Butchering – Modelling
Patent
1997-07-28
1999-08-31
Little, Willis
Butchering
Modelling
452176, A22C 2100
Patent
active
059445998
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to trussing devices for dressed poultry, and more particularly, to a trussing device for use in the commercial processing of dressed and eviscerated turkey carcasses.
Prior art poultry trussing devices include the wire retainer shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,112,515 dated Dec. 3, 1963. The prior art also includes various plastic trussing devices such as U.S. Pat. No. 4,615,075 dated Oct. 7, 1986 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,653,146 dated Mar. 31, 1987 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,739,538 dated Apr. 26, 1988. The last three patents identified teach plastic retainers having various arrays of resilient and flexible straps which are intended to fit about and across the exposed hocks. The straps of those patents are of a rather convoluted design to permit them to be deformed so as to resiliently fit about and across the exposed hocks.
In accordance with the present invention, a trussing device is provided having a protective cap which forms a smooth three-dimensional continuous surface for gripping and covering the exposed hocks. There are several advantages of the design of the present invention over the prior art.
The present design avoids the use of straps having a complex or convoluted configuration which must be placed precisely in position to properly retain the exposed hocks. The present invention provides a single protective cap which simply holds together and covers the exposed hocks.
Secondly, according to the present invention, a protective cap is provided having a smooth surface which covers the exposed hocks and prevents any sharp edges of the exposed hocks from puncturing the plastic covering typically used to enclose the carcass by shrink wrapping.
Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a poultry trussing device which utilizes a single protective cap to hold together and cover the exposed hocks, avoiding the requirement of placing straps precisely in position to retain the hocks together.
A further object of the invention is to provide a poultry trussing device which prevents sharp edges of the exposed hocks from puncturing a package for the carcass such as shrunk wrap plastic.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiment and the drawings wherein
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the trussing device of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the trussing device of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the trussing device according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a back elevational view showing the reverse side of the trussing device as compared to the view of FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 is a section on the line 5--5 of FIG. 2.
FIG. 6 is a schematic representation showing a side view of the trussing device of the present invention as applied to a turkey carcass.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an eviscerated turkey carcass as the retainer of the present invention is about to be applied.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a dressed and eviscerated turkey carcass after the trussing device of the present invention has been applied.
FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of another embodiment of the trussing device of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a side elevational view of the trussing device of FIG. 9 taken along the line 10--10 of FIG. 9.
FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the trussing device of FIG. 9 taken along the line 11--11 of FIG. 9.
FIG. 12 is an end elevational view of the trussing device of FIG. 9 taken along the line 12--12 of FIG. 9.
FIG. 13 is a front elevational view of a portion of another embodiment of the trussing device of the present invention.
As shown best in FIG. 7, an eviscerated turkey carcass shown generally as 10 is ready to have the trussing device shown generally as 25 of the present invention applied. After the trussing device 25 is applied, the trussed carcass 10 appears as shown in FIG. 8. The carcass 10 has legs 11 and 12 which terminate in exposed hocks 13 and 14 after the feet have been cut off from the carcass. The abdomin
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Volk Daniel J.
Volk Henry J.
Little Willis
Volk Enterprises Inc.
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