Abstract: An apparatus for removing the skin from animal parts, such as from poultry thighs, comprises a rotary turntable for supporting the poultry thighs and for conveying them along a path in a forward direction and a pair of counter-rotating peeler rollers positioned beneath the turntable. The rotary turntable has an aperture formed therein and a vacuum means positioned adjacent the rollers for drawing a portion of the skin of the poultry part through the aperture and toward the rollers to reliably engage the skin of the poultry part in the peeler rollers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 11, 1991
Date of Patent:
March 30, 1993
Assignee:
Stork Gamco, Inc.
Inventors:
Godefridus W. Verbakel, Thomas G. Jacobs, Robert J. Conklin, Raymond F. Strawn