An Improved Apparatus for Drawing the Sinews from the Legs of Turkeys and other Poultry.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 30th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 29th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 30th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Drawing the Sinews from the Legs
of Turkeys and other Poultry.
We WALTER BENNETT of 118 Newgate Street Poulterer, and HENRY
COLLISON of 62 Holborn Viaduct Gentleman, both in the City of London do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an apparatus with which the sinews of the legs
of turkeys and other dead poultry can be easily extracted. We accomplish this
object as follows. We provide a frame of iron, or other suitable metal, of a con-
venient length, the upper and lower end of which respectively is firmly attached to
a suitable block. Each block is fastened to.the wall by any convenient means, the
frame being about two inches free of the wall. In the centre of the frame is
another block to which two cheeks of iron or other suitable material are pivoted.
These cheeks extend some length beyond the sides of the frame, and between them
at one side the end of a lever-handle of iron or other suitable material is inserted
and held in position by screws and nuts or other suitable means. The upper end
of an iron shaft of a convenient length is attached to the checks underneath the
end of the lever handle...
The lower end of this shaft is attached to crank pieces fixed to a suitable block
travelling up and down freely in the half of the frame below the centre of the
cheeks.
On the outer one of these crank pieces a furcated piece of iron or other suitable
material is fixed. On the other side of the frame is a corresponding shaft to that
hereinbefore mentioned, and which shaft is attached to the aforesaid checks and
also to crank pieces fastened to a suitable block travelling up and down freely in
the portion of the frame above the centre of the cheeks..
On the outer one of these crank pieces is fastened a furcated piece of iron or other
suitable material. The claw of the fowl is placed in the upper one of the furcated
pieces, the leg of the fowl extends downwards and the knee is outside the lower
furcated piece. The lever handle is then operated with the effect that the furcated
pieces gripping the claw and knee are pulled further apart from each other and
thereby wrench the sinews from the leg of the fowl which is being operated
upon.
Deted this 20th dor of Tule 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Drawing the Sinews from the Legs
of Turkeys and other Poultry.
We WALTER BENNETT of 118 Newgate Street Poulterer, and HENRY
COLLISON of 62 Holborn Viaduct Gentleman both in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement—
This invention has for its object an apparatus with which the sinews of the legs
of turkeys and other dead poultry can be extracted easily. In order that the
invention may be readily understood we refer to the accompanying drawing which
is a front view of the apparatus. The apparatus is constructed as follows. We

page_text: provide a frame, a, Fig. 1 of iron or other suitable metal of a convenient length the
upper and lower ends respectively of which are firmly attached to suitable
blocks, a¹, a¹ each of which is fastened to the wall by any convenient means, the
frme being about two inches free of the wall. In the centre of the frame is another
block to which two cheeks of iron or other suitable metal b, b, are pivoted.
These cheeks extend some length beyond the sides of the frame, and between
them at one side the end of a lever handle, c, of iron is inserted, and held in position
by screws and nuts or other suitable means. The upper end of an iron shaft, d,
of a convenient length is attached to the checks, underneath the end of the lever
handle. The lower end of this shaft is attached to crank pieces e, e fixed to a suit-
able block travelling up and down freely in the half of the frame below the centre
of the checks. On the outer one of these crank pieces a furcated piece, f, of iron is
fixed. On the other side of the frame is a corresponding shaft to that hereinbefore
mentioned, and which shaft is attached to the cheeks, and also to crank pieces
fastened to a suitable block travelling up and down freely in the portion of the
frame above the centre of the checks. On the outer one of these crank pieces is
fastened a furcated piece, g, of iron. The claw of the fowl is placed in the upper
one of the two furcated pieces, the leg of the fowl extends downwards, and the
kuce is outside the lower one of the two furcated pieces. The lever handle is
then operated with the effect that the furcated pieces gripping the claw and knec
are pulled further apart from each other and thereby wrench the sinews from the
leg of the fowl which is being operated upon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. The apparatus hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing designed and constructed substantially as and for the purpose herein
specified.
2. The arrangement and combination of the parts of the apparatus hereinbefore
specified as and for the purpose herein stated.
WALTER BENNETT.
HENRY COLLISON.