Patent ID: 11871758
Assignee: MAREL POULTRY B.V.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A poultry transfer mechanism for transferring poultry bodies from a first poultry transport line to a second poultry transport line, the poultry transfer mechanism comprising:
at least one track; and
shuttles moveable along the track, wherein the shuttles comprise carriers, and each carrier is configured for carrying one leg of a poultry body such that a poultry body to be transferred is carryable by a pair of carriers,
wherein each shuttle has one carrier of the pair of carriers such that a pair of shuttles comprises the pair of carriers for carrying the poultry body, and
wherein the poultry transfer mechanism is configured to vary the distance between the carrier of a first shuttle and the carrier of a second shuttle of each pair of shuttles for varying the distance between the legs of the poultry body.