processing system and carrier device for processing slaughtered and plucked poultry carcasses compri

专利摘要:
PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PROCESSING SLAUGHTERED AND DEFINED BIRD CARCASES THAT UNDERSTANDS BIRD SUPPORT DEVICES AND BIRD PROCESSING DEVICES The present invention relates to a processing system (210) for processing slaughtered and fledged poultry bodies (152), the which comprises a plurality of processing devices (21) which, for processing-transporting the bodies of birds (152) separately from a main transmitting device (302), is designed with a processing-holding means (820) which are moving in a circular path. The processing system (210) has transfer stations (60; 61-66) arranged in succession along a main transmission line (20), in which the bodies of birds (152) are transported in a suspended manner by carrier devices (402). Each processing device (21) is assigned a transfer station (60; 61-66) which is formed by a transfer pair (601) which has two rotary transfer devices (602, 652). The first rotary transfer device (602) removes the bird bodies (152) from the carrier devices (402) and transfers them to the processing-holding means (820) of the processing device (21). The second rotary transfer device (652) removes the processed bird bodies (152) from the processing-retention medium (820) of the processing device (21) and transfers them to the carrier devices (402). Each device (...).
公开号:BR112015022363B1
申请号:R112015022363-0
申请日:2014-03-17
公开日:2021-02-02
发明作者:Antoine Jean Herman Winkelmolen
申请人:Linco Food Systems A/S；
IPC主号:

专利说明:

[0001] The present invention relates to a processing system for processing slaughtered and unstressed bird bodies, which comprises a main transmitting device that has carrier devices that are transmitted in succession along a main transmitting line and are configured, each one, for lateral transport of the bird body, in which each carrier device has a pair of carriers to suspend the bird body by paired appendages, as well as a plurality of processing devices.
[0002] The present invention also relates to a carrier device for the suspended lateral transport of a bird's body, in particular, configured to form the main transmitting device of a processing system according to the invention that has a plurality of such Carrier devices, comprising an upper portion which has a connecting member for connection to a transmitting line of a transmitting device, and a lower portion which has a pair of carriers with appendix receptors for suspending the bird's body by the paired appendages.
[0003] The invention is additionally directed to a processing device that is adapted and configured for use in a processing system according to the invention.
[0004] To carry out the processing / treatment (hereinafter referred to as processing) of slaughtered birds destined for consumption, specially configured systems that form facilities or machines are used. Bird processing comprises, in particular, the separation / removal of animal parts in order to separate desired parts of tissue from unwanted parts of tissue. In addition, pieces of meat and pieces of fabric that have been separated and can be used prudently are finished and packaged for sale to consumers.
[0005] The known poultry processing systems are equipped with a transmitting installation that has carrier devices to transport the slaughtered animals through different treatment stations or devices. The known carrier devices each have a pair of carriers, in particular in the form of carrier loops, which in pairs receive, in particular, hocks or ankle joints of the birds, in which the bird's body is then suspended by the paired appendages it is oriented with the rear end upwards and the front end downwards. The treatment stations are formed by processing devices, through which the animal parts or tissue parts are separated when the birds pass through the processing devices. In conventional poultry processing systems (treatment facilities), birds are suspended in the carrier device once and, always next to the carrier device, they are transported to all processing devices and, suspended in the carrier device, processed therein. Other processing devices are known to have two or more elevated / suspended transmitters each equipped with carrier devices, in which birds are transferred by transfer devices from one elevated / suspended transmitter to another. In such known systems, the speed of the treatment operation and the mechanical treatment of the birds are limited. The transmitting sections and devices need to be adapted in particular to the processing devices. In contrast, processing devices also need to be adapted and designed in particular for use in the transmitting section. The transport of the entire bird body during the processing / manipulation of the bird body through the carrier device of the raised / suspended transmitter also impairs the quality control or weighing of the birds in a total process.
