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System and method for transferring poultry legs
A system and method for transferring poultry legs from a supply conveyor to a discharge conveyor. The poultry transfer unit comprises a transfer body configured for continuously moving. The poultry transfer unit comprises at least one carrier engaging to the transfer body, such that the at least one carrier in a transporting mode moves along with the transfer body and in a buffering mode moves relative to the transfer body. The at least one carrier comprises a gripper for receiving the poultry leg. The at least one carrier further comprises resistance means having a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor is driven by a motion of the carrier relative to the transfer body, and wherein the stator is stationary with respect to the carrier.
Owner:FOODMATE
System for suspending poultry through foot in shackle of transfer line
PendingCN120642868APoultry shacklesPoultry processing support devicesAnimal scienceMechanical engineering
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
ActiveUS12419315B2Meat packaging/handling/transportingControl devices for conveyorsElectric machineryProcess engineering
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
ActiveUS20250287962A1Poultry shacklesPoultry processing support devicesClassical mechanicsDomestic bird
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
Ultrasonic knife-assisted poultry carcass multi-part flexible humanoid segmentation device and ultrasonic knife-assisted poultry carcass multi-part flexible humanoid segmentation method
ActiveCN119896245AMaterial analysis using wave/particle radiationBiological modelsAnimal scienceMedicine
The invention provides an ultrasonic knife assisted poultry carcass multi-part flexible humanoid segmentation device and method, and relates to the technical field of poultry raw meat pretreatment intelligent processing, and the device comprises a poultry carcass online circulating conveying module which comprises a vertical double-track annular guide rail conveying line and a special-shaped annular guide rail; the poultry carcass multi-part anti-deviation clamping module is mounted on the vertical double-rail annular guide rail conveying line and is used for fixing poultry carcasses at multiple points, controlling a clamp to loosen under the action of the special-shaped annular guide rail after the poultry carcasses pass through the cutting stations, and respectively collecting poultry carcass parts; the poultry carcass scanning imaging and cutting path planning module is used for carrying out scanning imaging on poultry carcasses, generating a cutting path planning instruction set according to image data obtained through scanning and sending the cutting path planning instruction set to the lower computer; and the ultrasonic knife four-dimensional movement flexible humanoid segmentation module comprises a lower computer and a four-axis platform ultrasonic knife segmentation device, and the lower computer plans an instruction set according to the cutting path and controls the four-axis platform ultrasonic knife segmentation device to carry out flexible humanoid segmentation on multiple parts of the poultry carcass.
Owner:INST OF AGRO FOOD SCI & TECH CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRI SCI +2
Poultry Shackle
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
ActiveUS20250331527A1Poultry shacklesPoultry transferring/conveying devicesAgricultural engineeringStructural engineering
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
Thigh meat peeling device and thigh meat peeling method
To provide a leg meat detachment device and method capable of improving quality of leg meat of deboned poultry, improving a detachment yield of a meat part from a shank, and further improving a processing speed.SOLUTION: A leg meat detachment device 1 comprises: an ankle holding part 2 for holding an ankle A of leg meat M of poultry; a meat pressing part 3 for pressing a meat part Mp in the vicinity of the ankle A; a meat insertion part 5 which is inserted into a space between the meat part Mp pressed by the meat pressing part 3 and the shank, and detaches the meat part Mp from the shank; and a meat cutting part 6 for cutting the meat part Mp in the vicinity of the ankle A .SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:MAYEKAWA MFG CO LTD
Poultry processing apparatus and method
ActiveUS12520852B2Poultry shacklesPoultry transferring/conveying devicesAgricultural engineeringStructural engineering
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 and method for article processing using suspension
PendingCN120187656AMeat packaging/handling/transportingControl devices for conveyorsProcess engineeringPlanar motor
A system (100) and method for processing articles using magnetic levitation includes moving a carrier (110) having drive magnets over an array of planar motors (104). The food piece (116) on the carrier is moved through the processing step. The system determines the weight of a number of food pieces and coordinates and arranges batches of food pieces totaling the desired weight from the assembly of available food pieces and presents selected food pieces to an operator (210) for further processing. The system moves the carrier to engage the food piece with a processing device, such as for attachment to a poultry shackle (242) or for cutting by a slicer.
Owner:BAADER FOOD SYST USA INC
System for hanging poultry
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
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
ActiveCN119054729BPoultry shacklesPoultry transferring/conveying devicesAnimal scienceMechanical engineering
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
Device for changing the axial orientation of suspended food products and device for transporting suspended food products
The present invention relates to a device (10) for changing the axial orientation of foodstuffs (30), comprising a base body (11) with a product section (12) for hanging foodstuffs (30) by means of at least one holding element (13) attachable to the product section (12) and a transport section (14) for attaching the device (10) to a conveying device (15), wherein the device (10) comprises a rotary mechanism (17) configured for rotating the product section (12) and a release element (20) variable between at least a first release position (18) and a second release position (19), comprising at least one release section (21) and at least one transmission element (22) connected to the at least one release element (20), wherein the at least one transmission element (22) is operatively connected to the product section (12) in such a way thatthat at least when the triggering element (20) changes from the first triggering position (18) to the second triggering position (19), a change in the product section (12) is formed by means of the at least one transmission element (22) for at least partial axial rotation of the orientation of the product section (12). Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding device (100) for conveying foodstuffs (30).
Owner:BAADER POULTRY HLDG GMBH
Cutting equipment for food processing
The invention relates to the technical field of poultry product rough machining, in particular to food processing cutting equipment which comprises a base, a back frame is slidably connected to the inner side of the base, a grabbing clamp is arranged at the top of the back frame, a pressing frame is slidably connected to the inner side of the base, and a transmission frame is arranged at the top of the right side of the base. The top of the transmission frame is provided with a cutting assembly, the rear side of the base is fixedly connected with a side frame, the inner side of the side frame is fixedly connected with a vertical guide rail, the front side of the vertical guide rail is provided with an electric sliding block, and the front side of the electric sliding block is fixedly connected with a slitting assembly. The cutting equipment for food processing has the working mode that the equipment can be rapidly fixed and limited on a poultry processing hanging frame, the equipment can be completely cut open or cut open along the abdomen according to needs, meanwhile, bone tissue is not prone to being clamped when being cut, and the cutting efficiency is improved. And when opening cutting is carried out, excessive damage is not prone to occurring.
Owner:CHAOHU YIHONG FOOD 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
PendingCN121100978APoultry cleaning/disinfectionMeat/fish preservation using liquidsAnimal scienceZoology
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
Apparatus and method for processing poultry carcasses
An apparatus and method for processing poultry carcasses with a slaughter opening located between the legs includes a drivable transport conveyor for continuously conveying the carcasses, at least one holding apparatus on the transport conveyor for holding the carcasses, and a processing station. The station includes an engagement basic body rotatably mounted on a rotary axis and at least one engagement element. The engagement element is configured for at least partial engagement with the slaughter opening. During the at least partial engagement of the at least one engagement element with the carcass a widening of the slaughter opening is effected while maintaining the continuous conveyance with the generation of a torque. The engagement basic body is configured for receiving the torque. If the torque exceeds a predetermined torque, the engagement basic body is automatically released from the slaughter opening by rotation of the engagement basic body about the rotary axis.
Owner:BAADER POULTRY HLDG GMBH
Meat separator and device for stripping meat part from bone-in meat
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
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
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
InactiveCN120513999APoultry cleaning/disinfectionBlood collection/stirring apparatusAnimal scienceZoology
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
ActiveCN119896245BMaterial analysis using wave/particle radiationBiological modelsAnimal scienceMedicine
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
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
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