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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Linco Food Systems A/s, Trige, DK;
Bent Østergaard, Svenstrup, DK;
LINCO FOOD SYSTEMS A/S, Trige, DK;
Abstract
A method for suspending birds from an overhead conveyor, comprises the following sequence of steps: A) each bird is arranged in a holder with its legs and/or feet projecting from a first opening therein and its neck at a neck end, B) orientation of the feet is determined, C) the bird is rotated about an axis of rotation extending between the first opening and the neck end until a predetermined orientation of the legs and/or feet is reached, and D) the feet or legs of the bird are arranged in a shackle on the conveyor. The rotation may be achieved either by rotation the holder or by rotating the bird in the holder. In an apparatus according to the invention a monitoring station and a rotation station is provided for performing steps B) and C). The holders are preferably open-ended with a second opening at the neck end.