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29results about "Poultry shackles" patented technology

System for suspending poultry through foot in shackle of transfer line

The invention provides a system for suspending poultry through feet in a shackle of a transfer line. The system comprises a supply line having at least one first carrier for poultry, a movable takeover device for receiving legs of poultry and for transferring poultry from the at least one first carrier of the supply line to a shackle in a transfer line at a transfer position, in the transfer position, the shackle, the movable takeover device and the at least one first carrier of the supply line are aligned, where the movable takeover device is arranged to engage the leg of the poultry at the transfer position in order to move the foot above the shackle and then move downward to provide the leg into the shackle, after which the shackle is transferred to the transfer position. The movable takeover device is disengaged from the poultry legs, wherein the system comprises pushing means for pushing the poultry from the at least one first carrier of the supply line to the movable takeover device when the poultry is in the transfer position.
Owner:MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECH BV

Systems and methods for object processing using levitation

A system and method for object processing using magnetic levitation includes moving carriers with drive magnets across an array of planar motors. Food items on the carriers are moved through processing steps. The system determines the weight of multiple food items and coordinates and arranges for the batching of food items totaling a desired weight from an assembly of available food items and presents the selected food items to an operator for further processing. The system moves the carriers to engage the food items with processing equipment, such as for attaching to poultry shackles, or for cutting by a filet machine.
Owner:BAADER FOOD SYST USA INC

System for hanging poultry

A system for hanging poultry by the legs and feet in a shackle of a conveyor line. A supply line with at least one first carrier for the poultry. A movable take over device can receive the legs of the poultry and transfers the poultry from the at least one first carrier to the shackle in the conveyor line at a transfer location. The shackle, the movable take over device, and the at least one first carrier can be aligned. The movable take over device can be arranged to engage the legs of the poultry at the transfer location, move the feet above the shackle, move the feet downwards into the shackle, and disengage the legs. Pushing equipment pushes the poultry from the at least one first carrier to the movable take over device when the poultry is at the transfer location.
Owner:MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECH BV

Poultry Shackle

PendingUS20250275544A1Poultry shacklesSlaughtering accessories
An articulating, rotating poultry shackle. The shackle has a central member conventionally coupled to a picking line of the processing facility, a fixed hanging portion rigidly coupled to the central member, and an articulating hanging portion rotatably coupled to the fixed hanging portion. A mounting assembly coupled to the central member rotatably attaches the central member to the picking line such that at least three degrees of rotational freedom are provided to the articulating hanging portion of the shackle.
Owner:HARBEN GROVER

Poultry thigh deboning device and poultry thigh deboning method

A poultry leg meat deboning device includes an ankle holding part (2) configured to hold an ankle of poultry leg meat, a leg meat measuring part configured to measure the poultry leg meat in a state in which a meat part of the poultry leg meat is peeled off, a separator (4) configured to sandwich a femur, a moving part configured to move the ankle holding part (2) and relatively move the separator (4) until an end portion of the femur on the side of a hip joint along the femur, a controller configured to determine movement amount of the separator (4) with respect to the femur by the moving part on the basis of the measurement result by the leg meat measuring part, and a round cutting edge cutter configured to cut off the meat part from the femur at the end portion of the femur.
Owner:MAYEKAWA MFG CO LTD

Poultry processing apparatus and method

A poultry processing apparatus for processing a poultry carcass with attached wings. The apparatus includes a shackle conveyor including a set of shackles. Adjacent shackles receive respective wings of a poultry carcass in a wing-receiving opening of the shackle to support the poultry carcass for movement along a shackle path of travel. A first cutting module is positioned adjacent a section of the shackle conveyor, the first cutting module including a cutting head having spaced apart first and second cutting members and a translation mechanism moving the cutting head in two directions: a) moving the cutting head between a retracted position and an engaged position in a direction transverse to the shackle path of travel; and b) moving the cutting head in a direction along the shackle path of travel in synchronization with the conveyor over an engagement distance wherein the first and second cutting members engage the poultry carcass.
Owner:BETTCHER IND INC

