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AssigneeMeyn Food Processing Technology B.V.
InventorsAloysius Christianus Maria van Steijn, Rick Sebastiaan van Stralen, Joy David Mike van Spall, Gert Jan Al
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A system for automatically suspending poultry by the legs including a vision guide robot provided with a gripper arranged to engage poultry legs. The gripper with a first set of two primary jaw arms arranged to clamp a first leg of a poultry carcass, and a second set of two secondary jaw arms arranged to clamp a second leg of the poultry carcass, wherein at least one of the two primary jaw arms is mounted to be movable to and fro the other primary jaw arm to clamp the first poultry leg and at least one of the two secondary jaw arms is mounted to be movable relative to the other secondary jaw arm to clamp the second leg.
A gripper (3) arranged to engage poultry legs, said gripper comprising a first set (1) of two primary jaw arms (1.1, 1.2) being arranged to clamp a first leg (8″) of a poultry carcass (8), and a second set (2) of two secondary jaw (2.1, 2.2) arms being arranged to clamp a second leg (8″) of the poultry carcass (8), wherein at least one of the two primary jaw arms (1.1) is mounted to be movable to and from the other primary jaw arm (1.2) to clamp the first poultry leg (8″) and/or at least one of the two secondary jaw arms (2.1) is mounted to be movable to and from the other secondary jaw arm (2.2) to clamp the second leg (8″) characterized in that both primary jaw arms (1.1, 1.2) are slidable to and from each other and both secondary jaw arms (2.1, 2.2) are slidable to and fro each other.
The gripper (3) according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that a distance between the first set (1) of jaw arms and the second set (2) of jaw arms is adjustable.
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