Patent ID: 6951273

Claim:
A hanger bearing assembly for use in an auger type poultry chiller, the poultry chiller having an auger with a first flight and a second flight secured to an auger shaft, the first flight having a first flange plate and the second flight having a second flange pate, said hanger bearing comprising: a bearing disk secured between the first flange plate and the second flange plate; a bearing block disposed about said bearing disk; a lower bearing plate secured to the poultry chiller, the lower bearing plate having a support segment configured to receive said bearing block; an upper bearing plate configured to receive said bearing block; wherein said upper bearing plate is secured to said lower bearing plate, thereby maintaining said bearing block adjacent said bearing disk and securing the auger to said lower bearing plate, and a conical deflector mounted on said auger shaft adjacent said hangar bearing for urging the birds radially about said hangar bearing.