Title of Invention	A NOVEL TRANSPORTABLE DEVICE FOR LIFTING AND FLAYING ANIMALS
Abstract	A novel transportable device for lifting and flaying animals has been developed. The device can be fitted on the rear side of a vehicle and can be operated by a flayer cum driver to lift the animal and also flay the hide if the animal is dead. This device has several advantages over the existing methods presently used for lifting animals. The device has tremendous potential to improve the availability of quality hides from fallen animals to Indian leather industry if used by flayers and their societies in the country. The device also ensures proper collection of the remaining parts of the carcass for further processing into value-added products like bone meal, meat meal, tallow etc.

Title of Invention

A NOVEL TRANSPORTABLE DEVICE FOR LIFTING AND FLAYING ANIMALS

Abstract

A novel transportable device for lifting and flaying animals has been developed. The device can be fitted on the rear side of a vehicle and can be operated by a flayer cum driver to lift the animal and also flay the hide if the animal is dead. This device has several advantages over the existing methods presently used for lifting animals. The device has tremendous potential to improve the availability of quality hides from fallen animals to Indian leather industry if used by flayers and their societies in the country. The device also ensures proper collection of the remaining parts of the carcass for further processing into value-added products like bone meal, meat meal, tallow etc.

Full Text	FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a novel transportable device for lifting and flaying animals. Animals dying of natural death pose disposal problem adding to environmental pollution The device of the present invention is envisaged to have enormous potential application not only for lifting these animals, but also for recovering the hide/skin of the dead animal for appropriate processing in leather industry to result in value addition. The transportable feature of the device renders it suitable for collecting many such animals in a wide area. Using this vehicle a flayer -cum - driver can go to the site immediately, lift the animal single handedly and bring it to nearby flaying center for flaying and processing very efficiently and quickly If carcass center is away from the site of death, the animal can be flayed at the site itself using the device fitted in the vehicle. This enables collection of precious hide, which may be preserved for subsequent processing. Device can also be used for lifting live animal for transportation. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION India is rich depository of livestock It possesses 212 Million cattle, 90 Million buffalo, 123 Million goats and 60 Million sheep. The hides and skins from these animals are the basic raw material for leather industry. In India average mortality rate per annum (average of 10 states) is 8.69 % for cattle, 13.3 % for buffalo, 11.07 % for goats and 12.97 % for sheep if we exclude small animals (goat and sheep) and calculate the animal's mortality we find 23 million of cattle and buffalo available every year as fallen stock in the country. Indian leather industry underwent a period of phenomenal growth during the seventh plan, but the projected growth rate during the eighth plan had to be downsized to a modest level of 16 % per annum for the entire sector and to 18% in the export category due to severe raw material (hides & skins) crunch. Proper recovery of hides & skins from fallen animals is therefore of extreme significance, as it can solve this problem. Un-scientific flaying and faulty transportation of fallen animals result in poor quality of hides and skins. These poor quality substrates when converted to leather do not match with the standards laid down for particular end usage Overall it has significant bearing on the final quality of leather goods and footwear. Such material cannot be exported to meet the demand and increase our export of quality leather goods. To meet the demand, India has started importing hides and skins. At present the practices followed by flayers result into recovery of poor quality hides and skins, do not serve the leather industry to make quality leather goods. The traditional flayers in our countryside are not equipped with modern tools and gadgets and flaying is done manually on the ground. There is also considerable delay in flaying and animal is also manually dragged before flaying. Manual ripping of hides and skins from fallen animals is associated with following limitations 1 Flay cuts occur due to unscientific flaying and use of poor quality flaying tools. 2 More than two persons are needed to transport the animal to flaying center. S.Microbial damage occurs due to delayed flaying, which ultimately affects quality of hides. 4 There is considerable grain damage to the hides due to dragging of the fallen animals 5.Once the hide/skin is removed after flaying, the remaining part of the carcass remains largely unutilized, rendering economical loss on the one hand and adding to environmental hazard on the other. The above limitations have necessitated exploring possibilities for better collection and flaying system, especially for fallen animals, to ensure better economic utilization of the animals. Huub and Rene (Patent No. EP1262365) developed a truck trailer for transporting animals in particular cattle for breeding and or slaughter. The device is essentially an air-conditioned load space meant for transporting live animals. While it enables transporting any carcass, the major limitation of the device is that it is not provided with any mechanism for collection and flaying of animals. Cruysen et ai (EP1508277) have provided a device for processing slaughtered animals and /or parts thereof, with special reference to poultry. The device is essentially a conveyor system, which enables completing the flaying operation of poultry animals in a sequential manner. The major limitation of this device is that it is not applicable for animals, which are bigger than poultry varieties. Noroy (US Patent No, 4376326) provided an apparatus for flaying sheep, whereby the animal is suspended in inverted position by hooking the hind legs. The carcass is held in position by a stretching device, while the skin is ripped and collected with the help of an overhead conveyor. The major limitation of this apparatus is that the device is primarily meant for flaying a small animal such as sheep. Moreover, the apparatus requires to be positioned at a defined location for flaying of animal. Hence, it does not support collection of carcasses from scattered areas. Another limitation of the apparatus is that the hydraulic system used for stretching as well as flaying of animal involves enormous capital investment, thereby rendering the system not feasible from economical point of view, especially in rural areas. While summarizing, it is quite evident that different attempts have been made to provide appropriate devices towards flaying animals and transporting. But in the specific context of minimizing the economical loss caused to the industry due to non-collection of fallen animals there is still a need to provide an appropriate system for collection of animals from remote places, transporting and utilization of the body parts in an effective manner. Objects of the invention The main objective of the invention is to provide a novel transportable device for lifting and ripping of dead animal, which obviates the limitations as stated above. Another objective of the present invention is to flay the fallen animal at the site in order to preserve the precious hide. Still another objective of the present invention is to transport the fallen animal immediately to nearby carcass recovery center. Still another objective of this present invention is to facilitate to carry out the work without any support from any electrical energy. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 represents the assembly and parts of the device of the present invention Different parts of figurel are as follows: 1. refers to the mobile vehicle 2. refers to the wheel to operate the tie rod 3. refers to the tie rod 4 refers to the Static Flaying Frame (SFF) 5. refers to chain fixed with clamp 6. refers to the hinged joint to rotate the strut 7. refers to the clamp attached with chain 8 refers to the hook to hold at the hind legs of the fallen animal 9. refers to the frame having two vertical column member 10. refers to the strut 11. refers to the telescopic arrangement housed in the strut 12. refers to the frictionless pulley fixed on the strut 13. refers to the horizontal arm 14 refers to the frictionless pulley fixed on the horizontal arm 15. refers to the light weight cord 16. refers to the wheel having handle to operate the gear drum 17. refers to the gear drum 18. refers to the chain block SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly the present invention provides a novel transportable device for lifting and ripping of dead animal comprising a frame having two vertical column members (9) connected through a horizontal arm (13), the horizontal arm (13) of the said frame (9) being provided with a chain block (18) and pulley (14), the said pulley (14) being enabled to hold a cord (15), one end of the said cord (15) being passed through another pulley (12) provided in a strut (10), to a hook (8), the other end of the cord (15) being attached to a gear drum (17) provided with a hand wheel (16), one leg of the strut (10) being connected to a tie rod (3) provided with another hand wheel (2),the bottom of the strut (10) being fixed to a base with hinges (6) enabling the top end of the strut (10) to rotate with a curvilinear motion at an inclination of not more than 45° with respect to the base for lifting, lowering and hoisting an animal upside down with the help of the hook (8), the top portion of the strut (10) being optionally provided with a telescopic arrangement (11) to adjust the height, as per the size of animal, the said strut (10) being enabled to move towards the animal target by rotating the hand wheels (2) and (16), the hind leg of the animal being held by the hooks (8), the said hooks (8) holding the animal being lifted by rotating the hand wheel(16) of the gear drum(17), the animal hide at the hind leg portion being held by a clamp (7),the said clamp(7) being provided with a chain (5), the said chain (5) being passed through a static flaying frame (4), and connected to the chain block (18),the ripped hide being enabled to come down through the static flaying frame (4), by operating the chain block (18), the animal being hoisted upside down by rotating the hand wheel (16) of the gear drum (17) and the strut (10) holding the animal being drawn towards the base by rotating the handle (2) of the tie rod (3), the whole arrangement being placed in the rear side of a movable vehicle (1). In an embodiment of the present invention the conventional drive used for operating the gear drum and tie rod may be manual, mechanical, and electrical. In still another embodiment of the present invention the material used for the frame having two vertical column members, strut, sliding member fixed to the strut holding members, hook to hold at the hind legs of the fallen animal, clamp attached with the chain, hinged joints, may be such as stainless steel, mild steel, cast iron or of fiber reinforced plastic, molded structure. In yet another embodiment of the present invention the material used for the gear drum, the wheels having handle to operate the gear drum and the tie rod, the chain mechanism, the Static Flaying Frame, the chain block, the frictionless pulley system to hold the cord, the light weight wire rope may be such as copper, aluminum, mild steel, stainless steel, cast iron, phosphorous bronze. