Apparatus for breaking the neck of a fowl

Details Apparatus for breaking the neck of a fowl Apparatus for breaking the neck of a fowl

1980-07-09

1982-04-06

Abercrombie, Willie G.

A22C 2100

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043228720

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for breaking the neck and making a transverse incision in the skin of the neck of a fowl, which is hanging by the legs from a shackle of an overhead conveyor. The apparatus has a plurality of working units diposed for rotation about a vertical central shaft in synchronization with the overhead conveyor. Each working unit has a slide block slidably mounted on a pair of vertical slide bars. The slide block supports an axially movable rod extending radially outwards from the slide block and is provided with a transversely extending blade for catching the neck of a passing fowl and pulling the neck against the slide block, thereby breaking the neck and making the incision in the skin thereof.

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patent: 4249285 (1981-02-01), Sheehan et al.

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