Gizzard harvesting machine

Details Gizzard harvesting machine Gizzard harvesting machine

1983-05-09

1985-09-03

Abercrombie, Willie G.

17 11, A22C 2106

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045383251

ABSTRACT:
A system for processing a gizzard with the viscera attached where the viscera is conveyed along a poultry processing line by conveying means including adjusting means for adjusting the viscera to a predetermined length while the viscera is conveyed by the conveying means; viscera separating means for separating the gizzard from the rest of the viscera; transfer means for automatically transferring the viscera from the conveying means into said viscera separating means; conveyor means for moving the gizzard along a processing path; gizzard splitting means for splitting a gizzard moved along the processing path by the conveyor means to open the pocket in the gizzard; gizzard washing means for washing the contents from the open pocket in the gizzard moving along the processing path by the conveyor means; gizzard peeling means operatively associated with the conveyor means to receive the split and washed gizzard therefrom and peel the lining from the gizzard; transfer means for transferring the gizzard from the removal means after the viscera has been removed from the gizzard to the conveyor means while orienting the gizzard with respect to the conveyor means so that the gizzard is moved along the processing path with an orientation such that the gizzard splitting means splits the gizzard along a prescribed plane through the gizzard.

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