Patents Assigned to Meyn Machinenfabriek, B.V.
  • Patent number: 4468838
    Abstract: A bird cutting plant comprises an endless conveyer (1) with equidistantly spaced apart bird suspension means (3) from which the birds are suspended upside down for transport through at least one cutting station (II-V). Each suspension means (3) includes two yokes (8) secured to the conveyer (1) and adapted to receive the birds' lower legs, the connecting line of said yokes extending transversely of the direction of movement of the conveyer, and the spacing between said yokes along said connecting line being sufficient to make said yokes hold the lower legs of a bird suspended in this manner stretched apart, but at the same time hold the bird freely swingable, in the conveying direction, on the distal enlarged end portions of the lower legs. Said yokes (8) include guide means (9-12) adapted to guide the cut bird parts out of the yokes when subjected to a force acting against the direction of the force of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Meyn Machinenfabriek, B.V.
    Inventors: Stig Sjostrom, Allan Thornqvist