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US RE31,202 EGranted
Poultry beak remover
AssigneeAuburn Research Foundation
InventorsJohn S. Goodling, Gayner R. McDaniel, Richard A. Steadham
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Abstract
A poultry beak remover for debeaking fowl includes a housing having a pair of spaced apart electrodes supported therein and a beak receiving aperture therein for insertion of the beak of the fowl into the housing into proximity with the electrodes, and electrical circuitry connected with the electrodes for discharging a spark to burn the beak of the fowl and thus effect removal of a desired portion thereof.
Claims15
A poultry beak remover for debeaking fowl, comprising:
- a housing having a beak receiving aperture therein of a size to receive the beak of a fowl, for insertion of the beak of a fowl into the housing;
- a pair of spaced apart electrodes supported in the housing in substantial alignment with the aperture and spaced therefrom a distance such that when the beak is inserted through the aperture, a portion thereof extends between the electrodes;
- and electrical circuit means connected with the electrodes for discharging a spark across the electrodes to burn the beak of the fowl received therebetween and thus effect removal of a desired portion of the beak.
Apparatus for burning the beak of a fowl to effect the removal of a portion thereof comprising:
- mask means having an aperture therein for receiving the face of a fowl with its beak extending through the aperture;
- a pair of spaced electrodes disposed in alignment with the aperture so that a portion of the beak extending through the aperture is positioned between the electrodes;
- and,
- electrical circuit means connected to said electrodes for selectively initiating flow of electric current between said electrodes which burns the beak of a fowl received by said mask means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.