Poultry shackle with rotatable stirrups

Details Poultry shackle with rotatable stirrups Poultry shackle with rotatable stirrups

1995-06-06

1996-01-30

Little, Willis

Butchering

Support

Carcass or portion suspended

452179, A22C 2100

Patent

active

054877008

ABSTRACT:
An improved poultry shackle assembly for suspending poultry carcasses by their hocks from an overhead conveyor system for movement along a poultry processing line comprises a support frame from which a pair of spaced stirrups depend. Each of the stirrups has an upwardly extending rod that is journaled within a cylindrical sleeve on the support frame for rotation of the stirrup to accommodate spreading and rotation of the legs of a poultry carcass suspended therefrom. A pin extends outwardly from the rods through an inclined slot formed in the sleeves to restrict rotational movement of the stirrups between first and second rotary positions and to bias the stirrups gravitationally to a first rotary position wherein the pins are nestled within the bottom ends of the slots.

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