Poultry processing apparatus and method

A poultry processing apparatus for processing a poultry carcass with attached wings. The apparatus includes a shackle conveyor including a set of shackles. Adjacent shackles receive respective wings of a poultry carcass in a wing-receiving opening of the shackle to support the poultry carcass for movement along a shackle path of travel. A first cutting module is positioned adjacent a section of the shackle conveyor, the first cutting module including a cutting head having spaced apart first and second cutting members and a translation mechanism moving the cutting head in two directions: a) moving the cutting head between a retracted position and an engaged position in a direction transverse to the shackle path of travel; and b) moving the cutting head in a direction along the shackle path of travel in synchronization with the conveyor over an engagement distance wherein the first and second cutting members engage the poultry carcass.
Owner:BETTCHER IND INC

System for hanging poultry

ActiveJP2025141883APoultry shacklesPoultry processing support devices
To provide a system for hanging poultry with legs with improved system operation reliability.SOLUTION: A system 1 is for hanging poultry 2 in a shackle 4 of a conveyor line 5 with leg parts 3 and feet 3'. The system 1 includes: a supply line 6 including at least one first carrier 7 for the poultry 2; and a movable delivery device 8 that receives the leg parts 3 of the poultry 2. The movable delivery device transfers the poultry 2 from the first carrier 7 to the shackle 4 at a transfer position in which the shackle 4, the movable delivery device 8, and the first carrier 7 are aligned in one line. The movable delivery device 8 engages the leg parts 3 of the poultry 2 at the transfer position, moves the feet 3' to a part above the shackle 4, then moves the feet 3' downward and puts the legs 3 inside the shackle 4, and then, is arranged so as to release the engagement with the leg parts 3 of the poultry. An extruder 9 is provided and extrudes the poultry 2 from the first carrier 7 to the movable delivery device 8 when the poultry 2 is at the transfer position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECH BV

Dark meat separation device and dark meat separation method

A leg meat separation device (1) includes an ankle holding part (2) configured to hold an ankle (A) of a poultry leg meat (M), a meat pressing part (3) configured to press a meat section (Mp) near the ankle (A), a meat insertion part (5) that is inserted between the meat section (Mp) pressed by the meat pressing part (3) and a tibia and that is configured to separate the meat section (Mp) from the tibia, and a meat cutting part (6) configured to cut near the ankle (A) of the meat section (Mp).
Owner:MAYEKAWA MFG CO LTD

A system for suspending poultry

ActiveJP7843388B2Poultry shacklesPoultry processing support devices
To provide a system for hanging poultry with legs with improved system operation reliability.SOLUTION: A system 1 is for hanging poultry 2 in a shackle 4 of a conveyor line 5 with leg parts 3 and feet 3'. The system 1 includes: a supply line 6 including at least one first carrier 7 for the poultry 2; and a movable delivery device 8 that receives the leg parts 3 of the poultry 2. The movable delivery device transfers the poultry 2 from the first carrier 7 to the shackle 4 at a transfer position in which the shackle 4, the movable delivery device 8, and the first carrier 7 are aligned in one line. The movable delivery device 8 engages the leg parts 3 of the poultry 2 at the transfer position, moves the feet 3' to a part above the shackle 4, then moves the feet 3' downward and puts the legs 3 inside the shackle 4, and then, is arranged so as to release the engagement with the leg parts 3 of the poultry. An extruder 9 is provided and extrudes the poultry 2 from the first carrier 7 to the movable delivery device 8 when the poultry 2 is at the transfer position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECH BV

An automatic chicken hanging device

The application discloses an automatic chicken hanging device, which comprises a conveying system, a suspension rail system arranged above the conveying system, and a chicken grabbing system arranged on the conveying system and used for pronging the legs of standing live chickens and hanging the live chickens on hooks of the suspension rail system. The application can hang at least ten live chickens on the suspension rail system at a time, significantly improves the live chicken hanging efficiency, greatly simplifies the live chicken hanging operation difficulty, omits a key operation step of directly grabbing the live chickens from a chicken coop or clamping the legs of the live chickens, and can more smoothly carry out the live chicken hanging, and saves a large amount of manpower and labor cost.
Owner:江苏立华食品集团股份有限公司

