摘要 |
A gizzard processing apparatus comprising a feed section with means for detaching and removing the entrails attached to the gizzards, and a conveying section for advancing the gizzards from the feed section to a peeling section in which the lining is removed from the gizzards. The conveying section includes a rotating knife for cutting open the gizzards longitudinally thereof, spreading members for spreading apart the two halves of the cut-open gizzards and rotating brushes for cleaning the inside of the gizzards. A gizzard guide plate extends from the detaching means of the feed section to the cutting knife at the level of the horizontal path of travel of the gizzards through the feed section and a pair of conveying shafts with helical ribs longitudinal extend above the guide plate to engage the gizzards at the upper side thereof and to advance the same whereby the gizzards are moved through the apparatus along a continuous straight path. |