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The device is essentially a group of various elements assembled and fixed to the rear side of the vehicle (1) The frame having two vertical column members (9) connected through a horizontal arm (13) provided with a chain block (18) and pulley (14) is firmly connected to the vehicle (1) The strut (10) moves in the vertical plane upto an inclination of 45 degree and it is connected to the vehicle (1) by hinge mechanism (6). With the help of the telescopic arrangement (11), which is connected to the strut (8), the height from the ground and the distance from the rear side of the vehicle (1) can be positioned based on the size and shape of the fallen animal. A handle wheel (16) to operate the gear drum (17) and another handle wheel (2) to rotate the tie rod (3) are assembled such a way that one person can rotate both the wheels simultaneously to perform the task. The lightweight cord (15) capable of lifting a weight upto 10kN is passed through the frictionless pulleys (12 and 14) and connected to the gear drum (17). The other end of the lightweight cord is connected to a hook (8). The fallen dead animal is hooked at (8) and the gear drum (17) is operated in either clockwise or anticlockwise direction using the hand wheel (16) to lift the animal vertically up side down for flaying. As soon as the flay cuts are performed on the dead animal, one end of the chain (7) having clamps is gripped with the hide and is passed through the SFF (4) which is housed in the vehicle (1) and the other end is connected to the chain block (18). With the help of a knife the hide of the hoisted animal is given flays cuts and a portion of hides striped along the flay cuts for fixing the clamps (7). Once the hide is gripped at one end of the chain (7), the other end is passed through the SFF (4) and connected to the chain block (18). Then the gear drum (17) is rotated to lift the animal and rip the hide. As the animal is lifted up, the ripping takes place with the help of chain block (18) in downward direction through SFF (4) in such a way that the ripping takes place without damaging the hide. The ripped hide is collected for further use. The hoisted carcass is moved to the rear side of the vehicle (1) by rotating the hand wheel (2) of the tie rod (3) in reverse direction such that the top portion of the strut moves towards the rear side of the vehicle (1) for transportation. The inventiveness of the present invention lies not only in providing a strut to hold the dead animal with the help of hook but also in providing clamp with chain arrangement enabling movement of dead animal and ripped hide in to opposite directions simultaneously. A further aspect of inventiveness is that the device is enabled to be placed in a vehicle enabling its transportable feature. The following examples are given by way of illustration only and therefore should not be construed to limit the scope of the present invention. Example 1 Hand wheels of gear drum and tie-rod were rotated simultaneously aligning both in such a way as to make the strut to move away from the rear side of the vehicle and to make the cord with hook to drop down by side of the buffalo. Holes were made at both hind legs of the dead animal with the help of a knife and the animal was hooked. The hind legs of the animal were then clamped tightly and hand wheel of the gear drum was rotated in opposite direction, (without rotating the wheel of the tie rod) to lift the animal up side down. With the help of a knife the hide of the hoisted animal was given flays cuts and 2" long hide along the flay cuts at the hind legs side of the carcass for fixing the clamps. Once the ripped hide by the clamp the drum was rotated to lift the animal and rip the hide. The hooks on the cord along with the carcass were lifted up to a height of 2.8 m. from the ground level and a gap of 1.4 m was maintained from the rear side of the vehicle. While the animal was lifting upward, by rotating the hand wheel of the gear drum, the ripping took place down ward through SFF while operating the chain block. Simultaneously both lifting and ripping activities took place by operating both the gear drum and the chain block. The ripped hide was collected. The hide was preserved with salt for further processing in a tannery. The hoisted carcass was moved to the rear side of the vehicle by rotating the handle of the tie rod in reverse direction such that the strut moved towards the vehicle to keep the animal in the rear side of the vehicle for transporting the same. Example 2 Hand wheels of gear drum and tie-rod were rotated simultaneously aligning both in such a way as to make the strut to move away from the rear side of the vehicle and to make the cord with hook to drop down by side of the cow (dead animal) Holes were made at both hind legs of the dead animal with the help of a knife and the animal was hooked The hind legs of the animal were then clamped tightly and hand wheel of the gear drum was rotated in opposite direction, (without rotating the wheel of the tie rod) to lift the animal up side down. With the help of a knife the hide of the hoisted animal was given flays cuts and 2" long hide along the flay cuts at the hind legs side of the carcass for fixing the clamps. Once the ripped hide by the clamp the drum was rotated to lift the animal and rip the hide. The hooks on the cord along with the carcass were lifted up to a height of 2.5 m. from the ground level and a gap of 1.2 m was maintained from the rear side of the vehicle. While the animal was lifting upward, by rotating the hand wheel of the gear drum, the ripping took place down ward through SFF while operating the chain block. Simultaneously both lifting and ripping activities took place by operating both the gear drum and the chain block. The ripped hide was collected. The hide was taken further, for E.I. tanning by the artisans at the site to avoid for preservation The hoisted carcass was moved to the rear side of the vehicle by rotating the handle of the tie rod in reverse direction such that the strut moved towards the vehicle to keep the animal in the rear side of the vehicle for transporting the same. Example 3 Hand wheels of gear drum and tie-rod were rotated simultaneously aligning both in such a way as to make the strut to move away from the rear side of the vehicle and to make the cord with hook to drop down by side of the calf. Holes were made at both hind legs of the dead animal with the help of a knife and the animal was hooked. The hind legs of the animal were then clamped tightly and hand wheel of the gear drum was rotated in opposite direction, (without rotating the wheel of the tie rod) to lift the animal up side down With the help of a knife the hide of the hoisted animal was given flays cuts and 2" long hide along the flay cuts at the hind legs side of the carcass for fixing the clamps. Once the ripped hide by the clarnp the drum was rotated to lift the animal and rip the hide. The hooks on the cord along with the carcass were lifted up to a height of 3.0 m. from the ground level and a gap of 1.6 m was maintained from the rear side of the vehicle. While the animal was lifting upward, by rotating the hand wheel of the gear drum, the ripping took place down ward through SFF while operating the chain block. Simultaneously both lifting and ripping activities took place by operating both the gear drum and the chain block. The ripped hide was collected. The hide was preserved with salt for further processing in a tannery. The hoisted carcass was moved to the rear side of the vehicle by rotating the handle of the tie rod in reverse direction such that the strut moved towards the vehicle to keep the animal in the rear side of the vehicle for transporting the same. Advantages: The main advantages of the present invention are the following: 1, The structural system is fixed to the rear side of a small truck/vehicle. The vehicle can be moved fast to the location of the dead animal as soon as the message is received in the control room. 2 One person flayer-cum-driver can handle the entire operation, starting from the driving the vehicle to the spot, fixing the fallen animal to the hook, operating the gear drum and acme thread screw, thereby saving the manpower. 3. Even though the vehicle is small one, the location of the structural system in the vehicle ensures the stability against overturning. 4. The structural system is capable of lifting upto a weight of 10kN. This is possible with the new system by a single person. This is the novelty of the lifting structural system. 5. The system can be used for lifting and loading the fallen animal inside the vehicle with minimum effort. 6. This system does not require any power. It is operated manually using the pulley and drum system. We Claim: 1. A novel transportable device for lifting and ripping of animals comprising a frame having two vertical column members (9) connected through a horizontal arm (13), the horizontal arm (13) of the said frame (9) being provided with a chain block (18) and pulley (14), the said pulley (14) being enabled to hold a cord (15), one end of the said cord (15) being passed through another pulley (12) provided in a strut (10), to a hook (8), the other end of the cord (15) being attached to a gear drum (17) provided with a hand wheel (16), one leg of the strut (10) being connected to a tie rod (3) provided with another hand wheel (2), the bottom of the strut (10) being fixed to a base with hinges (6) enabling the top end of the strut (10) to rotate with a curvilinear motion at an inclination of not more than 45° with respect to the base for lifting, lowering and hoisting an animal upside down with the help of the hook (8), the top portion of the strut (10) being optionally provided with a telescopic arrangement (11) to adjust the height, as per the size of animal, the said strut (10) being enabled to move towards the animal target by rotating the hand wheels (2) and (16), the hind leg of the animal being held by the hooks (8), the said hooks (8) holding the animal being lifted by rotating the hand wheel (16) of the gear drum(17), the animal hide at the hind leg portion being held by a clamp (7), the said clamp (7) being provided with a chain (5), the chain(5) being passed through a static flaying frame (4) and connected to the chain block (18), the ripped hide being enabled to come down through the static flaying frame (4), by operating the chain block (18), the animal being hoisted upside down by rotating the hand wheel (16) of the gear drum (17) and the strut (10) holding the animal being drawn towards the base by rotating the handle (2) of the tie rod (3), the whole arrangement being placed in the rear side of the movable vehicle (1). 2. A novel device as claimed in claiml, wherein the material used for the frame having two vertical column members, strut, sliding member fixed to the strut holding members, hook to hold at the hind legs of the fallen animal, clamp attached with the chain, hinged joints, is preferably made of stainless steel, mild steel, cast iron, or of fiber reinforced plastic molded structure. 3. A novel device as claimed in claiml, wherein the material used for the gear drum, the handle to operate the gear drum, the handle acme thread screw, handle to the acme thread screw, chain mechanism, the SFF, the chain block, frictionless pulley system to hold the light weight wire rope, the light weight wire rope is preferably made of copper, aluminum, stainless steel, mild steel, cast iron or of phosphorous bronze.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a novel transportable device for lifting and flaying animals. Animals dying of natural death pose disposal problem adding to environmental pollution The device of the present invention is envisaged to have enormous potential application not only for lifting these animals, but also for recovering the hide/skin of the dead animal for appropriate processing in leather industry to result in value addition. The transportable feature of the device renders it suitable for collecting many such animals in a wide area. Using this vehicle a flayer -cum - driver can go to the site immediately, lift the animal single handedly and bring it to nearby flaying center for flaying and processing very efficiently and quickly If carcass center is away from the site of death, the animal can be flayed at the site itself using the device fitted in the vehicle. This enables collection of precious hide, which may be preserved for subsequent processing. Device can also be used for lifting live animal for transportation.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
India is rich depository of livestock It possesses 212 Million cattle, 90 Million buffalo, 123 Million goats and 60 Million sheep. The hides and skins from these animals are the basic raw material for leather industry. In India average mortality rate per annum (average of 10 states) is 8.69 % for cattle, 13.3 % for buffalo, 11.07 % for goats and 12.97 % for sheep if we exclude small animals (goat and sheep) and calculate the animal's mortality we find 23 million of cattle and buffalo available every year as fallen stock in the country. Indian leather industry underwent a period of phenomenal growth during the seventh plan, but the projected growth rate during the eighth plan had to be downsized to a modest level of 16 % per annum for the entire sector and to 18% in the export category due to severe raw material (hides & skins) crunch. Proper recovery of hides & skins from fallen animals is therefore of extreme significance, as it can solve this problem.
Un-scientific flaying and faulty transportation of fallen animals result in poor quality of hides and skins. These poor quality substrates when converted to leather do not match with the standards laid down for particular end usage Overall it has significant bearing on the final quality of leather goods and footwear. Such material cannot be exported to meet the demand and increase our export of quality leather goods. To