Poultry leg meat slicing device and automated poultry leg meat slicing method

A poultry leg meat slit-forming device includes ankle holding part (2) that holds ankle of poultry leg meat (M), a blade unit (3) having slit-forming blade (23), an inserting driving part (4) that drives the blade unit (3), a leg meat pressing part (5) that presses surface of the poultry leg meat (M), and a moving part (9) that moves the ankle holding part (2), and the blade unit (3) includes a blade holding part (22) that holds a slit-forming blade (23) such that a blade edge of the slit-forming blade faces a side opposite with respect to the ankle holding part (2) in a direction of the slit-forming movement of the slit-forming blade (23) and that holds the slit-forming blade (23) so as to be displaceable in a front surface / back surface direction of the slit-forming blade, and a coil spring (25) that elastically biases the slit-forming blade (23) toward the bone of the poultry leg meat (M) in the front surface / back surface direction of the slit-forming blade (23).
Owner:MAYEKAWA MFG CO LTD

Chicken claw clamp

The invention belongs to the technical field of chicken foot processing equipment, and particularly relates to a chicken foot clamp which comprises a lower die and two fixing arms, a groove used for containing chicken feet is formed in the upper end of the lower die and comprises a containing groove corresponding to the shanks of the chicken feet, and the two fixing arms are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the containing groove and rotationally connected with the lower die; claw parts extending inwards are arranged at the upper ends of the fixing arms, and the two fixing arms can swing inwards so that the claw parts can puncture and fix the skin and flesh below the large bones of the shanks. The lower die is provided with the containing groove matched with the shank of the chicken foot, and accurate positioning and stable supporting of the shank are achieved. Meanwhile, the claw parts at the upper ends of the fixing arms are used for puncturing from the two sides of the shank and locking the skin and flesh below the shank thigh. The problem that skin and meat are pulled and stripped along with the big bones in the subsequent big bone removing procedure is effectively avoided, the skin and meat loss rate is greatly reduced, and then the overall efficiency of chicken claw bone removing processing and the finished product quality are improved.
Owner:FOSHAN E SONGSHENG AUTOMATION EQUIP CO LTD

Goose chamber cleaning device

The invention discloses a goose cavity cleaning device which comprises two goose body fixing mechanisms which are arranged on a trepanning cavity cleaning station and an abdominal cavity cleaning station respectively and can be mutually turned between the two stations. The goose body fixing mechanism comprises a bearing assembly used for lifting the abdomen of a goose body and a pressure applying assembly capable of applying pressure to one side of the bearing assembly from the back of the goose body. And the trepanning mechanism is arranged at the trepanning and cavity drawing station and located at the bottom of the bearing assembly, and the trepanning mechanism comprises a first telescopic assembly. According to the device, the vertical mode is adopted, gravity is utilized, the hanging conveying mechanism, the goose body fixing mechanism, the trepanning mechanism, the cavity digging mechanism and the abdominal cavity cleaning mechanism are matched, while efficient cavity digging is achieved, lungs, blood clots and the like attached to the abdominal cavity are rapidly cleaned and flushed out under the dual effects of brush brushing and columnar porous spraying, the cleaning efficiency and thoroughness can be improved, and the cleaning effect is good. The goose body is kept complete, and the microbial pollution risk is reduced.
Owner:NINGBO ACAD OF AGRI SCI

Meat separator and device for stripping meat part from bone-in meat

ActiveUS12382967B2Poultry deboningPoultry shacklesMechanical engineeringBones parts
A meat separator separates meat part attached to bone part by coming into contact with outer peripheral surface of the bone part of bone-in meat that moves relatively with respect to the meat separator. The meat separator includes a plurality of clamp blocks. The clamp blocks each include scraping contact portion that comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the bone part, and the scraping contact portions cooperate with each other so as to clamp the outer peripheral surface of the bone part. At least one of the clamp blocks is configured so that at least a part of the scraping contact portion of the clamp block is displaceable in a plurality of directions along outer surface shape of the bone part, and the at least one of the clamp blocks includes biasing function portion that elastically pushes back the displacement in direction moving away from bone part.
Owner:MAYEKAWA MFG CO LTD

