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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jay Koch, Key Largo, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
452165 ; 452196 ;
Abstract
An improvement to the type of poultry processing machinery in which a poultry carcass is placed upon a cone shaped mandrel carried past various processing stations by a conveyor. The improvement comprises a pin with a piercing point carried by the mandrel such that the pin pierces the keel bone of the poultry carcass to more firmly fix the poultry carcass in position upon the mandrel. In one embodiment the pin is mechanically retractable and extendable. In another embodiment, the pin is fixed in position upon the mandrel.