Gizzard harvester
US4691410A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 1986 |
| Grant date | Sep 8, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C17/16
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A gizzard harvester is disclosed having a support receiving a gizzard and holding the same against rotation as the gizzard is lowered onto a rotating cone spindle which both washes foreign matter from the gizzard and removes its lining by rotating the lining with respect to the gizzard. A mechanism for advancing the gizzard onto the spindle includes a laterally split device whose halves are biased together by spring tension so that the gizzard remains restrained as it is forced downward over the cone. Washing parts are provided at the tip of the cone, which ports also assist removal of the liner from the spindle.
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