meet the demand, India has started importing hides and skins. At present the practices followed by flayers result into recovery of poor quality hides and skins, do not serve the leather industry to make quality leather goods. The traditional flayers in our countryside are not equipped with modern tools and gadgets and flaying is done manually on the ground. There is also considerable delay in flaying and animal is also manually dragged before flaying.
Manual ripping of hides and skins from fallen animals is associated with following limitations
1 Flay cuts occur due to unscientific flaying and use of poor quality flaying tools.
2 More than two persons are needed to transport the animal to flaying center.
S.Microbial damage occurs due to delayed flaying, which ultimately affects quality
of hides.
4 There is considerable grain damage to the hides due to dragging of the fallen
animals
5.Once the hide/skin is removed after flaying, the remaining part of the carcass
remains largely unutilized, rendering economical loss on the one hand and adding
to environmental hazard on the other.
The above limitations have necessitated exploring possibilities for better collection and flaying system, especially for fallen animals, to ensure better economic utilization of the animals.
Huub and Rene (Patent No. EP1262365) developed a truck trailer for transporting animals in particular cattle for breeding and or slaughter. The device is essentially an air-conditioned load space meant for transporting live animals. While it enables transporting any carcass, the major limitation of the device is that it is not provided with any mechanism for collection and flaying of animals.
Cruysen et ai (EP1508277) have provided a device for processing slaughtered animals and /or parts thereof, with special reference to poultry. The device is essentially a conveyor system, which enables completing the flaying operation of poultry animals in a sequential manner. The major limitation of this device is that it is not applicable for animals, which are bigger than poultry varieties.

