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AssigneeStork-Gamco, Inc.
InventorsMax Volk, Raymond Strawn, Adrianus J. Van Den Nieuwelaar, Bradley K. Gazaway, Hendrikus Werner Peeters
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Apparatus and methods for performing multiple automated poultry processing operations upon a slaughtered animal or a part thereof via a single machine is described. The machine contains at least two rotary processors in a single frame. A covering surrounds the processors. A venting processor cuts out and removes the vent of a slaughtered animal and in the process removes unwanted fecal or other material from the exterior and the interior of the carcass. The processors integrated into the single machine are coupled by a conveyor line following a preferably generally S-shaped route that carries the carcasses amongst the processors, preferably positioning the carcasses at the optimum registration point for the operation performed by the particular processor.
An apparatus for performing multiple processing operations upon a slaughtered animal or a part thereof, the apparatus comprising:
A method for performing multiple automated processing operations upon a slaughtered animal or a part thereof using a single machine comprising at least a first rotary processor and a second rotary processor coupled by a conveyor and positioned within a common frame, the method comprising:
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