Poultry pinning and de-hairing machine
OwnerEverett T. Conawayinventor
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Abstract
Equipment for pinning and de-hairing poultry by free form inflect engagement therewith of a plurality of flexible fingers; elongated columnar members for supporting the flexible fingers; and a machine for rotatably supporting the elongated columnar members and the flexible fingers thereof for free form inflect engagement with poultry carcasses, as they move along a poultry processing line.
Claims8
An elongated columnar member for supporting a plurality of poultry pinning and de-hairing flexible fingers, said elongated columnar member having a plurality of attaching means for receiving said flexible fingers in spaced apart relation therealong and extendant outwardly from the periphery thereof and including a generally cylindroidal upper portion for mounting of said fingers thereon in juxtaposition for free form inflect engagement with the leg area of a poultry carcass, a central portion extendant from said upper portion, said central portion being generally of an inverted frusto-conical configuration for mounting of said fingers thereon for free form inflect engagement with the breast, back and flanks of a poultry carcass adjacent the hock area thereof, and a lower portion extendant from said central portion, said lower portion being generally of a right frusto-conical configuration for mounting of said fingers thereon for free form inflect engagement with the neck, wings, breast, back and flank of a poultry carcass in the shoulder area thereof, said elongated columnar member comprising a plurality of elongated plate members, each of said plate members having elongated side portions at an angle to each other along the center line of said plate members, and substantially cylindrical sub-frame means, said plate members being attached about the periphery of said substantially cylindrical sub-frame members to define the periphery of said elongated columnar member.
A poultry pinning and de-hairing machine including a frame defining a passageway for receiving poultry of a poultry processing line moving therethrough;
- a plurality of elongated columnar members rotatably mounted on said frame, to each side of said passageway;
- means for rotation of said elongated columnar members;
- and a plurality of elongated flexible fingers mounted on each said elongated columnar members for free form inflect engagement with a poultry carcass moving through said passageway thereof, each said elongated columnar members including a plurality of attaching means for receiving said flexible fingers in spaced apart relation therealong and extendant outwardly from the periphery thereof and including a generally cylindroidal upper portion for mounting of said fingers thereon in juxtaposition for free form inflect engagement with the leg area of a poultry carcass, a central portion extendant from said upper portion, said central portion being generally of an inverted frusto-conical configuration for mounting of said fingers thereof for free form inflect engagement with the breast, back and flanks of a poultry carcass adjacent the hock area thereof, and a lower portion extendant from said central portion, said lower portion being generally of a right frusto-conical configuration for mounting of said fingers thereon for free form inflect engagement with the neck, wings, breast, back and flanks of a poultry carcass in the shoulder area thereof, the frustum of said central portion adjoining with the frustum of said lower portion in the general area of the greatest girth of a poultry carcass being treated by said fingers attached thereto, each said elongated columnar members comprising a plurality of elongated plate members, each of said plate members having elongated side portions at an angle to each other along the center line of said plate members, and substantially cylindrical sub-frame means, said plate members being attached about the periphery of said substantially cylindrical sub-frame members in juxtaposition with said plate members to define the periphery of said elongated columnar member.
A poultry pinning and de-hairing machine including a frame defining a passageway for receiving poultry of a poultry processing line moving therethrough;
- a plurality of elongated columnar members rotatably mounted on said frame, to each side of said passageway;
- means for rotation of said elongated columnar members;
- a plurality of elongated flexible fingers mounted on each said elongated columnar members for free form inflect engagement with a poultry carcass moving through said passageway thereof;
- and guide means mounted on said frame for engagement with poultry moving therethrough in juxtaposed relationship to cant the same toward one side of said passageway.
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