[0006] The objectives of the invention are to provide a processing system for slaughtered and un-plucked bird bodies that is equipped to simplify and improve the handling and transport of bird bodies along a main transmission line. In particular, high transmitter speeds from a primary transmitting device must be achieved; the carrier devices of the main transmitting device must remain free of processing forces; the suspension of the carrying devices of the main transmitting device should be simplified; the loading and unloading of transmitter-carrier devices with the bodies of birds must be reliable and safe; transmitter-carrier devices must be universally configured for the transfer of bird bodies to processing devices and also for the removal of bird bodies from processing devices; the processing system should be ideally configured for the transport, positioning and processing of the bodies of birds for a plurality of processing operations, in particular for gutting, removal of intestines, cleaning, cutting and weighing; any adaptation of the main transmitter-carrier devices to the various individual processing operations must be unnecessary; Hygienic requirements must be met to a special degree. These objectives must be achieved in a mutually complementary manner.
[0007] In combination with these processing system features mentioned above, the objectives according to the invention are achieved by the fact that, for the processing-transport of the bodies of birds separately from the main transmitting device, the processing devices they are formed, each, with a processing-retention means that is mobile in a particular path, due to the fact that the system has at least two transfer stations that are arranged successively along the main transmission line and in which each one it has at least one associated processing device, where each transfer station is formed by a transfer pair that has two rotary transfer devices, namely, a first rotary transfer device which, in each case, in a tangential path, is arranged and configured to remove the bodies of birds from the carrier devices of the main transmission line and to transfer r the bird bodies removed to the processing-retention medium of an associated processing device, and a second rotary transfer device which, in each case, on a tangential path, is arranged and configured to remove the processed bird bodies from the processing-holding means of an associated said processing device and for transferring them to the mentioned carrier devices, which are free for the suspension of bird bodies, for additional lateral transport along the main transmission line.
[0008] The processing system according to the invention, which forms at least part of a treatment facility for the treatment of birds, comprises the succession of carrier devices, each of which transmits a bird body along the main transmission line from the main transmitting device (transmitting installation) to the processing devices, in particular it also comprises cutting stations, weighing devices and / or cleaning devices. The carrier device holds the bird's body firmly, for example, by the legs, with the cloaca at the top and the neck at the bottom. The transfer stations are configured to transfer the bird bodies to the processing devices and to remove them from the processing devices and transfer them to the carrier devices of the main transmitting device again. Each transfer station comprises the two rotating transfer devices, in a pair, which removes the bodies of birds from the carrying devices in a tangential path or suspends them in free carrying devices again. Similarly, a rotary transfer device transfers bird bodies to at least one processing device, and to another rotary transfer device in the pair receives all bird bodies from at least one processing device. The bodies of birds are processed independently or without any connection to the main transmitting device or the transmitting installation of the machine. The carrier devices are arranged, in particular, in close succession along the main transmission line regardless of processing requirements, so that the number of bird bodies that can be transmitted through the treatment facility is maximized. The first rotary transfer device is a rotating device of the carousel type, which is disposable in a rotatable manner, namely, with clamping devices that are movable along a particular path, immediately adjacent to the main transmission line of the main transmitting device. . The second rotary transfer device is preferably identical in construction to the first rotary transfer device.
[0009] In combination with the aforementioned features, a carrier device according to the invention, in particular as a multiple part of the aforementioned main transmitting device, is designed so that the carrier device has a carrier-control device that forms part of the carrier device and has at least one control element, and that each of the two carriers is configured with a controllable restraint device that is connected by means of at least one control element to the carrier-control device and which has at least one retaining member, which can be controlled by means of a mentioned control element, as part of the appendix receiver, wherein the appendix receiver, in an open position of the controllable retaining member, is open for insertion and removal of appendages without gripping and can be placed in contact, that is, in positive and / or non-positive engagement, with the appendices only in one pos closed connection of the retaining member.
