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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eugene G Martin, Denver, PA (US);
Scott Cook, Strasburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Foodcraft Equipment Company, Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
452182 ; 452165 ; 452167 ;
Abstract
Poultry carcasses, having open abdominal cavities, are suspended from a foot shackle conveyor. As each carcass approaches a knife for severing the upper and lower portions of the carcass, the top portion is transferred onto an approaching tine which enters the cavity, dipping downward as it does so. After the carcass is halved, the lower portion remains suspended in the foot shackle conveyor, and the top portion is carried away by the tine for further processing.