| 摘要 |
1. Installation which enables carcasses of animals, particularly of poultry (20), to advance continuously in front of operators, and in which said carcasses are suspended from an endless chain of the like (5) via hooking devices (1), each of these hooking devices being constituted by an upper rod (2) connected to said chain, by a lower rod (3) capable of carrying a carcass (20) and by an articulation mechanism (4) allowing a relative movement of rotation of the lower rod (3) about its axis with respect to the upper rod (2), projecting fingers (17, 18) being provided on the periphery of the lower rod (3), and stop means (21a, 22a) and guiding means (21, 22) being distributed along the path of said fingers to cooperate therewith and to make it possible to give the carcasses (20), automatically and successively, a plurality of determined fixed orientations, characterized in that also provided are means (10) for articulation of the lower part (2_b) of the upper rod (2) about a pin (11) at right angles to said rod (2) and means (12) for locking said articulation means (10) and in that unlocking means (23) are provided along the path of said hooking devices to unlock the means (12), whilst guide ramps (24, 25, 26) are provided to fold and maintain in folded position the lower part (2_b) of the upper rod (2) and the lower rod (3) with respect to the upper part (2_a) of the upper rod (2), the lower rod (3) being able to rotate on itself in said folded position of the lower part (2_b). |
