Apparatus for processing poultry suspended from their legs
AssigneeMachinefabriek Meyn B.V.
InventorEgbertus Martinus Joosten
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for processing poultry suspended from their legs and includes a processing device and a positioning brace provided for engagement between the legs of the poultry. A plate section is mounted onto the positioning brace which will engage the tail of the poultry and which is pivotable relative to the positioning brace around a horizontal pivot axis.
Claims5
An apparatus for processing poultry suspended from their legs in a suspension conveyor in a continuous processing line, comprising a processing device movable upwards and downwards with respect to the suspended poultry, a generally horizontally extending positioning brace configured for engagement between the legs of the poultry upon movement of said processing device, and a substantially vertically extending plate section pivotally mounted to said positioning brace, said plate section configured for engagement with the tails of the poultry for moving the tails out of contact with said processing device, said plate section pivotable relative to a horizontal axis extending transversely to the positioning brace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.