Patent ID: 9532581
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A22C

Claim:
1. A method for removing entrails from an abdominal cavity of poultry using an evisceration tool, the evisceration tool comprising a pair of arms having parallel body axes, each arm extending longitudinally between a first end and a second end, the entrails comprising a heart, liver, gizzard, pre-gizzard and oesophagus, the method comprising: suspending the poultry by legs of the poultry in a first conveyor; moving an evisceration tool into the abdominal cavity of the poultry; clamping the entrails by rotating the arms of the evisceration tool towards each other while maintaining the body axes of the arms parallel to each other; removing the evisceration tool from the abdominal cavity of the poultry so as to remove the entrails from the abdominal cavity; lifting, at least in part, the entrails up and away from the second end of each arm of the evisceration tool after the removing of the evisceration tool from the abdominal cavity; and gripping and taking the entrails from the evisceration tool.