[0010] A processing device according to the invention that is adapted and configured for use in a processing system according to the invention is designed, for processing-transport of the bodies of birds completely or separately from the elements of the main transmitting device , with a processing-retention medium that is mobile on a particular path, and the processing device has a control device to which the processing-retention medium is connected and is controllable in terms of its position depending on the path position along the particular path, in which at least three positions are provided, namely, an initial position to receive a bird body, at least one processing position to retain the bird body during processing, and a final position to remove the bird body of the processing device. The bodies of birds are positioned in a particular way by means of processing-retention. The configuration and layout are arranged, in particular, so that the bodies of birds can also be placed by means of controllable adjustment in positions of height (vertical positions), in horizontal positions and / or in positions between those positions. That is, each bird body is ideally and individually positioned on each tool, or in front of them, or, in general, of a processing medium, which also includes, for example, a positioning medium, a suction medium or fluid delivery means, entirely independent of a transmission means of the main transmission line, in particular, independently of the carrying devices, holding loops or the like carried successively in a line. In particular, processing is simplified, throughput is increased, processing quality is improved and the speed of operation is increased. Improved cleaning, in particular faster and more localized, is achieved, and maintenance and also, in particular, operational safety are simplified.
[0011] The transfer stations provided according to the invention, in combination with the independent processing devices equipped with their own transmitting / holding means, are of particular importance in terms of the mentioned advantages. It is essential that each transfer station is formed by a transfer pair that has the two rotating transfer devices. The transfer pair decouples a processing device or group of processing devices from the primary transmitting device. It is also essential that the removal or transfer of the bird bodies always takes place on a tangential path, in which the bird bodies are completely freed from the main transmitter-carrier devices, but that the main transmitter-carrier devices are configured to interact with the transfer pair so that they continue the main transmission when processing is complete or only during transport without processing. The transfer in a tangential path is characterized by the fact that each bird body, while continuing to be transported laterally, changes the transmitting path in a transfer zone with the same direction of transmission and in a continuous manner, that is, without a deviation on the route. The configuration is advantageous, so that, in each transfer zone, a clamping means and a holding / transmitting means overlap the clamping / holding openings. The carrier devices of the main transmitting device advantageously have retention openings or receivers which are associated with the two appendages and which, by means of transfer or removal, can be placed, by control, in a non-grasping state and without contact with each of the appendages. For transfer / removal on a tangential path, the arrangement can also be configured with a transfer zone between the carrier devices and the rotary transfer device, or between the latter and the associated processing device, which is not overlapping. The arrangement is then such that the clamping / retaining openings or receivers are movable in the transfer zone next to each other, in particular, also vertically without displacement, and each transfer zone has an associated guiding device, for example. example, which comprises a rod or lever or also a slide, which pushes the appendages out of one clamping / holding opening in the other clamping / holding opening, in a direction transverse to the tangential transfer path. Carrier devices are therefore also advantageously equipped with at least one receiver which can be placed, by control, in a non-grasping state.
[0012] The processing of the bodies of birds between the transfer pair of the transfer station can be configured, universal and consequently, adapted to individual requirements. The processing system, as a whole, can be configured in a correspondingly universal way, can be operated in a particularly reliable manner and with a high transmission speed with the main transmitting device and can be adapted to operational changes. For example, a transfer station that has at least one associated processing device can simply be removed from the processing operation as a whole and replaced with a corresponding transfer station that has at least one associated processing device, for example, in order to performing maintenance and / or readjustment work.
[0013] Advantageously, at least one transfer station is configured so as to be in transfer communication with a processing group comprising at least two processing devices. A particular group configuration is a configuration in which three transfer stations are in transfer communication with three processing devices, where one processing device is associated with each transfer station. The three processing devices advantageously form a group that removes viscera from the bodies of birds. Consequently, the group comprises a first processing device, namely a cloaca cutting device for opening the rear end of the bird's body before gutting, a second processing device, namely, an opening device for opening a cut in the bird's body from the cloaca to the sternum bone and a third processing device, namely, a gutting device to remove the viscera from the bird's body. The number of transfer stations in the group can be reduced by combining a plurality of the processing devices mentioned in one unit.
