Patent
1986-01-31
1988-05-24
Abercrombie, Willie G.
17 442, A22C 2100
Patent
active
047456582
ABSTRACT:
A stretching mechanism of a device for cutting slaughtered poultry, said mechanism being provided with a support member with a support face for the bird, with means to hang the bird by the legs, with fixed hooks for the wings of the bird and with movable wing hooks cooperating therewith and with means to hold the trunk of the bird on the support face, said holding means including a movable centering fork, which is operable to engage the spine of the bird at the inside of the trunk and which is vertically and horizontally movably guided in guide slots in the support member between an inoperative position and an operative position by means of a guide bar and two transverse bars fixed thereto. According to the invention the movable wing hooks are provided with a take-up member for the wings of the bird and with a cam surface, which during the movement of the centering fork cooperates forcedly with a part fixed to the centering fork, such that the take-up member is open in the inoperative position of the centering fork and cooperates with the fixed wing hook in the operative position of the centering fork.
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Abercrombie Willie G.
Automated Packaging Systems, Inc.
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