Chicken slaughtering automatic segmentation system based on computer vision

PendingCN121910043AImage analysisPoultry shacklesAutomatic segmentationAnimal science
A chicken slaughtering automatic segmentation system based on computer vision belongs to the technical field of poultry processing, and is characterized in that chicken carcasses are unhaired and then enter a low-temperature channel for rapid shaping, and standardized chicken carcasses are obtained; marking a shallow mark to form a mark line, and generating a pre-cutting feature mark; calculating a three-dimensional coordinate of a marking line according to the feature marking image, and constructing a cutting path model; the meat and bone boundary is recognized through an impedance sensor, the cutting depth is adjusted according to the three-dimensional coordinate information, and depth control parameters are generated; linkage is conducted on the depth control parameters and a closed-loop chain type intelligent conveying system, and automatic cutting is completed through all cutting stations; and the cutting completion state is secondarily checked according to visual positioning, and the collection mechanism of each station is triggered according to the cut chicken body part. According to the method, high precision, high efficiency and high adaptability of chicken slaughtering and cutting are realized through a whole-process collaborative technology of standardized pretreatment, precise feature marking, visual positioning and dynamic cutting regulation.
Owner:SHANDONG ZHENBANG MASCH TECH CO LTD

Poultry cutting device

The present invention discloses a poultry chunking and cutting device, including a poultry suspension and transmission device and a poultry half-cutting device. The present invention belongs to the field of cutting devices, and specifically refers to a poultry chunking and cutting device. The present invention proposes a transmission and cutting triggering component. While the poultry is being transported and transferred, under the action of gravity, the retaining member presses the support spring downward, the retaining member slides within the insertion member, and the electrode ring A within the retaining member contacts the electrode ring B within the insertion member, triggering the cutting device. When the poultry enters the range of the conveyor belt drive member, the cutting device is driven to cut the poultry in the correct position. If the poultry slips, the cutting device will not start, thereby ensuring the poultry cutting effect and avoiding energy waste of the cutting device.
Owner:C P FOOD (HENGSHUI) CO LTD

Dark meat separation device and dark meat separation method

PendingEP4602922A1Poultry deboningPoultry shackles
A leg meat separation device (1) includes an ankle holding part (2) configured to hold an ankle (A) of a poultry leg meat (M), a meat pressing part (3) configured to press a meat section (Mp) near the ankle (A), a meat insertion part (5) that is inserted between the meat section (Mp) pressed by the meat pressing part (3) and a tibia and that is configured to separate the meat section (Mp) from the tibia, and a meat cutting part (6) configured to cut near the ankle (A) of the meat section (Mp).
Owner:MAYEKAWA MFG CO LTD

Slaughtering and cleaning equipment with poultry weighing function

The invention belongs to the technical field of poultry slaughtering, and discloses slaughtering and cleaning equipment with a poultry weighing function, the slaughtering and cleaning equipment comprises an outer box and further comprises a supporting assembly, the supporting assembly is movably connected to the interior of the outer box, the top end of the supporting assembly is hinged to a limiting assembly and a moving assembly, and the moving assembly is movably connected to the middle of an inner cavity of the outer box; through cooperation of a supporting assembly, a limiting assembly, a weighing sensor and other structures, weighing and slaughtering are combined, poultry is fixed to a supporting plate, the poultry on the supporting plate is weighed through the weighing sensor, an inclined block drives a protruding rod to move towards the interior of the supporting plate, and then through cooperation of the protruding rod and a first guide groove, the poultry is slaughtered through the first guide groove; and the supporting plate is turned over by 180 degrees, so that the poultry is driven to be in an inverted hanging state, subsequent slaughtering and cleaning of the weighed poultry are facilitated, and the overall working efficiency of poultry processing is improved.
Owner:ZHUCHENG ZHONGYU ELECTROMECHANICAL EQUIP CO LTD

Ultrasonic scalpel-assisted flexible humanoid cutting device and method for multiple parts of poultry carcass

