Patent
1979-05-14
1981-06-02
Abercrombie, Willie G.
A22C 2106
Patent
active
042702429
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for automatic evisceration of killed poultry is disclosed and comprising a substantially horizontal supporting plate adapted to receive an animal lying on its back in a predetermined position in relation to the supporting plate, by providing at one free terminal edge of the supporting plate a clamping means serving to detachably secure the tail head of the animal to the supporting plate, and where the supporting plate is movable to a position opposite at least one dressing means. A tool for eviscerating the neck skin of the killed poultry by removal of windpipe, gullet and craw, said tool being characterized in that the tool has the form of a mandrel whose diameter is adapted to the opening formed by the collar bone of the animal, the outside of which mandrel is provided with projections and depressions designed to communicate with a vacuum source, and where said mandrel is both rotatable and axially displaceable for movement through the neck of the animal.
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