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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4024603 | Low noise vacuum lung machine A viscera removal apparatus for poultry having a preformed access opening to their body cavity including a conveying and positioning means for successively moving poultry along a prescribed path; a plurality of vacuum operated tool assemblies; carriage me... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024053 | Apparatus and method for detecting and dispensing articles of preselected weights suspended from shackles Apparatus is disclosed for detecting and dispensing articles of preselected weights suspended from shackles movable along a path by conveyor means. The apparatus comprises scale means for successively weighing the shackles and articles at a weighing stati... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3992752 | Vacuum eviscerator method A lung removal method for poultry in which an access opening to their body cavity has been formed at their vent including the steps of supporting poultry by its hocks and at an access opening at the vent so as to locate the access opening in a fixed plane... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3986231 | Poultry processing method A method of processing poultry including conveying the poultry in a head lowermost position successively along a prescribed path, moving a processing tool synchronously with each of the birds, moving the tool through a series of predetermined positions wi... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3965534 | Poultry neck breaking machine A method is disclosed for breaking the necks of fowl being conveyed along a conveyor line in an inverted position for processing. The method comprises the steps of positioning neck gripping guide bars about opposite sides of a fowl neck, converging the ne... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3943599 | Method and apparatus for seating poultry feather plucking fingers A method is disclosed for mounting a resilient poultry feather plucking finger to a rigid finger support with a peripheral groove in a head portion of the finger seated snugly within an aperture in the finger support and with an elongation portion of the ... | 03/16/1976 |
