Processing device for processing slaughtered and plucked poultry carcasses, comprising poultry-support devices and poultry-processing devices

Abstract

A processing system for processing slaughtered and defeathered poultry bodies, comprising a plurality of processing devices which, for the processing-transport of the poultry bodies separately from a main conveyor device, is designed with a processing-holding means which is movable on a circular path. The processing system has transfer stations arranged in succession along a main conveyor line, in which the poultry bodies are transported in a suspended manner by carrier devices. Each processing device is assigned a transfer station which is formed by a transfer pair having two rotary transfer devices. The first rotary transfer device removes the poultry bodies from the carrier devices and transfers them to the processing-holding means of the processing device. The second rotary transfer device removes the processed poultry bodies from the processing-holding means of the processing device and transfers them to the carrier devices. Each carrier device has a pair of carriers with receivers for limbs of the poultry body and comprises a carrier-control device. Each carrier is configured with a controllable holding device which is connected with the carrier-control device via a control element that controls a holding member of the limb receiver. The limb receiver is open in an open position of the controllable holding member for the clamping-free insertion and removal of the poultry body limbs. The poultry-processing device has a processing-control device with which the processing-holding means is connected and is controllable along its circular path, namely in a starting position for receiving a poultry body, at least one processing position, and an end position for removing the poultry body.