Noroy (US Patent No, 4376326) provided an apparatus for flaying sheep, whereby the animal is suspended in inverted position by hooking the hind legs. The carcass is held in position by a stretching device, while the skin is ripped and collected with the help of an overhead conveyor. The major limitation of this apparatus is that the device is primarily meant for flaying a small animal such as sheep. Moreover, the apparatus requires to be positioned at a defined location for flaying of animal. Hence, it does not support collection of carcasses from scattered areas. Another limitation of the apparatus is that the hydraulic system used for stretching as well as flaying of animal involves enormous capital investment, thereby rendering the system not feasible from economical point of view, especially in rural areas.
While summarizing, it is quite evident that different attempts have been made to provide appropriate devices towards flaying animals and transporting. But in the specific context of minimizing the economical loss caused to the industry due to non-collection of fallen animals there is still a need to provide an appropriate system for collection of animals from remote places, transporting and utilization of the body parts in an effective manner.
Objects of the invention
The main objective of the invention is to provide a novel transportable device for lifting and ripping of dead animal, which obviates the limitations as stated above.
Another objective of the present invention is to flay the fallen animal at the site in order to preserve the precious hide.
Still another objective of the present invention is to transport the fallen animal immediately to nearby carcass recovery center.
Still another objective of this present invention is to facilitate to carry out the work without any support from any electrical energy.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 represents the assembly and parts of the device of the present invention
Different parts of figurel are as follows:
1. refers to the mobile vehicle
2. refers to the wheel to operate the tie rod

