Auger Chiller with Sloped Unloader

An auger chiller for reducing the temperature of previously eviscerated bird carcasses, said auger chiller comprising:

• an elongated tank for receiving cold water and carcasses, said tank including a bottom wall, an entrance end for receiving carcasses in the water and delivery end for delivering the carcasses out of the water after the carcasses have been chilled,
• said delivery end of said tank including an upwardly angled segment that converges to a breadth smaller breadth than the rest of said tank,
• an auger in said tank for advancing the carcasses through the water from said entrance end to said delivery end of said tank, said auger including auger blades that advance the carcasses along said bottom wall and along said upwardly angled segment of the bottom wall,
• an unloader at said delivery end of said tank, said unloader including a sloped back wall and a rotary paddle assembly juxtaposed said sloped back wall for engaging and lifting the carcasses from said tank.

An auger chiller for reducing the temperature of recently harvested carcasses, said auger chiller comprising:

• an elongated chiller tank for receiving cold water and carcasses,
• said chiller tank including an entrance end for receiving carcasses in the water,
• said chiller tank further including and a delivery end including an upwardly sloped section,
• an unloader at the delivery end of said chiller tank, said unloader including a back wall sloped upwardly and away with respect to said upwardly sloped section of said chiller tank, and a peripheral rim wall extending from said back wall from a position lower than said upwardly extending section of said chiller tank and forming a basin for receiving the carcasses, and
• a paddle assembly positioned at said sloped back wall for moving through the basin and moving carcasses from the basin up the slope of said sloped back wall and unloading the carcasses from said auger chiller.