摘要:
Aparatus for cutting out the vent of a fowl, having at least one cutting means with a hollow cylindrical knife rotating about a center pin, which is axially reciprocable and rotatable relative to the knife, and a helical hook concentrically mounted within the knife and rigidly coupled with the pin; the relative movement of the center pin and the knife being controlled in such manner, that the center pin is first inserted into the vent opening of the fowl and than rotated over a limited angle, so that the hook grips the vent in a corkscrew-like manner, after which the hook holding the vent and the knife are moved towards each other, so that the vent is cut out, and finally the knife and the pin are withdrawn and the cut out vent is released by rotating the hook in the opposite direction while restraining the vent.
摘要:
An apparatus for processing filleted flatfish comprises a conveyor means for the fillets and processing devices positioned beside the conveyor means. The processing devices preferably in the form of rotating brush means that move in a plane perpendicularly to the plane of transport of the fillets, remove the fat brims of the fillets.
摘要:
A gizzard processing apparatus comprising a feed section with means for detaching and removing the entrails attached to the gizzards, and a conveying section for advancing the gizzards from the feed section to a peeling section in which the lining is removed from the gizzards. The conveying section includes a rotating knife for cutting open the gizzards longitudinally thereof, spreading members for spreading apart the two halves of the cut-open gizzards and rotating brushes for cleaning the inside of the gizzards. A gizzard guide plate extends from the detaching means of the feed section to the cutting knife at the level of the horizontal path of travel of the gizzards through the feed section and a pair of conveying shafts with helical ribs longitudinal extend above the guide plate to engage the gizzards at the upper side thereof and to advance the same whereby the gizzards are moved through the apparatus along a continuous straight path.
摘要:
The apparatus for removing the cut off feet of a fowl from an overhead conveyor shackle is mounted in a 180.degree. curve of the overhead conveyor and has a clamping wheel driven by the conveyor and cooperating with a stationary clamping bar for holding the shackle against any movement relative to the conveyor. The apparatus further has a plurality of unloading members, each supported by a slide block slidably mounted on vertical guides revolving with the clamping wheel. As a slide block is moved upwards the unloading member vertically wipes along the shackle held by the clamping wheel and the clamping bar, thereby tilting the feet out of the shackle.
摘要:
An apparatus for packing fowl in plastic bags. The machine has a magazine holding a stack of plastic bags, a funnel and a plunger for pushing a bird through the funnel into the top most bag in the magazine, which has been blown open and mechanically put onto the narrow end of the funnel. The machine further comprises a clamp for holding the bagged bird, pincers for grabbing and holding the open end of the bag and a slotted counter pressure plate for sliding over the end of the bag between the clamp and the pincers. After bagging the bird the pincers pull the bag tight over the bird, which is held back by the plate, after which the clamp and the plate together make an adjustable number of revolutions relative to the pincers to twist the bag. Finally the clamp, the plate and the pincers are moved together to a tieing unit which automatically ties the bag with tape or a metal clip.
摘要:
An apparatus for breaking the neck and making a transverse incision in the skin of the neck of a fowl, which is hanging by the legs from a shackle of an overhead conveyor. The apparatus has a plurality of working units diposed for rotation about a vertical central shaft in synchronization with the overhead conveyor. Each working unit has a slide block slidably mounted on a pair of vertical slide bars. The slide block supports an axially movable rod extending radially outwards from the slide block and is provided with a transversely extending blade for catching the neck of a passing fowl and pulling the neck against the slide block, thereby breaking the neck and making the incision in the skin thereof.
摘要:
Apparatus for weighing fowl hanging from shackles of a continuously moving overhead conveyor, having a plurality of balance arms extending radially outwards from the vertical central axis of the apparatus and being pivotably supported by slide blocks mounted on vertical guide bars rotating about the central axis and driven by the overhead conveyor. The outer ends of the balance arms are adapted, while moving along with the conveyor at the same speed, to catch and lift the shackles so that they are no longer connected with the conveyor, by moving the slide blocks upwards, and the inner ends of the balance arms are adapted to come to bear on a load cell located in the central axis when released by a locking member.
摘要:
Automatic vent cutting machine for poultry, cooperating with an overhead conveyor carrying birds by the ankle joints, having at least one cutting unit moving along with the conveyor and reciprocatable towards and away from the bird, the cutting unit having a hollow cylindrical knife concentrically rotatable about a center pin, in which the knife is axially reciprocatable relative to the center pin, and in which the tip of the center pin to be inserted into the vent opening of the bird is provided with a tapering external helical flight and is rotatable in a direction opposite to the rotation of the knife, so that in operation first the tip of the slowly rotating center pin is inserted, after which the fastly rotating knife shoots out over the tip of the center pin and cuts out the vent, during which the friction between the rotating tip of the center pin and the vent prevents the vent from rotating with the knife, then the knife and the center pin are stopped and retracted from the bird, thereby pulling the cut out vent, which is locked between the knife and the flight of the center pin, out of the bird together with the gut attached to the vent, and finally the vent is released by pulling the knife back from the tip of the center pin. The machine further has for each cutting unit two cooperating positioning members for positioning the bird relative to the cutting unit, one of which bears on the breast of the bird and pushes it under the cutting unit, whereas the other positioning member bears on the back of the bird and pushes it back briefly at the moment the tip of the center pin and/or the knife is inserted in order to bring the vent opening staight below the center pin, respectively in order to bring the rose-bud within the radius of the knife.
摘要:
An apparatus for removing from an overhead conveyor a fowl which is supported by ankle joints in the hooks at the lower end of a conveyor hanger. The fowl is carried along a stationary guide rail bearing against the fowl's legs while the conveyor hanger is held against movement relative to the path of this conveyor. The guide rail is shaped in such manner that the fowl is tilted away from the conveyor hanger by the guide rail as it is carried along by the conveyor so that the ankle joints of the fowl are lifted out of the hooks of the conveyor hanger one by one.
摘要:
Apparatus for cutting out the vent of a fowl having at least one cutting means, having a hollow cylindrical knife rotating about a center pin, being axially reciprocable relative to the knife and being provided with an onion-shaped knob at its lower end; a clamping sleeve being axially slidable mounted on the center pin with the rotating knife; the relative movements of the center pin, the clamping sleeve and the knife being controlled in such manner that the center pin and the sleeve are first moved together towards the fowl until the center pin, whch protrudes over some distance from the sleeve is inserted into the vent opening and the lower edge of the sleeve contacts the fowl's vent, after which the center pin is drawn into the sleeve, so that the vent is firmly clamped between them, the center pin and the sleeve then are withdrawn over a short distance while the rotating knife is moved towards the fowl and is withdrawn again after cutting out the vent and finally the pin is pushed out of the sleeve again to release the vent.