Patent ID: 7066805

Claim:
An apparatus for the processing of poultry carcasses, said apparatus comprising: a finger plate comprising at least one finger hole, a first side, a second side, and at least one locking bolt, at least one finger, comprising an oversized finger base and a finger shank, wherein said finger is threaded through said at least one finger hole, such that said base substantially abuts said first side of said finger plate, with said shank extending from said second side, and a base plate, having a front side, a rear side, and at least one aperture, at least one centrifugal locking mechanism affixed to said base plate, wherein at least one locking bolt can be inserted into said at least one aperture, thereby retaining said locking bolt within said at least one centrifugal locking mechanism, and compressively retaining said finger base between said base plate and said finger plate, and wherein said centrifugal locking mechanism tightens around said at least one locking bolt when said apparatus is operationally rotated about an axis defined by said at least one locking bolt.