[0014] In a particularly preferred form of the invention, the gutting device is connected to a viscera transmitting device that is configured to transport the removed viscera and is formed by a viscera circulation transmitter and a viscera transfer device, in that the gut transfer device is arranged to remove the gut from each bird body from the gutting device and to transfer the gut to the gut circulation transmitter. It is an important and particular feature that the viscera transfer device is arranged in the region of at least one gutting processing device, which is generally decoupled from the main transmitting device by means of the transfer pair of the rotary transfer devices, between the two rotary transfer devices.
[0015] In an additional preferential way, in order to synchronize the viscera transport provided by the viscera circulation transmitter with the transport of the gutted poultry bodies provided by the main transmitting device, the viscera transmitting device is configured so that the viscera associated with the bodies of birds transported separately from which they have been removed. Advantageously, an inspection device for evaluating the viscera attributed to the associated gutted bird body is formed so that an inspection transmitter portion of the visceral circulation transmitter and an inspection transmitter portion of the main transmitting device are designed and arranged for move synchronously side by side.
[0016] In another particular form, one of the transfer stations is in transfer communication with a processing group comprising three tissue removal processing devices, in which the processing group successively has a tissue removal device crop to remove tissue from the neck, in particular, crop and trachea, a neck removal device to remove and remove the neck, and a lung removal device to remove the lungs. The tissue removal processing group in a facility can be arranged in a particularly advantageous manner and operated downstream of said group with which the viscera are removed.
[0017] In an advantageous manner, at least one of said transfer stations is arranged on a path and processing side of the main transmitting device from at least one additional transfer station mentioned. Particularly, in combination with this shape, in one embodiment, the two carriers of the carrier device carrier pair are formed so as to be open on at least one lateral longitudinal side of the carrier device so that the bodies of birds can be suspended and removed without vertical displacement. In combination with the aforementioned, the carrier devices are each suspended advantageously on a transmission line without rotation about a vertical geometric axis corresponding to the suspension direction of the bird's body.
[0018] In a preferential and particular way, each of the two carriers of said carrier device is configured with a retention device that, for suspension and for the removal of the left and right paired appendages, can be controlled in an open state , in a closed state and, associated with it, in a holding state that depends on the transmitter position of the carrier device along the main transmission line.
[0019] It is essential that each carrier in the transfer phase in the open state delivers the bird's body without arresting or receives the bird's body without arresting, in a tangential path. This is achieved through the aforementioned control system, which is distinguished, particularly and preferably, by the fact that the retention devices of the two carriers can be operated and controlled independently and separately from each other. As a result, the transfer operation is particularly fast, safe and controllable. If required, the control system can be configured so that specific bird bodies, for example, bird bodies detected by an electronic monitoring and tracking device, pass through the transfer station without being removed from the carrier device.
[0020] In a preferred way, at least one of the processing devices has a control device with which the processing-retention means, associated and dependent on the path position of the same along the particular path of the same, can be controlled in terms of its height position, in which at least three height positions are provided, namely, an initial position, which is associated with the transfer of the bodies of birds from the first rotary transfer device, at least one position of processing during processing and a final position, which is associated with the removal of the bodies of birds from the processing device.
[0021] The processing-retention means is advantageously formed by a succession of devices or identical processing retention units which are arranged along the particular path and are each formed with a clamping device for receiving, holding and delivering the pair of appendages of the bodies of birds. In a preferred form, at least one of the processing devices comprises a frame device or a cup in which there is arranged a succession of identical processing units or stations and also the processing-retention means that is movable in the particular path. Advantageously, each processing unit / station comprises at least one means of processing a group of processing means which includes processing tools and processing devices. According to a preferred form, at least one of the processing devices comprises a control device with which at least one of the processing means mentioned in the processing units can be controlled to act on the body of the bird which depends on the processing-transport of the bird's body.
[0022] The carrier device according to the invention, which is configured for the controlled production of an open state without gripping, is distinguished inter alia in which the appendages of the bird body can be placed with positive locking and / or locking coupling not positive to the appendix recipient only when the retaining member is in a closed position. In any open position of the controllable retaining member, the appendages can be freely inserted into and removed from the receiver. Advantageously, the carrier-control device can also be configured so that the controllable retaining members are freely movable in addition to a controlled open position for further opening of the appendix receiver.
