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US 6,599,179 B1Granted
Gullet cutter
AssigneeSystemate Group, B.V.
InventorsJacobus Eliza Hazenbroek, Willem Cornelis Steenbergen, Dirk Cornelis Stooker
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AssigneeSystemate Group, B.V.
InventorsJacobus Eliza Hazenbroek, Willem Cornelis Steenbergen, Dirk Cornelis Stooker
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When the stomach, intestines, and other viscera have been pulled from the visceral cavity of a bird traveling in series with other birds on a suspended conveyor line, the gullet holds the viscera in a position suspended outside of the bird where it can be inspected by a health official. The gullet cutter 20 is moved downwardly by its cam roller following the sloped cam track 15 until its tube 1 and rod 2 reach into the visceral cavity of a bird. The rod 2 that is inserted into the visceral cavity and its hook-shaped protrusion 5 are rotated by gear wheels 8, 21, 22 to create a scissors-cutting effect between the protrusion 5 and its notch 4 to cut the gullet. During cutting, the bird is urged by a rotatable bracket 10 into a desired position so that the gullet of the bird is urged into the hook-shaped protrusion, effecting an accurate cut of the gullet by the protrusion.
A device for carrying out a treatment of carcasses of slaughtered poultry, comprising a holder, a hollow tube mounted to said holder having a rotatable rod therein, cutting means mounted to said hollow tube configured for insertion into the carcass and for cutting through the gullet while in the carcass, means for inserting the cutting means into the carcass rotably mounted to the holder, and means for engaging about the gullet mounted to said rod.
A device for cutting through the gullet in poultry comprising a suspension block, a rod rotatably mounted to said suspension block and having a distal end, a scissors cutter mounted on said distal end, a cam track for lowering and raising said scissors cutter into and out of the visceral cavity of a bird, and toothed wheel means mounted on said rod for rotating said rod and cutting a gullet of the bird with said scissors cutter.
An assembly of a frame and a device arranged on it, the device comprising cutting means configured for insertion into the carcass and for cutting through the gullet while in the carcass, means for inserting the cutting means into the carcass, and means for engaging about the gullet, furthermore provided with movement means for moving the gullet into the path of movement of the engagement means.
An assembly for engaging about and cutting through the gullet of poultry, comprising a device having cutting means configured for insertion into the carcass and for cutting through the gullet while in the carcass, means for inserting the cutting means into the carcass, and means for engaging about the gullet, a conveyor for the carcasses of the poultry according to a slaughter path and means for moving the devices along with the carcasses, as well as means for driving the gripper means.
A method of cutting through the gullet of slaughtered poultry, wherein scissor means are inserted into the carcass, wherein subsequently the gullet is engaged about and cut through by scissor means, after which the scissor means are removed out of the poultry.
A device for carrying out a treatment of slaughtered poultry carcasses as the carcasses are transported in spaced series along a processing path suspended by the legs of the carcasses and the viscera of each carcass pulled from the visceral cavity and suspended on the exterior of the carcass by the gullet of the carcass, said device comprising:
A gullet cutter comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.