Shackle for processing hanging poultry and method for attaching such a shackle
AssigneeMarel Poultry B.V.
InventorsEngelbertus Johannes Jacobus Teurlinx, Franciscus Arnoldus Albertus Van Berkel, Rene Johannes Theodorus Janssen, Richard Jozef De Schutter, Tim Petrus Wilhelmus Jaspers
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a shackle for processing hanging poultry comprising a poultry catching element; a suspension rod; and a fastening hook; wherein one side of the suspension rod is pivotably connected with a pivotable connection with the fastening hook and the opposite side of the suspension rod is moveably coupled with the poultry catching element by a moveable coupling. The invention also provides a method for attaching a shackle for processing hanging poultry on an overhead conveyor.
Claims16
A shackle for processing hanging poultry, comprising:
- a poultry catching element;
- a suspension rod;
- and
- a fastening hook,
- wherein one side of the suspension rod is pivotably connected with the fastening hook via a pivotable connection and an opposite side of the suspension rod is moveably coupled with the poultry catching element by a moveable coupling,
- wherein the moveable coupling of the suspension rod and the poultry catching element is pivotable both parallel to a first hinge axis of the pivotable connection of the suspension rod and fastening hook, and around a second hinge axis,
- wherein the second hinge axis is perpendicular to both the first hinge axis and the longitudinal direction of the suspension rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.