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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2015
Linco Food Systems A/s, Trige, DK;
Bent Østergaard, Svenstrup, DK;
Lasse Markfoged Petersen, Aarhus C, DK;
LINCO FOOD SYSTEMS A/S, Trige, DK;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for arranging a bird having a body and two legs in a position for being suspended from a shackle. The method comprises the following sequence of steps: I) placing the body of the bird on a support surface with the breast side facing the support surface, II) inserting at least one spreading member between the legs of the bird, so that the breast side of at least one leg comes to rest on a contact surface of the spreading member, and III) forcing the legs away from each other using the spreading mechanism, so that the distance between the hock joints becomes bigger than the distance between the hip joints.