Translation 2783

346
,-,1---. '......-----------, --......._
.5 ..-:':',.
-----;----- --7b- --'
---,_ . [■.....—/- l___T \ _3
1 - ------ ------..,
^-,,k.... • 0 i"--" .
-----; -------2 --- .
Pnc. 82. 111:Ipouccrs.
.1:11
CbCNIK
;;Opobilti
1 — pyqn; 2 auxisarm;
3 — OCIr: 4 Gem. auxuaTa.
5 — KO:11.:20 AMA
Fig. 82. Wide-grip pliers for removing the khorovina from
a fur seal. 1) Handles; 2) grippers; 3) pivot; 4) pivot of gripper;
5) ring for rope.
of the snout to the tip of the tail). The khorovina is removed after
the sorting. There are three methods of removing the khorovina: the
usual method is by hand, using a knife as described above for other
seals; the others are by hand, using pliers, and by mechanical means.
The first steps are skinning the carcass and cleaning the head. The
skinning is done with three special Pairs of gripPing-pliers. One pair
is fixed to the middle of the front mart of the khorovina and the others
to the edges, the carcass being meanwhile held immovable. The pliers
are then pulled apart by means of ropes.
32 \
70
Pvc. 83. B11,111,11allei
saxBaT:
— Bil,-1Ea. 2 -- ynopm;
3— 4-- prmn.
Fig. 83. Gripping fork. 1) Fork; 2) cross-piece; 5) collar;
4) handle.
The mechanical method of skinning differs from the above in tliat
modernized wide-grip pliers are used (Fig. 82), attached to a rope in
rairs.
hey are pulled apart by the working-drum of an electrical winch.
Yhe seal's body is h.?ld with a s7 ,2cial griing fork (Fig. 8 3 ) .
DRESSING WHALE CARCASSES
'113 c7resif.ir. of whale carcasses indludos several «Operations:
recoiviny the carcass from the vhaling ship and then raising it to the
flensing Ô.eck at the stern of the factory- chic; cutting uï) the carcass