3. refers to the tie rod
4 refers to the Static Flaying Frame (SFF)
5. refers to chain fixed with clamp
6. refers to the hinged joint to rotate the strut
7. refers to the clamp attached with chain
8 refers to the hook to hold at the hind legs of the fallen animal
9. refers to the frame having two vertical column member
10. refers to the strut
11. refers to the telescopic arrangement housed in the strut
12. refers to the frictionless pulley fixed on the strut
13. refers to the horizontal arm
14 refers to the frictionless pulley fixed on the horizontal arm
15. refers to the light weight cord
16. refers to the wheel having handle to operate the gear drum
17. refers to the gear drum
18. refers to the chain block
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly the present invention provides a novel transportable device for lifting and ripping of dead animal comprising a frame having two vertical column members (9) connected through a horizontal arm (13), the horizontal arm (13) of the said frame (9) being provided with a chain block (18) and pulley (14), the said pulley (14) being enabled to hold a cord (15), one end of the said cord (15) being passed through another pulley (12) provided in a strut (10), to a hook (8), the other end of the cord (15) being attached to a gear drum (17) provided with a hand wheel (16), one leg of the strut (10) being connected to a tie rod (3) provided with another hand wheel (2),the bottom of the strut (10) being fixed to a base with hinges (6) enabling the top end of the strut (10) to rotate with a curvilinear motion at an inclination of not more than 45° with respect to the base for lifting, lowering and hoisting an animal upside down with the help of the hook (8), the top portion of the strut (10) being optionally provided with a telescopic arrangement (11) to adjust the height, as per the size of animal, the said strut (10) being enabled to move towards the animal target by rotating the hand wheels (2) and (16), the hind leg of the animal being held by the

