Abstract: A liquid basting injector for poultry or the like has a liquid container in which an inflatable bladder is positioned for cyclic inflation and deflation to effect pumping of liquid from the container through an outlet control air is provided through a shuttle valve from a line and a liquid control valve to injector needle. Control signal line connected to a delay means which vents the control line periodically to shift the liquid control valve to a closed position and to also shift an air control valve connected to the inflatable bladder to permit the bladder to be cyclically inflated and deflated to effect a pumping operation from the container. During deflation the container is refilled with fluid which during a cleaning mode of operation will be cleaning fluid but will be basting fluid during a basting mode of operation.

Abstract: A V-shaped wire bail has first and second leg hooks engageable with the legs of a dressed fowl and a circular wire loop at its apex fitable over an elongated plastic tubular bail anchor extending upwardly through the back of the fowl with canted tab means engaging the loop to retain the bail means so as to hold the bail and the fowl legs in the body cavity. Apparatus for positioning the bail against the legs includes clamp cylinders for moving pusher plates against the legs to position the legs and a carrier cylinder for moving an individual bail member downwardly to hook the leg hooks over the legs with a punch cylinder being activated to punch an aperture through the back of the fowl adjacent the spinal column following which a cylinder below the fowl is actuated to insert the anchor means in retaining position with respect to the fowl and the bail.

Abstract: A liquid basting injector for poultry or the like has a reservoir of liquid basting material connected by a conduit to a hollow cylindrical dispensing chamber in which a dispensing piston and rod are mounted for reciprocation; power cylinder means has a power rod connected to the dispensing piston and rod for reciprocating same to draw a measured amount of basting material into the chamber and then dispense it through an injector needle connected to the chamber by a flexible hose. An adjustable stop is positioned to be engaged by the upper end of the power rod of the power cylinder for limiting the extent of movement of the power cylinder and the dispensing piston to adjust the amount of liquid basting material drawn into the dispensing chamber in accordance with a predetermined value dependent upon the weight of the poultry into which the liquid basting material is to be injected.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing contamination from the body cavity of poultry includes means providing a source of pressurized water to a rotary vertical pipe having central nozzle means mounted on its upper end and to fixed side nozzles positioned adjacent opposite sides of the central nozzle with a fowl supporting and positioning rack means being positioned over the nozzles; the abdominal cavity of a fowl is positioned over the supporting and positioning rack means which is oscillated while water is ejected from the nozzles with sufficient force to remove the kidneys and contamination from the body cavity. In a second embodiment the side nozzles oscillate about the axis of the rotary vertical pipe and the supporting and positioning rack is stationary.