Patent ID: 8066556
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising a scalding tunnel for scalding slaughtered poultry including a conveyor located therein running past a system of nozzles for applying a scalding agent to the poultry, the tunnel including a first scalding zone with rows of nozzles for spraying hot water on the poultry, succeeding scalding zones for applying a scalding agent having mutually different temperatures to the poultry, and nozzles for blowing warm humid air on specific sub areas of the poultry; and wherein a temperature of the scalding agent in a first of the succeeding scalding zones is about 60° C., and a temperature of the scalding agent in a second of the succeeding scalding zones is about 50° C. and the first of the succeeding scalding zones includes a first plucking station for plucking feathers from the specific sub areas of the poultry.