Poultry processing method and apparatus with multi- purpose shackle
CA 1233960 A · Owner: Foodcraft Equipment Company, Inc. · Inventors: Martin, Eugene G.
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An apparatus for use in deboning eviscerated dressed poultry carcasses includes an overhead conveyor from which a plurality of deboning shackle assemblies are suspended. Each deboning shackle assembly includes a shackle bar supporting a holding cone and a hock shackle. The cone and shackle are positioned on opposite sides of a processing line defined by the conveyor. An endless conveyor is positioned beneath the overhead conveyor to receive poultry parts removed from carcasses suspended on the shackle assembly. A leg processing machine may be positioned along the line to receive carcass hindquarters.
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- Granted March 15, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 15, 2005.
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