[0023] In a preferred form of the carrier device, each of the two carriers has a pair of carrier leg members, where the free leg ends of the carrier leg members are the only means to form the appendix receptor. for the suspended retention of the left or right appendages and in which, in each case, at least one carrier leg member of the pair of leg members that forms said controllable retention member is movable by means of at least one control element from a closed position, which keeps the associated appendix receiver in the closed state, by an adjustment movement in an open position that is distanced from the other leg member and opens the appendix receiver and can be positioned in the closed position again by controlled elimination of displacement.
[0024] In relation to the particularly reliable removal of the bird's body from the receiver, the carrier-control device is advantageously configured so that the movable leg ends are kept in the closed position at a fixed maximum distance from the opposite leg member of the pair, without grip and return force.
[0025] A particularly compact form of the carrier device is achieved when the carrier leg members of the two pairs of leg members that are located inside the carrier device are controlled in a controlled manner to open and close the appendix receptors, at the same time. time when the other two outer carrier leg members of the two pairs of leg members are fixedly arranged on the carrier device. Advantageously, the movable carrier leg members are each pivoted about a geometric pivot axis for movement between the closed position and the open position.
[0026] In a preferred form of the carrier device, there is formed, between the carrier edges facing each other of the carrier receivers, a passage that is open on both longitudinal sides of the carrier device, a passage being provided at least in the state of the open appendix receptor.
[0027] The carrier-control device according to the invention, which is configured to control the two controllable holding devices independently and separately from each other, has control elements that are each associated with a holding device. The shape of the carrier device is then advantageously organized, so that the two control elements each have a control body, for example, a control projection, which projects from the carrier device with an arrangement of so that the control bodies are configured, independently of each other, to engage an individual control member of a control guiding device. Advantageously, the two control bodies project from the carrier device on longitudinal sides opposite each other. Advantageously, the carrier device comprises a carrier housing that forms a cavity in which the carrier-control device is arranged. A particularly compact and robust design of the carrier device is achieved.
[0028] The connecting member of the carrier device, which is configured for connection to a transmitting line of the main transmitting device, advantageously has a pivot bearing for pivoting articulation around a horizontal pivot geometric axis, which is configured so that the carrier device in the suspended state for the lateral transport of a bird's body is parallel to the straight section of the transmission line. This means that the carrier device is articulated both around a geometric pivot axis perpendicular to the main transmission line in a straight line and around a geometric pivot axis parallel to the main transmission line. This pivoting assembly can assist operations in the transfer zones. The pivoting assembly can also be provided in order to load and empty the carrier devices in a particularly simple way.
[0029] In accordance with a particularly advantageous form of the bird processing device, each retention-processing device that receives the paired appendages of the bird body is configured with a gripping device to position the bird body, the device being gripping is formed by a stationary positioning element, which is fixedly arranged in the processing device and the associated retention-processing device, in which the positioning element is arranged and configured to engage behind the body part of the bird, a gripping space for a leasable part of the bird's body is shaped between the positioning element and the retention-processing device, and the gripping position of the bird's body can be produced by a movement, controllable by means of the gripping device. control-processing and associated with the processing position, of the retention-processing device in relation to the stationary positioning. Advantageously, the gripping device comprises a damping device connected between the holding-processing device and a holding-guiding device of the control-processing device, the damping device, when a gripping distance that determines the gripping state of the bird body between the positioning element and the retention-processing device is reached, effects its limitation and, consequently, acts against the movement of the controlled retention-processing device by means of the control device.
[0030] The dependent claims are directed to the mentioned modalities of the invention and to other advantageous and suitable modalities. Only particularly suitable and advantageous forms and possibilities of modality are described in more detail with reference to the following description of the exemplary modalities shown in the schematic drawings. Any single or detailed feature described within an exemplary embodiment should be understood as being an independent detailed example for other embodiments or forms that are covered by the invention and are not described or are not fully described.
