Abstract: The poultry stunner described herein comprises a poultry conveyor and an electrolyte bath below the conveyor and means for applying an electric potential between the conveyor and the bath so as to stun birds on the conveyor as their heads are passed through the bath. The electrolyte bath is continuously aerated and a drainage rack at the end of the basin recovers electrolyte that would otherwise be lost.

Abstract: A gizzard harvester is disclosed having a pair of opposed conveyors for receiving a gizzard and holding the same against rotation as the gizzard is advanced onto a rotating cone spindle which both washes foreign matter from the gizzard and removes its lining by rotating the lining with respect to the gizzard. Washing ports are provided at the tip of the cone, which ports also assist removal of the liner from the spindle.

Abstract: A gizzard harvester is disclosed having a support receiving a gizzard and holding the same against rotation as the gizzard is lowered onto a rotating cone spindle which both washes foreign matter from the gizzard and removes its lining by rotating the lining with respect to the gizzard. A mechanism for advancing the gizzard onto the spindle includes a laterally split device whose halves are biased together by spring tension so that the gizzard remains restrained as it is forced downward over the cone. Washing parts are provided at the tip of the cone, which ports also assist removal of the liner from the spindle.