Patent ID: 9237755
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A22C

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for carrying out a cleaning operation applied to the internal neck skin of slaughtered poultry by removing a windpipe, gullet, glandular tissue or remainders thereof, the poultry including legs by which the poultry is suspended, the apparatus comprising: suspension devices for suspending the poultry by the legs; a rotatable organ bore; a first drum having a periphery provided with a first curve formed by a first groove traced by a first projection that connects to the organ bore so as to arrange that movement of the organ bore along the periphery of the first drum causes the organ bore to be inserted from into a top of the poultry; presser means comprising a presser chock, which during the cleaning operation rests against the neck skin of the poultry at a breast side and pushes the neck skin of the poultry towards the organ bore; wherein the presser chock cooperates with a second drum provided with a second curve formed by a second groove traced by a second projection connected with the pressure chock so as to arrange that the pressure chock is adjustable in height by its movement along the periphery of the second drum; and wherein the first drum and the second drum have an adjustable distance with respect to each other.