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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2003
Applicants:

Brandon C. Haley, Springdale, AR (US);

Bobby Z. Haley, Fayetteville, AR (US);

Marshall Vanderpool, Bentonville, AR (US);

William David Royall, Hays, NC (US);

Kelvin D. Lasse, Springdale, AR (US);

James Allen Ruff, Springdale, AR (US);

Inventors:

Brandon C. Haley, Springdale, AR (US);

Bobby Z. Haley, Fayetteville, AR (US);

Marshall Vanderpool, Bentonville, AR (US);

William David Royall, Hays, NC (US);

Kelvin D. Lasse, Springdale, AR (US);

James Allen Ruff, Springdale, AR (US);

Assignee:

Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, AR (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C021/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention is a method and apparatus for removing feathers from a carcass, and more specifically is a method and apparatus for removing feathers from the wing tips of poultry. The method and apparatus comprises at least one wing tip puller which further comprises upper and lower wing guides and a pinch roller adjacent said wing guides where the upper and lower wing guides are designed to receive a wing therebetween and the wing guide is further designed to laterally present the wing tip to the pinch roller.


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