Meat boning machine

Claim 1

A MEAT DEBONING APPARATUS COMPRSING: AN ELONGATED ROTATABLY-MOUNTED, TUBULAR, CUTTER SUPPORT; BLADE CLAMPING MEANS; A PLURALITY OF BLADES SECURED IN ANNULUS ON ONE END OF SAID SUPPORT BY SAID CLAMPING MEANS; SAID BLADES EACH COMPRISING A CURVED ELEMENT HAVING A SHARPENED EDGE AND END; ALL OF SAID BLADES CONVERGING AND BEING OVERLAPPING AT THE FREE ENDS THEREOF TO FORM A GENERALLY CONTINUOUS ANNULAR CUTTING SURFACE AROUND A CENTRAL MOUTH WITH RADIALY STEPPED CUTTING EDGES; SAID BLADES BEING FLEXIBLE TO BEND OUTWARDLY VARYING AMOUNTS UNDER FORCE AGAINST AN INHERENT BIAS TO THEREBY ENLARGE SAID MOUTH TO ALLOW LARGER BONE PORTIONS TO PASS THROUGH; SAID BLADES WHEN SO FLEXED STILL REMAINING IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP; AN INTERNAL TUBULAR SHAFT AXIALLY SHIFTABLE IN SAID TUBULAR CUTTER SUPPORT TO FLEX SAID BLADES; A SHIFTABLE CARRIAGE ADJACENT SAID CUTTER MEANS TO SHIFT THE MEAT WITH BONE INTO SAID CUTTER MEANS; A MEAT SUPPORT SADDLE SLEEVE MEANS ON SAID CARRIAGE GENERALLY DIVERGENT TOWARD SAID CUTTER MEANS TO RECEIVE AND RETAIN THE MEAT; SAID SLEEVE MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO SAID CARRIAGE AT THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE END THEREOF ADJACENT SAID CUTTER MEANS TO ALLOW ANGULAR JOINTS TO BE PASSED THROUGH SAID CUTTER MEANS; VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE MEANS FOR SAID CARRIAGE; AND SAID CARRIAGE BEING SUPPORTED ON SAID VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE MEANS TO BE AUTOMATICALY SHIFTABLE IN PROPORTION TO THE WEIGHT OF THE MEAT IN SAID SADDLE TO ALIGN THE BONE IN THE MEAT WITH SAID CENTRAL CUTTER OPENING.