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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Eugene G Martin, Denver, PA (US);
Duane Newswanger, Conestoga, PA (US);
Scott Cook, Strasburg, PA (US);
Foodcraft Equipment Company, Topeka, KS (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for eviscerating poultry includes plural groups of cars driven around a monorail track by variable pitch augers which produce combined continuous and intermittent car movement. The groups of cars are brought to rest momentarily in front of machinery for performing various operations. At a first station, slaughtered birds are clamped at the shoulders, and brought to a supine position. At a second, the vent of the bird is opened. At a third, the viscera are removed by spoon. Inspectors then examine each bird at a fourth station, and final preparation is performed at a fifth before the birds are unloaded from the apparatus.