Patent ID: 6168510
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
A poultry defeathering device comprising: an enclosure having a top, a bottom, a front wall, a back wall opposite said front wall, and sides connecting said front wall to said back wall and said top to said bottom, said enclosure containing a cylinder opening, said enclosure further containing a plurality of apertures providing air passages through said enclosure, said apertures sized to substantially inhibit the passage of feathers through said apertures; a defeathering cylinder having a plurality of defeathering fingers extending substantially radially therefrom, said cylinder having an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to said fingers, said cylinder rotatably positioned relative to said cylinder opening such that during at least a portion of each revolution of said cylinder, said fingers extend at least partially from said enclosure, and such that during at least a portion of each revolution of said cylinder, said fingers extend at least partially into said enclosure; and a power source operatively connected to said cylinder whereby said cylinder may be rotated about its axis of rotation to drive air through said cylinder opening and said apertures.