Patent ID: 6010398
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
A device for holding poultry carcass for the purpose of processing them, comprising:a suspension conveyor, the suspension conveyor configured to convey the poultry carcasses along a predetermined conveyance path;a number of shackles, the shackles suspend from the suspension conveyor and are arranged so as to be able to rotate about an essentially vertical shackle shaft, each shackle having at least one receptacle configured to engage said poultry carcasses;a number of control elements, the control elements arranged stationary along the conveyance path which enter into connection with the receptacles on each shackle bringing about a rotational motion in the process;a number of plate elements, each plate element positioned on one of the receptacles as a collar on the shackle shaft with tappets, the tappets projecting on a circle concentric with the shackle shaft at an equal division and in an equal number from the bottom side and the top side of the plate element, the tappets having an arrangement which is chosen such that the tappets of the top side are arranged offset by half a division from those of the bottom side; andcam elements, the cam elements associated with the control elements, the cam elements each having an end-face cam and being arranged at the sides of the conveyance path and oppositely mirror-symmetrical directly adjacent to the path of the plate element and each enter into contact essentially simultaneously with a tappet of the top side and the next successive tappet of the bottom side in the rotational direction of the shackle.