Plucking device
AssigneeStork PMT B.V.
InventorsJosephus A. v.d. Nieuwelaar, Petrus C. M. Janssen
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Abstract
Plucking device with two elongated, cylindrical, plucking elements positioned at some distance from each other, to be rotated in opposite directions and mounted along a conveyor track for slaughtered poultry said elements being provided with helical toothing with such a pitch, that with a suitable chosen rotational speed of the elements, the poultry is driven by the elements in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor track.
Claims9
Device for the plucking of slaughtered poultry, comprising two elongated, cylindrical, plucking elements with surface irregularities which are positioned at some distance from each other and can be driven rotatingly in mutually opposite directions and which are mounted along a conveyor track for slaughtered poultry which is being transported hanging thereon by the legs, in which at least over a part of the length of both cooperating elements the surface irregularities are formed by helical toothing cooperating over at least a part of the length of the elements and having such a pitch, that with a suitable chosen rotational speed of the elements, the poultry is driven by the elements in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor track.
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