Patent ID: 8708785
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A22C,B65G

Abstract:
1. A processing apparatus for poultry, comprising: one or more transfer units, each transfer unit having a side placed intermediate a first line and a side placed intermediate a subsequent second line, the one or more transfer units configured for conveying poultry from the first line to the second line, wherein both the first line and the second line are selected from the group comprising a slaughtering line, an evisceration line, a chilling line, a sorting line, a cutup line, and another type of line or lines; wherein each transfer unit comprises a supply station located along the side of the first line; a discharge station located along the side of the second line; wherein the circulating support is arranged to convey the transfer means between the supply station and the discharge station and vice versa, wherein the circulating support comprises at least one material that is magnetically conductive, and wherein the transfer means are provided with at least one magnet configured to induce eddy currents in the circulating support that counteracts relative motion between the transfer means and the circulating support.