Apparatus for eviscerating slaughtered poultry
US5186679A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C21/06
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In an apparatus for eviscerating slaughtered birds an eviscerating means (15) is applied, which at its foremost end carries a processing member for engaging the gullet of the bird. The eviscerating means (15) is pivotable from and towards the spinal column of the bird, whereas the processing member comprises two halves, which are rotatable between a position, in which they are substantially aligned and a position in which they engage each other substantially in a coplanar fashion while clamping between them the gullet of the bird. Preferably the processing member halves comprise each a substantially C-shaped brace (28, 29). The pivotal movement of the eviscerating means (15) and the rotational movement of the processing member halves (28, 29) are mutually coupled.
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