| 摘要 |
<p>APPARATUS FOR BREAKING THE NECK OF A FOWL of the disclosure An apparatus for breaking the neck and making a transverse incision in the skin of the neck af a fowl, which is hanging by the legs from a shackle of an overhead conveyor. The apparatus has a plurality of working units disposed for rotation about a vertical central shaft in synchronisation with the overhead conveyor. Each working unit has a slide block slidably mounted on a pair of vertikal slide bars. The slide block supports a axially movable rod extending radially outwards from the slide block and is provided with a transversely extending blade for catching the neck of a passing fowl and pulling the neck against the slide block, thereby breaking the neck and making the incision in the skin thereof.</p> |
