further comprising a worm gear operatively connected to the reduction gear assembly for driving a reciprocating manifold.
3. The device of claim 2 wherein the worm gear is driven by a worm gear shaft connected to the reduction gear assembly.
4. The device of claim 2 wherein the worm gear drives a crank shaft connected to the reciprocating manifold.
5. The device of claim 1 wherein the reduction gear assembly has a first gear mounted to the stripper roll, a second gear mounted to the tooth roll, and reduction gears operatively mounted to the first and the second gears.
6. The device of claim 5 wherein the stripper roll has a male prong frictionally received within the female groove of a drive shaft.
7. The device of claim 5 wherein the tooth roll has a male prong frictionally received within the female groove of a drive shaft.
8. The device of claim 1 wherein a seal is mounted on the stripper roll and separated from a food zone of the roll.
9. The device of claim 1 wherein a seal is mounted on the tooth roll and separated from a food zone of the roll.