Butchering – Viscera processing
Patent
1990-03-29
1992-03-24
Little, Willis
Butchering
Viscera processing
452117, A22C 1100
Patent
active
050983334
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for removing viscera from poultry carcasses during processing is described comprising a frame which has a tilting means mounted thereon to tilt the carcasses so that the viscera hang sufficiently away from the carcasses to allow them to be mechanically grasped. A grasping means is mounted on the frame for grasping the viscera after the carcasses are tilted, and a pulling means is mounted on the frame for pulling the grasped viscera from the carcasses. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the tilting means comprises at least one guide bar, disposed in such a manner that as the carcasses move along on the shackle line, they strike the guide bar and are tilted. The grasping means of the preferred embodiment of the invention comprise a pair of side-by-side, spaced apart rails, the distance between which progressively decreases along their length to the point that viscera may be substantially grasped between the rails. The pulling means comprise a pair of side-by-side, spaced apart rails, which rails progressively slope away from the shackle line along their length to the point that when the viscera of the carcasses are grasped by the rails and the carcasses continue to move along on the shackle line, the viscera will be pulled from the carcasses by the rails progressively sloping away from the shackle line.
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Day Joseph A.
Little Willis
Meyn Canada Poultry Inc.
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