System, method, and carousel device for skin removal from defeathered whole leg or drumstick poultry products

摘要

A system for skin removal from defeathered whole leg or drumstick poultry products, includes a poultry products conveyor including a track including a circle arc track portion, and a series of poultry product carriers which are spaced apart from one another in the direction of the track and which are movable along said track. Each poultry product carrier is adapted to hold at least one defeathered whole leg or drumstick poultry product at the ankle joint thereof such that the poultry product is conveyed hanging from said carrier. A carousel skin removal device is arranged along the track of the poultry products conveyor at the circle arc track portion and adapted to remove skin from whole leg or drumstick poultry products held and conveyed by the poultry products conveyor.

主权项

1. A system for skin removal from defeathered whole leg or drumstick poultry products, wherein the system comprises:
a poultry products conveyor comprising:
a track; anda series of poultry product carriers which are spaced apart from one another in the direction of the track and which are movable along said track, wherein each poultry product carrier is adapted to hold at least one defeathered whole leg or drumstick poultry product at the ankle joint thereof such that the poultry product is conveyed hanging from said carrier; and a skin removal device arranged along the track of the poultry products conveyor and adapted to remove skin from whole leg or drumstick poultry products held and conveyed by said poultry products conveyor, wherein the skin removal device comprises:
multiple skin removal assemblies, wherein each skin removal assembly is adapted to remove skin from a whole leg or drumstick poultry product and wherein each skin removal assembly comprises at least one rotary driven skinning roller having an axis of rotation and at least one counter skinning member adjacent said at least one skinning roller; anda pressing device adapted to cause a contact pressure between the whole leg or drumstick poultry product and the skinning roller and counter skinning member of a skin removal assembly, wherein the poultry products conveyor is provided with a circle arc track portion, wherein the skin removal device comprises a carousel skin removal device which is arranged at said circle arc track portion, wherein the carousel skin removal device comprises:
a main frame;a skin removal assemblies support structure, which is journaled on said main frame to revolve about a vertical main axis; anda drive assembly adapted to cause a revolving motion of the skin removal assemblies support structure that is synchronized with the passage of the poultry product carriers along the circle arc track portion of the track, and wherein the skin removal assemblies support structure supports said multiple skin removal assemblies in a circular arrangement thereon, wherein the skin removal assemblies are distributed corresponding to the positions of the whole leg or drumstick poultry products held by the poultry product carriers of the conveyor in their passage along the circle arc track portion of the track, such that each skin removal assembly moves along with a whole leg or drumstick poultry product during the skin removal process.