Butchering – Skinning
Patent
1992-11-05
1993-12-07
Little, Willis
Butchering
Skinning
452127, A22C 1712
Patent
active
052678903
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a device for lifting the skin and loading a poultry part into a skinning machine and, in particular, for loading a poultry breast fillet into a poultry breast fillet skinning machine. In the preferred embodiment, a pair of endless loop link chains travel around a path defined by respective pairs of vertically rotating sprocket wheels. The forward sprocket wheels are located at a slightly lower elevation than the rear sprocket wheels. Each of the links in the two link chains contains an outwardly projecting gripping finger. As the links pass over the sprocket wheels the gripping fingers tend to separate at their outer ends. As the links travel along the straight segments between the sprocket wheels, the gripping fingers tend to assume a more closely spaced relationship which pinches folds of skin on the poultry part. As the poultry part is carried into the mechanism, the slight rise in elevation toward the rear sprocket wheels causes the skin to be lifted up and away from the poultry part. The mechanism is thus able to initiate the skin separation process.
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Estes Andrew C.
Koch Jay
Cox, Jr. Ray F.
Little Willis
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