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Apparatus for processing poultry suspended from their legs

US5676594A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 25, 1995
Grant dateOct 14, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA22C21/06
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for processing poultry suspended from their legs and includes a processing device and a positioning brace provided for engagement between the legs of the poultry. A plate section is mounted onto the positioning brace which will engage the tail of the poultry and which is pivotable relative to the positioning brace around a horizontal pivot axis.

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