Finger pad for poultry feather plucking machine
AssigneeWilliam Goodyear Company
InventorE. William Goodyear, Jr.
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Abstract
A unitary resilient rubber finger pad for a poultry plucking machine, the finger pad having a circular base with a central aperture therethrough, an annular base plate completely embedded within the circular base; a plurality of fingers extending from one face of the base, each of the fingers being fixed to the face of said base, each of said fingers having a base, a tapered shank, and a grip pattern on a portion of said shank remote from said base; the fingers being arranged in a pair of concentric rings on the base. The method of mounting the finger pad is also disclosed.
Claims8
A unitary finger pad for the processing of poultry carcasses, comprising:
- a circular base, having a rear flat face and a front face with a central aperture therethrough;
- an embedded annular base plate completely embedded within said circular base;
- a plurality of fingers extending from said front face, each of said fingers being fixed to said front face of said base, each of said fingers having a base, a tapered shank, and a grip pattern on a portion of said shank remote from said base;
- said fingers being arranged in a pair of concentric rings on said base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.