Poultry crop remover

A movable module for removing crops when an upside poultry on a shackle on a moving means is brought into back side position against the said module whereupon the crop removing means can operate to remove the said crop from the neck through an end opening of the body of the poultry while the shackle carrying the poultry and the module are moving synchronously comprising a slide means reciprocatingly mounted on rail means on said module, said slide being mounted on a cam means, said cam means detailed to move abutingly against said cam surface mounted on a frame means detailed to movably carry said module, said module having journaling means operatively engaged with a drive means, said probe means being mounted to said slide means and said drive means being operatively engaged to the proximal portion of said probe means to thereby to rotate said probe means, said probe means including an elongated member, said member having a substantially cylindrical configuration, said member terminating in a rounded bulbous portion at its distal end, said member having a smooth cylindrical portion connecting said bulbous end and a comb portion means, said comb portion means defining a plurality of elongated recessed axially disposed channels, each of said channels being separated from each other by an upstanding radially disposed arcuate wall means, each arcuate wall means terminating in spaced tabs at approximately right angles to said arcuate wall means, said tabs all extending in the same direction across a portion of each of said channels, said comb portion means having a diameter substantially similar to said smooth cylindrical portion.