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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1978
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Grover S Harben, Jr, Gainesville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Stork-Gamco, Inc., Gainesville, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
17 11 ; 17 45 ;
Abstract
A poultry cutting machine for opening poultry suspended from shackles being conveyed along a process line for evisceration at a predetermined velocity. The machine comprises a pair of advancing rollers disposed adjacent one another; a cutting blade mounted adjacent the pair of advancing rollers; shackle positioners mounted for movement above the pair of advancing rollers in contact with the shackles for guiding poultry into engagement with the advancing rollers; and a drive for driving the advancing rollers in mutually opposite rotational directions and the shackle positioners above the counter rotating advancing rollers.