Butchering – Viscera processing – Viscera cleaner
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-05
2011-04-05
Price, Thomas (Department: 3643)
Butchering
Viscera processing
Viscera cleaner
Reexamination Certificate
active
07918717
ABSTRACT:
A machine for cleaning fowl by removal of residual viscera and bacteria the machine comprising a wand with brushing tendrils attached to a tip, wherein the tip has exits for spraying cleaning fluid there from. The tip is attached to a rotating hollow shaft into which the cleaning fluid is introduced. Fowl are secured to hangers and the hangers are transported on a track to and around the machine. While passing around the machine, the wand is inserted into the fowl for cleaning thereof. The wand rides on a fixed cam comprising timed upward and downward guide tracks which transmit upward and downward movement to the wand, thereby inserting it into, and removing it from, the carcass of a fowl.
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Chattin Johnny Allen
Davis Scott L.
Alston & Bird LLP
Davis Poultry Equipment, Inc.
Price Thomas
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