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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2024
Bettcher Industries, Inc., Birmingham, OH (US);
David Bobby Ray, Gainesville, GA (US);
Thomas W. Reins, Jr., Dawsonville, GA (US);
Bettcher Industries, Inc., Birmingham, OH (US);
Abstract
A poultry processing apparatus for processing a poultry carcass with attached wings. The apparatus includes a shackle conveyor including a set of shackles. Adjacent shackles receive respective wings of a poultry carcass in a wing-receiving opening of the shackle to support the poultry carcass for movement along a shackle path of travel. A first cutting module is positioned adjacent a section of the shackle conveyor, the first cutting module including a cutting head having spaced apart first and second cutting members and a translation mechanism moving the cutting head in two directions: a) moving the cutting head between a retracted position and an engaged position in a direction transverse to the shackle path of travel; and b) moving the cutting head in a direction along the shackle path of travel in synchronization with the conveyor over an engagement distance wherein the first and second cutting members engage the poultry carcass.