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US 11,564,398 B2Granted
System and method for cleaning a bird for consumption
OwnerMax Leroy Christianinventor
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Abstract
A bird cleaning machine is provided that enables a user to cut through a body of a bird from inside out to remove internal organs and parts (breast) of a bird such as a dove. In a particular illustrative embodiment of the invention, a bird cleaning machine includes but is not limited to a vertical guide spear rod, a back spreader bar, two side blades, wing flanges, a bird holding plate, a spring and a foot lever.
Claims8
A bird cleaning apparatus that enables a user to remove internal organs a bird, the bird cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a frame supporting the bird cleaning apparatus;
- a foot lever pivotally attached the frame;
- a bird holding plate attached to the frame;
- a vertical guide spear rod attached to the bird holding plate;
- a back spreader bar slot and two side blade slots formed in the bird holding plate;
- a back spreader bar and two side blades, wherein the back spreader bar and the two side blades protrude into and through the back spreader bar slot and two side blade slots formed in the bird holding plate;
- a linkage attached to the back spreader bar and two side blades;
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- wherein the foot lever is configured so that downward movement of a foot lever bar moves the linkage downward causing the linkage to move the two side blades and the back spreader bar slot moving the bird holding plate and two side blades within the slots formed in the bird holding plate and away from a center position to cut through a bird body that is slid head first onto and over the vertical guide spear rod with the two side blades and back spreader bar each extending into the bird body.
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