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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1998
David Lee Stone, Lowell, AR (US);
David Lee Cullers, Stella, MO (US);
William David Royall, Millers Creek, NC (US);
Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, AR (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for transferring carcasses from a shackle conveyor to a processing device wherein the shackle conveyor includes a plurality of shackles for continuously conveying the carcasses and the processing device includes a plurality of modules for continuously carrying the carcasses through the processing device. The inventive apparatus comprises a rotatable structure preferably having notches for receiving and retaining the legs of the carcasses. The rotatable structure is operable such that, as the rotatable structure rotates, the legs of the carcasses are received from the shackles by the rotatable structure and the rotatable structure then delivers the carcasses to the carrier modules.