摘要 |
A plurality of birds suspended from an overhead conveyor are received in series at the work stations 30 of the outer rotatable work cylinder 29 of the eviscerator. Bird holders 105 are moved by stationary cams 100 and 119 to hold the birds at each work station for an arc of travel of approximately 180 DEG about the eviscerator, and eviscerator tools 74 are moved by stationary cams 19 and 22 down into the cavity of each bird and then extracted therefrom to remove the viscera from the bird. A pair of vertical guide bars 37 are carried at each work station within the work cylinder and the upper and lower carriages 41 and 94 which support the eviscerator tools 74 and bird holders 105 reciprocate along the lengths of the guide bars. The work cylinder can be progressively raised or lowered by the simultaneous rotation of work cylinder mounting rods 28.
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