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US 5,334,083 AGranted
Method and device for mechanically drawing slaughtered poultry
AssigneeStork PMT B.V.
InventorsAdrianus J. van den Nieuwelaar, Cornelis D. van Harskamp
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AssigneeStork PMT B.V.
InventorsAdrianus J. van den Nieuwelaar, Cornelis D. van Harskamp
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Method and device for mechanical removal of the viscera package from the belly cavity of slaughtered poultry hanging by the legs from hooks which are moved in a conveyor along a drawing device. For removal of the viscera package, the body of the poultry is tilted from the hanging, vertical position through a predetermined angle about an axis parallel to a line through the hip joints to a second position, in which the shoulder joints are situated at essentially the same height as or higher up than the hip joints. The latter body position thereafter remains retained during the veterinary inspection of the poultry or the carrying out of further operations on the viscera package and/or the carcass. The second position of the body is preferably produced by guiding at least a part of the neck of the poultry from a position lower down than the legs to a position in which the neck is situated essentially at the same height as or higher up than the legs, and the body of the poultry extends between the neck and the legs.
A method for mechanical removal of the viscera from the belly cavity of slaughtered poultry hanging by the legs from hooks which are moved in a conveyor along a drawing device, the method comprising the step of tilting, during removal of the viscera, the body of the poultry from a hanging, vertical position through a predetermined angle about an axis running essentially parallel to a line through the hip joints, to a second position, in which the shoulder joints are situated at a height essentially at least as high as the hip joints.
A device for mechanical removal of the viscera from the belly cavity of slaughtered poultry, comprising a drawing device having an infeed position and an outfeed position, a conveyor with hooks from which the poultry can be suspended by the legs and with which the poultry can be moved along the drawing device from the infeed position to the outfeed position and also body tilting means positioned adjacent the drawing device between the infeed and outfeed positions to cooperate with the drawing device for tilting the body of the poultry during removal of the viscera from a hanging, vertical position through a predetermined angle about an axis essentially parallel to a line running through the hip joints, in which the shoulder joints are situated essentially at least as high as the hip joints.
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