This invention provides an ultrasonic scalpel-assisted flexible humanoid cutting device and method for multiple parts of poultry carcass, relating to the field of intelligent processing technology for poultry raw meat pretreatment. The device includes: an online circulating conveying module for poultry carcasses, comprising a vertical double-rail annular guide rail conveyor line and a non-circular guide rail; a multi-part anti-deviation clamping module for poultry carcasses, installed on the vertical double-rail annular guide rail conveyor line, used to fix the poultry carcass at multiple points, and after passing through the cutting station, controlled by the non-circular guide rail to release the clamps and collect the poultry carcass parts separately; a poultry carcass scanning imaging and cutting path planning module, used to scan and image the poultry carcass, generate a cutting path planning instruction set based on the scanned image data and send it to the lower-level machine; and an ultrasonic scalpel four-dimensional moving flexible humanoid cutting module, comprising a lower-level machine and a four-axis platform ultrasonic scalpel cutting device, the lower-level machine controlling the four-axis platform ultrasonic scalpel cutting device to perform flexible humanoid cutting of multiple parts of the poultry carcass according to the cutting path planning instruction set.
Owner:INST OF AGRO FOOD SCI & TECH CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRI SCI +2

Method and system for rehanging poultry

ActiveCN117044765BMeat/sausage hanging-upPoultry shacklesAnimal scienceDomestic bird
The present invention relates to a method and a system for re-hanging poultry suspended by its head in a first hook of a first hook conveyor to a second hook of a second hook conveyor, in which second hook the poultry is or will be suspended by its legs, wherein the system comprises: a leg positioning unit, which is arranged to support the poultry at the legs while the poultry remains suspended by its head in the first hook of the first hook conveyor; a movable take-up unit, which is designed to operate on the legs of the poultry and is arranged to be operable at least when the leg positioning unit supports the poultry at the legs, and wherein at least the movable take-up unit is movable towards the second hook of the second hook conveyor and is arranged to move the legs of the poultry into the second hook of the second hook conveyor.
Owner:MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECH BV

Device for changing the axial orientation of suspended foodstuffs and apparatus for conveying suspended foodstuffs

PCT designated stageWO2026098884A1Poultry shacklesPoultry transferring/conveying devicesMechanical engineeringAxial rotation
The present invention relates to a device (10) for changing the axial orientation of foodstuffs (30), comprising a main body (11) which has: a product portion (12) for suspending foodstuffs (30) by means of at least one holding element (13) which can be mounted on the product portion (12); and a transport portion (14) for mounting the device (10) on a conveying device (15), the device (10) comprising: a rotary mechanism (17) designed to rotate the product portion (12); a triggering element (20) which can be changed between at least a first triggering position (18) and a second triggering position (19) and has at least one triggering portion (21); and at least one transmission element (22) which is connected to the at least one triggering element (20), wherein the at least one transmission element (22) is operatively connected to the product portion (12) in such a way that, at least when the triggering element (20) changes from the first triggering position (18) to the second triggering position (19), a change to the product portion (12) by means of the at least one transmission element (22) is designed to at least partly axially rotate the orientation of the product portion (12). The invention further relates to a corresponding apparatus (100) for conveying foodstuffs (30).
Owner:BAADER POULTRY HLDG GMBH

Shackle for poultry processing apparatus

A poultry processing apparatus for processing a poultry carcass with attached wings. The apparatus includes a shackle conveyor including a set of shackles. Adjacent shackles receive respective wings of a poultry carcass in a wing-receiving opening of the shackle to support the poultry carcass for movement along a shackle path of travel. A first cutting module is positioned adjacent a section of the shackle conveyor, the first cutting module including a cutting head having spaced apart first and second cutting members and a translation mechanism moving the cutting head in two directions: a) moving the cutting head between a retracted position and an engaged position in a direction transverse to the shackle path of travel; and b) moving the cutting head in a direction along the shackle path of travel in synchronization with the conveyor over an engagement distance wherein the first and second cutting members engage the poultry carcass.
Owner:BETTCHER IND INC

