Gizzard harvester
US4748722A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C21/06
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A gizzard harvester is disclosed having a pair of opposed conveyors for receiving a gizzard and holding the same against rotation as the gizzard is advanced 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. Washing ports are provided at the tip of the cone, which ports also assist removal of the liner from the spindle.
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