hooks (8), the said hooks (8) holding the animal being lifted by rotating the hand wheel(16) of the gear drum(17), the animal hide at the hind leg portion being held by a clamp (7),the said clamp(7) being provided with a chain (5), the said chain (5) being passed through a static flaying frame (4), and connected to the chain block (18),the ripped hide being enabled to come down through the static flaying frame (4), by operating the chain block (18), the animal being hoisted upside down by rotating the hand wheel (16) of the gear drum (17) and the strut (10) holding the animal being drawn towards the base by rotating the handle (2) of the tie rod (3), the whole arrangement being placed in the rear side of a movable vehicle (1).
In an embodiment of the present invention the conventional drive used for operating the gear drum and tie rod may be manual, mechanical, and electrical.
In still another embodiment of the present invention the material used for the frame having two vertical column members, strut, sliding member fixed to the strut holding members, hook to hold at the hind legs of the fallen animal, clamp attached with the chain, hinged joints, may be such as stainless steel, mild steel, cast iron or of fiber reinforced plastic, molded structure.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention the material used for the gear drum, the wheels having handle to operate the gear drum and the tie rod, the chain mechanism, the Static Flaying Frame, the chain block, the frictionless pulley system to hold the cord, the light weight wire rope may be such as copper, aluminum, mild steel, stainless steel, cast iron, phosphorous bronze.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The device is essentially a group of various elements assembled and fixed to the rear side of the vehicle (1) The frame having two vertical column members (9) connected through a horizontal arm (13) provided with a chain block (18) and pulley (14) is firmly connected to the vehicle (1) The strut (10) moves in the vertical plane upto an inclination of 45 degree and it is connected to the vehicle (1) by hinge mechanism (6). With the help of the telescopic arrangement (11), which is connected to the strut (8), the height from the ground and the distance from the rear side of the vehicle (1) can be positioned based on the size and shape of the fallen animal. A handle wheel (16) to operate the gear drum (17) and another handle wheel (2) to rotate the tie rod

