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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2012
Marel Stork Poultry Processing B.v., Boxmeer, NL;
Bastiaan Wilhelmina Johannes Elizeus Josephus Drabbels, Vierlingsbeek, NL;
Erik Hendrikus Werner Peters, Boxmeer, NL;
Maarten Leonardus Van Oss, Heumen, NL;
Marel Stork Poultry Processing B.V., Boxmeer, NL;
Abstract
An organ removal device and a method are provided for removing one or more organs or parts thereof located adjacent the spinal column of the carcass on opposite sides thereof from the wall of a body cavity of slaughtered eviscerated poultry having an access opening to the body cavity thereof. The device includes a poultry support device and a vacuum tube assembly comprising two vacuum tubes, each having at least one suction nozzle at an end thereof, the vacuum tube assembly further includes two scrapers, each arranged to scrape along a region of the wall of the body cavity to loosen organs adhering to the wall. A sweeping mechanism is provided to impart to each scraper a sweeping motion away and/or towards the spinal column.