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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1978
Robert L Soran, Modesto, CA (US);
Beatrice Foods Co., Modesto, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for processing picked and eviscerated poultry backs, each having kidneys, fatty portions on opposite sides and a tail, the device including a first conveyor for advancing the backs successively longitudinally along a prismatic slide; a pair of cutters spaced transversely of the slide for trimming the fatty portions of the backs advanced along the slide; openings in the slide which register with the kidneys of advancing backs; a control system for applying vacuum to the openings when registered with the kidneys to remove them from the backs; a second conveyor extended transversely of the first conveyor for receiving the backs from the slide and advancing them transversely therefrom; and a second cutter disposed to trim the tails from the backs as they advance along the second conveyor.