(3) are assembled such a way that one person can rotate both the wheels simultaneously to perform the task. The lightweight cord (15) capable of lifting a weight upto 10kN is passed through the frictionless pulleys (12 and 14) and connected to the gear drum (17). The other end of the lightweight cord is connected to a hook (8). The fallen dead animal is hooked at (8) and the gear drum (17) is operated in either clockwise or anticlockwise direction using the hand wheel (16) to lift the animal vertically up side down for flaying. As soon as the flay cuts are performed on the dead animal, one end of the chain (7) having clamps is gripped with the hide and is passed through the SFF (4) which is housed in the vehicle (1) and the other end is connected to the chain block (18). With the help of a knife the hide of the hoisted animal is given flays cuts and a portion of hides striped along the flay cuts for fixing the clamps (7). Once the hide is gripped at one end of the chain (7), the other end is passed through the SFF (4) and connected to the chain block (18). Then the gear drum (17) is rotated to lift the animal and rip the hide. As the animal is lifted up, the ripping takes place with the help of chain block (18) in downward direction through SFF (4) in such a way that the ripping takes place without damaging the hide. The ripped hide is collected for further use. The hoisted carcass is moved to the rear side of the vehicle (1) by rotating the hand wheel (2) of the tie rod (3) in reverse direction such that the top portion of the strut moves towards the rear side of the vehicle (1) for transportation.
The inventiveness of the present invention lies not only in providing a strut to hold the dead animal with the help of hook but also in providing clamp with chain arrangement enabling movement of dead animal and ripped hide in to opposite directions simultaneously. A further aspect of inventiveness is that the device is enabled to be placed in a vehicle enabling its transportable feature.
The following examples are given by way of illustration only and therefore should not be construed to limit the scope of the present invention.
Example 1
Hand wheels of gear drum and tie-rod were rotated simultaneously aligning both in such a way as to make the strut to move away from the rear side of the vehicle and

to make the cord with hook to drop down by side of the buffalo. Holes were made at both hind legs of the dead animal with the help of a knife and the animal was hooked. The hind legs of the animal were then clamped tightly and hand wheel of the gear drum was rotated in opposite direction, (without rotating the wheel of the tie rod) to lift the animal up side down. With the help of a knife the hide of the hoisted animal was given flays cuts and 2" long hide along the flay cuts at the hind legs side of the carcass for fixing the clamps. Once the ripped hide by the clamp the drum was rotated to lift the animal and rip the hide. The hooks on the cord along with the carcass were lifted up to a height of 2.8 m. from the ground level and a gap of 1.4 m was maintained from the rear side of the vehicle. While the animal was lifting upward, by rotating the hand wheel of the gear drum, the ripping took place down ward through SFF while operating the chain block. Simultaneously both lifting and ripping activities took place by operating both the gear drum and the chain block. The ripped hide was collected.
The hide was preserved with salt for further processing in a tannery. The hoisted carcass was moved to the rear side of the vehicle by rotating the handle of the tie rod in reverse direction such that the strut moved towards the vehicle to keep the animal in the rear side of the vehicle for transporting the same.
Example 2
Hand wheels of gear drum and tie-rod were rotated simultaneously aligning both in such a way as to make the strut to move away from the rear side of the vehicle and to make the cord with hook to drop down by side of the cow (dead animal) Holes were made at both hind legs of the dead animal with the help of a knife and the animal was hooked The hind legs of the animal were then clamped tightly and hand wheel of the gear drum was rotated in opposite direction, (without rotating the wheel of the tie rod) to lift the animal up side down. With the help of a knife the hide of the hoisted animal was given flays cuts and 2" long hide along the flay cuts at the hind legs side of the carcass for fixing the clamps. Once the ripped hide by the clamp the drum was rotated to lift the animal and rip the hide. The hooks on the cord along with the carcass were lifted up to a height of 2.5 m. from the ground level and a gap of 1.2 m was maintained from the rear side of the vehicle. While the animal was lifting

upward, by rotating the hand wheel of the gear drum, the ripping took place down ward through SFF while operating the chain block. Simultaneously both lifting and ripping activities took place by operating both the gear drum and the chain block. The ripped hide was collected.
The hide was taken further, for E.I. tanning by the artisans at the site to avoid for preservation The hoisted carcass was moved to the rear side of the vehicle by rotating the handle of the tie rod in reverse direction such that the strut moved towards the vehicle to keep the animal in the rear side of the vehicle for transporting the same.
Example 3
Hand wheels of gear drum and tie-rod were rotated simultaneously aligning both in such a way as to make the strut to move away from the rear side of the vehicle and to make the cord with hook to drop down by side of the calf. Holes were made at both hind legs of the dead animal with the help of a knife and the animal was hooked. The hind legs of the animal were then clamped tightly and hand wheel of the gear drum was rotated in opposite direction, (without rotating the wheel of the tie rod) to lift the animal up side down With the help of a knife the hide of the hoisted animal was given flays cuts and 2" long hide along the flay cuts at the hind legs side of the carcass for fixing the clamps. Once the ripped hide by the clarnp the drum was rotated to lift the animal and rip the hide. The hooks on the cord along with the carcass were lifted up to a height of 3.0 m. from the ground level and a gap of 1.6 m was maintained from the rear side of the vehicle. While the animal was lifting upward, by rotating the hand wheel of the gear drum, the ripping took place down ward through SFF while operating the chain block. Simultaneously both lifting and ripping activities took place by operating both the gear drum and the chain block. The ripped hide was collected.
The hide was preserved with salt for further processing in a tannery. The hoisted carcass was moved to the rear side of the vehicle by rotating the handle of the tie rod in reverse direction such that the strut moved towards the vehicle to keep the animal in the rear side of the vehicle for transporting the same.

