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Method of and apparatus for separating into parts the entrails package removed from a slaughtered bird

US5569067A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 1995
Grant dateOct 29, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA22B5/18
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for separating into parts an entrails package removed from a slaughtered bird, the package comprising gizzard, proventriculus, heart, lungs, liver, gallbladder and intestines. The method includes loosening the tissue connections between the gizzard and the intestines, separating the entrails package in a package comprising liver, gallbladder and intestines on one hand and a package comprising gizzard, proventriculus, heart and lungs on the other hand, as well as separating the gizzard with proventriculus from the heart with lungs. The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out such a method.

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