Apparatus and method for carrying out a cleaning operation applied to the internal neck skin of slaughtered poultry
US6612919B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C21/06
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for carrying out a cleaning operation applied to the internal neck skin of slaughtered poultry by removing the windpipe, gullet, glandular tissue or remainders thereof, includes suspension devices for suspending the poultry by the legs, a presser device, which during the cleaning operation presses on at least a part of the poultry, and a rotatable bore organ to be inserted from the top into the poultry being suspended by the legs for carrying out the cleaning operation. During the cleaning operation, the presser device pushes the neck skin of the poultry toward the bore organ.
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