Advantages:
The main advantages of the present invention are the following:
1, The structural system is fixed to the rear side of a small truck/vehicle. The vehicle can be moved fast to the location of the dead animal as soon as the message is received in the control room.
2 One person flayer-cum-driver can handle the entire operation, starting from the driving the vehicle to the spot, fixing the fallen animal to the hook, operating the gear drum and acme thread screw, thereby saving the manpower.
3. Even though the vehicle is small one, the location of the structural system in
the vehicle ensures the stability against overturning.
4. The structural system is capable of lifting upto a weight of 10kN. This is
possible with the new system by a single person. This is the novelty of the
lifting structural system.
5. The system can be used for lifting and loading the fallen animal inside the
vehicle with minimum effort.
6. This system does not require any power. It is operated manually using the
pulley and drum system.

We Claim:
1. A novel transportable device for lifting and ripping of animals comprising a frame having two vertical column members (9) connected through a horizontal arm (13), the horizontal arm (13) of the said frame (9) being provided with a chain block (18) and pulley (14), the said pulley (14) being enabled to hold a cord (15), one end of the said cord (15) being passed through another pulley (12) provided in a strut (10), to a hook (8), the other end of the cord (15) being attached to a gear drum (17) provided with a hand wheel (16), one leg of the strut (10) being connected to a tie rod (3) provided with another hand wheel (2), the bottom of the strut (10) being fixed to a base with hinges (6) enabling the top end of the strut (10) to rotate with a curvilinear motion at an inclination of not more than 45° with respect to the base for lifting, lowering and hoisting an animal upside down with the help of the hook (8), the top portion of the strut (10) being optionally provided with a telescopic arrangement (11) to adjust the height, as per the size of animal, the said strut (10) being enabled to move towards the animal target by rotating the hand wheels (2) and (16), the hind leg of the animal being held by the hooks (8), the said hooks (8) holding the animal being lifted by rotating the hand wheel (16) of the gear drum(17), the animal hide at the hind leg portion being held by a clamp (7), the said clamp (7) being provided with a chain (5), the chain(5) being passed through a static flaying frame (4) and connected to the chain block (18), the ripped hide being enabled to come down through the static flaying frame (4), by operating the chain block (18), the animal being hoisted upside down by rotating the hand wheel (16) of the gear drum (17) and the strut (10) holding the animal

being drawn towards the base by rotating the handle (2) of the tie rod (3), the whole arrangement being placed in the rear side of the movable vehicle (1).
2. A novel device as claimed in claiml, wherein the material used for the frame
having two vertical column members, strut, sliding member fixed to the strut
holding members, hook to hold at the hind legs of the fallen animal, clamp
attached with the chain, hinged joints, is preferably made of stainless steel,
mild steel, cast iron, or of fiber reinforced plastic molded structure.
3. A novel device as claimed in claiml, wherein the material used for the gear
drum, the handle to operate the gear drum, the handle acme thread screw,
handle to the acme thread screw, chain mechanism, the SFF, the chain block,
frictionless pulley system to hold the light weight wire rope, the light weight
wire rope is preferably made of copper, aluminum, stainless steel, mild steel,
cast iron or of phosphorous bronze.

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Patent Number

279099

Indian Patent Application Number

200/DEL/2007

PG Journal Number

02/2017

Publication Date

13-Jan-2017

Grant Date

11-Jan-2017

Date of Filing

31-Jan-2007

Name of Patentee

COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

Applicant Address

ANUSANDHAN BHAWAN, RAFI MARG, NEW DELHI-110 001, INDIA.

Inventors:

#	Inventor's Name	Inventor's Address
1	PERIYAPATNA KEMPEGOWDA UMESHA	STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER, THARAMANI, CHENNAI-600 113
2	DURAISWAMY LAKSHMANAN	CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ADYAR, CHENNAI-600 020
3	PRAVEEN KUMAR SHEGAL	CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ADYAR, CHENNAI-600 020
4	NARAYANAN LAKSHMANAN	STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER, THARAMANI, CHENNAI-600 113
5	THIRUMALACHARI RAMASAMI	CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ADYAR, CHENNAI-600 020

PCT International Classification Number

B66F 11/00

PCT International Application Number

N/A

PCT International Filing date

PCT Conventions:

#	PCT Application Number	Date of Convention	Priority Country
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