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US 4,935,990 AGranted
Device for cutting in parts the wings of poultry
AssigneeMeyn Machinefabriek B.V.
InventorJohannes L. M. P. Linnenbank
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Abstract
A device for cutting in parts the wings of poultry is provided comprising wing guide means (16, 17, 12) for exactly positioning the wing to be cut relative to a cutting device (21). These wing guide means comprise at least a horizontal guide plate (16), a vertical guide plate (17) and a lower wing guide (12), that together form a passage for the wing to be cut, in which passage the cutting device (21) extends.
Claims10
A device for cutting the wings of poultry into parts while the poultry is being conveyed, comprising:
- (a) an overhead conveyor having means for gripping and holding the legs of slaughtered poultry for conveying said slaughtered poultry along a horizontal path;
- (b) guide means for engaging and guiding said slaughtered poultry as it is conveyed by said conveyor;
- (c) lower wing guide means for engaging and supporting wings of said slaughtered poultry at the joint between the humerus and the ulna sections of said wings;
- (d) angular upper guide means for engaging both the humerus and the ulna sections of said wings, in a position opposite said lower wing guide means as said slaughtered poultry is conveyed along said horizontal path to confine and support said wings in a predetermined position;
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- (e) means for cutting said wings at said joint as said poultry is conveyed along said horizontal path.
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