Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for splitting poultry breasts

US4251901A · kind A · utility

12Cited by

9References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Holly Farms Poultry Industries, Inc. · US

Inventors

Phillip R. Thomas · Doswell, US
William Cannon · Wilkesboro, US
Jackie T. Whittington · Purlear, US
James H. Steelman · Wilkesboro, US
Donald C. Oliver · Millers Creek, US
Howard W. Adams · Wilkesboro, US
Michael Anthony Johnson · Chesterfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 1979
Grant date	Feb 24, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA22C21/0023
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and method for receiving, positioning and clamping a chicken and severing the breast bone of the clamped chicken before releasing it while moving the chicken in a directed path of travel.

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