Poultry killing method and machine

Details Poultry killing method and machine Poultry killing method and machine

1979-05-31

1981-02-10

Abercrombie, Willie G.

17 12, A22C 2100

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042492858

ABSTRACT:
In a machine for use in poultry processing plants, a succession of birds, suspended by their legs from an overhead conveyor, are advanced through a zone of arcuate movement in conjunction with a horizontal rotor so constructed that each bird is separately handled and individually controlled until a cut is effected into its neck sufficient to sever at least one blood vessel, causing the bird to bleed to death, all without decapitation. In the killing method, as the necks are guided horizontally along the arcuate path, the head and the neck are simultaneously captured adjacent and below the precise area where cutting is to take place at the skull. At the same time, the neck is captured near the bird's body and is stretched during rotation with the rotor while the head is held against ascent such that little, if any, neck skin remains attached to the skull along the slice that is produced by the cutter.

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