Patent
1974-05-06
1976-03-16
Peshock, Robert
17 52, A22C 2100
Patent
active
039436004
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and processes are disclosed which will automatically separate a whole dressed and eviscerated chicken into its usable component parts of wings, legs, thighs and breasts and discharge the remaining carcass consisting of the backbone and rib cage into a container. The apparatus includes conveying means which supports and transports chickens along a predetermined path. A pair of movable cutting blades are provided to swing in toward the chicken and cut the wings away from the carcass. Thereafter, a pair of swinging jaws engage and pull the breast off of the carcass. As the carcass continues movement along the conveyor, guide means engage the legs of the carcass and direct the legs toward cutting blades which cut the legs from the thighs at the leg joint. Thereafter, cutting blades partially cut through the carcass at the thigh joint and jaws then grip the thighs and pull and twist the thighs simultaneously to remove the same from the carcass. The remaining carcass is discharged into a container or onto some suitable conveying means while separate conveying means are provided to receive and convey the individual components of the chicken to further inspection and processing apparatus.
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patent: 3241179 (1966-03-01), Schlichting
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patent: 3675272 (1972-07-01), Schacht
Campbell Soup Company
Logan, Jr. John W.
Peshock Robert
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