Apparatus for washing poultry carcasses

Details Apparatus for washing poultry carcasses Apparatus for washing poultry carcasses

1995-01-18

1996-01-09

Little, Willis

Butchering

Washer

452 22, A22C 2100

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active

054825032

ABSTRACT:
Poultry carcasses are washed in apparatus which includes a frame in which a rotary carousel operates, the carcasses being transported through the apparatus on a shackle train which operates in tandem with the carousel. Associated with each shackle and carried on the carousel is a water lance that moves up and down inside the carcass as it transits the apparatus and sprays water on the carcass interior. Power means to move the lances up and down during washing transit of a carcass are provided as is means to control such power means operation. Scrubbing brushes are provided to scrub a carcass exterior as it exits the apparatus, and a final water rinse is applied to the carcass after its exit from the apparatus. The scrubbing brushes are specially fabricated and shaped from flat nylon strips.

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