Method and apparatus for declawing poultry
US5195925A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61D1/005
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of declawing poultry by applying a form of heat to the claws of a one-day old poult. The preferred form of heat is microwave energy, which is applied for one-half second. After such a bloodless and relatively painless treatment, the claws fall off in one to three weeks. Declawing apparatus including a magnetron supplying microwave energy into a waveguide into which a poult's toes are inserted by conveyer which carries the poult in inverted position by shackles from which the poult is suspended in inverted position.
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