A system for hanging poultry

PendingEP4627928A1Poultry shacklesPoultry processing support devices
A system (1) for hanging poultry (2) by the legs (3) and feet (3') in a shackle 4 of a conveyor line (5), comprising a supply line (6) with at least one first carrier (7) for the poultry (2), a movable take over device (8) for receiving the legs (3) of the poultry (2) and for transfer of the poultry (2) from the at least one first carrier (7) of the supply line (6) to the shackle (4) in the conveyor line (5) at a transfer location wherein the shackle (4), the movable take over device (8), and the at least one first carrier (7) of the supply line (6) are aligned, wherein the movable take over device (8) is arranged to engage the legs (3) of the poultry (2) at the transfer location so as to move the feet (3') above the shackle (4) and then downwards to provide the legs (3) into the shackle (4), after which the movable take over device (8) disengages the poultry legs (3), wherein the system (1) comprises pushing equipment (9) for pushing the poultry (2) from the at least one first carrier (7) of the supply line (6) to the movable take over device (8) when the poultry (2) is at the transfer location.
Owner:MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECH BV

Poultry leg meat deboning device and method

The present invention includes: an ankle retaining part (2) for retaining the ankle of poultry leg meat; a leg meat measuring part for measuring poultry leg meat in a state before the meat portion of the poultry leg meat is peeled off; a partition (4) for clamping the femur; a moving part for moving the ankle retaining part (2) and moving the partition (4) relative to the femur at the end of the femur on the femoral joint side; a control part for determining the amount of movement of the partition (4) relative to the femur caused by the moving part based on the measurement results of the leg meat measuring part; and a circular blade cutter for cutting the meat portion away from the femur at the end of the femur.
Owner:MAYEKAWA MFG CO LTD

An AI intelligent flexible crop opening process method

The present invention discloses an AI intelligent flexible crop opening process method, which includes the following steps: poultry is conveyed by a conveyor chain; when the poultry is conveyed to the crop AI visual positioning device, after sensing the poultry, the device triggers a light source and a camera to expose and photograph the crop part of the poultry, adopts an AI algorithm model to calculate the crop position value (horizontal value X0 and height value Z0), and simultaneously adopts a production line position synchronization device to latch the position value A0 of the current conveyor chain, and uses a control system to evenly distribute the shearing tasks that are sensed and photographed and positioned OK to multiple crop opening stations; the control system controls the crop opening mechanism of the corresponding crop opening station to work according to the horizontal value X0 and the height value Z0, the contour clamp in the crop opening mechanism captures the neck part of the poultry, adjusts the posture of the poultry and clamps the neck part of the poultry, and controls the scissors module in the crop opening mechanism to cut the esophagus at the upper end of the crop while synchronously following the poultry for a distance, and controls the crop opening mechanism to reset after completion.
Owner:NINGCHUANG (GUANGDONG) TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Automatic poultry carcass segmentation device and segmentation method thereof

ActiveCN118716390BPoultry shacklesPoultry transferring/conveying devicesSupport plane
An automatic poultry carcass segmentation device and a segmentation method thereof, which relate to the field of poultry carcass segmentation devices, comprising a support frame, a horizontal conveying unit arranged on the support frame, a segmentation unit arranged on one side of the horizontal conveying unit, and a material returning unit arranged at the end of the horizontal conveying unit; a plurality of clamping members are arranged on the horizontal conveying unit at intervals, and a carcass to be segmented can be hung and fixed on the clamping members in a suspended manner; the segmentation unit comprises two guide members arranged at intervals, and a segmentation knife arranged on one side of a carcass conveying path; the interval between the two guide members coincides with the carcass conveying path, and part of the vertical projection of the segmentation knife is located in the interval between the two guide members; a first material receiving device and a second material receiving device are further arranged below the segmentation unit and the material returning unit respectively, and the material returning unit is arranged to be capable of pushing the remaining part of the carcass out of the clamping member and falling into the second material receiving device. The device is designed in cooperation with the horizontal conveying unit and the segmentation unit through the clamping member, so that the device can adapt to the segmentation of carcasses of different specifications, is simple to install, has high work efficiency, ensures high segmentation quality, and improves the safety of workers.
Owner:SHANDONG YIKE INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT CO LTD