Poultry processing line
AssigneeMeyn Food Processing Technology B.V.
InventorAloysius Christianus Maria Van Steijn
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Abstract
A poultry processing line with a conveying track and can include at least one carriage movable in the conveying track. Wheels on opposite sides of the carriage are mounted on an axle guided through a shaft or bore of the carriage, and are movable along supports for the respective wheels on opposite sides of the conveying track. The shaft or bore has a convex inner top surface and convex inner bottom surface as seen in the shaft or bore's longitudinal direction.
Claims8
A poultry processing line that includes a conveying track, comprising:
- at least one carriage movable along the conveying track, wherein poultry or poultry parts are or supportable by the carriage, the carriage defining a bore;
- a plurality of wheels, the wheel positioned on opposite sides of the carriage;
- an axle onto which the wheels are mounted, the axle guided through the bore;
- supports for the wheels positioned on opposing sides of the conveying track, wherein the wheels are movable along the supports such that the carriage can move along the conveying track;
- wherein, as viewed along a longitudinal direction of the bore, the bore comprises
- a convex inner top surface;
- and
- a convex inner bottom surface.
A carriage for a poultry processing line that includes a conveying track, the carriage movable along the conveying track, the carriage comprising:
- a plurality of wheels, the wheel positioned on opposite sides of the carriage;
- an axle onto which the wheels are mounted, the axle extending through a bore supported by the carriage;
- wherein, as viewed along a longitudinal direction of the bore, the bore comprises
- a convex inner top surface;
- and
- a convex inner bottom surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.