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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1977
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
John S Goodling, Auburn, AL (US);
Gayner R McDaniel, Auburn, AL (US);
Richard A Steadham, Texas City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Auburn Research Foundation, Auburn, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12830314 ; 219384 ;
Abstract
A poultry beak remover for debeaking fowl includes a housing having a pair of spaced apart electrodes supported therein and a beak receiving aperture therein for insertion of the beak of the fowl into the housing into proximity with the electrodes, and electrical circuitry connected with the electrodes for discharging a spark to burn the beak of the fowl and thus effect removal of a desired portion thereof.