[0031] The terminology used in the description merely serves to facilitate the reference; it should not be interpreted as limiting. For example, expressions such as up, down, forward, backward, backward, right (o) left (o) refer to the revealed object as directed in the view under consideration. The expressions "inward" and "outward" refer to directions towards the geometric center, and along it, the described object and specified parts of it. The terms forward and backward refer, in principle, to the direction of movement. The terminology covers the terms and expressions mentioned, derivations thereof and expressions that have a similar meaning.
[0032] In the drawings:
[0033] Figure 1 shows a flow chart that illustrates the steps of the method of processing and treating birds in general;
[0034] Figure 2 shows a top view of an exemplary embodiment of a processing device according to the invention, which illustrates the principles of the disclosed matter;
[0035] Figure 3 shows a partial perspective view of the exemplary modality of the processing device, which shows the bodies of birds being processed by a cloaca cutting device;
[0036] Figure 4 shows a top view of a first transfer station and a cloaca cutting device that is processing bird bodies;
[0037] Figure 5 shows a partial perspective view of a main transmitting device, which transfers bodies of birds to a first rotary transfer device;
[0038] Figure 6 shows a perspective view of a carrier device according to the invention, showing one with two controllable carriers in closed positions;
[0039] Figure 7 shows a sectional view of the carrier device according to line 7-7 in Figure 6 with the controllable carriers in the closed position;
[0040] Figure 8 shows a perspective view of a first side of the carrier device with a (the first) controllable carrier in the open position of an associated first controllable retaining member;
[0041] Figure 9 shows a perspective view of the other (second) side of the carrier device with the first controllable carrier in the open position of the first associated controllable retaining member;
[0042] Figure 10 shows a perspective view of the second side of the carrier device with the other (second) controllable carrier in the open position of an associated second controllable retaining member;
[0043] Figure 11 shows a perspective view of the first side of the carrier device with the first controllable retaining member and the second controllable retaining member in the open position;
[0044] Figure 12 shows a sectional view of the carrier device, according to line 12-12 in Figure 11, with the first controllable retaining member and the second controllable retaining member in the open position;
[0045] Figure 13 shows a perspective view of a modified modality of the carrier device;
[0046] Figure 14 shows a perspective view of a modified modality of the carrier device;
[0047] Figure 15 shows a partial top view in perspective of a first rotary transfer device of a transfer station that transfers bodies of birds to a first processing device, namely a cloaca cutting device, for example ;
[0048] Figure 16 shows a partial bottom view of the first rotary transfer device and the cloaca cutting device;
[0049] Figures 17A and 17B show, in a perspective view, processing units of the cloaca cutting device, which are formed by cutting devices;
[0050] Figures 18 and 19 show, in a perspective view, a cutting device of the cloaca cutting device;
[0051] Figure 20 shows, in a side view, a clamping device cutting device retention device;
[0052] Figure 21 shows, in a rear view, the retention device;
[0053] Figures 22 to 24 show side views of the cloaca cutting device with different positions of the holding device;
[0054] Figures 25 to 26 show side views of the cloaca cutter with different vertical positions of a cutter cutter tool;
[0055] Figures 27 to 28 show frontal views of a modality of a weighing device, which illustrates the principles of the revealed matter;
[0056] Figure 29 shows, in a top view, a modality of a weighing unit with principles of the revealed matter;
[0057] Figures 30 to 34 show top views of the weighing device with a bird's body being weighed and transferred to a carrier device.
[0058] A modality of a processing system 210, which forms a treatment facility, is shown in its entirety and in detail by means of Figures 1 to 34.
[0059] Figure 1 is a flowchart that illustrates general method steps of processing, including treatment, of bird bodies. Beginning in 102, live birds first arrive at step 104. The birds are prepared there for slaughter 106. After slaughter in step 106, the bodies of birds are deplumed in step 108 in order to prepare them for processing or treatment in step 110. After processing / treatment 110, bird bodies are further treated in order to remove desired and unwanted tissue by cutting 112 and removing bones 114. The desired tissue, namely, usable or edible parts, such as such as, in particular, fillets and / or other parts of poultry, are then broken down in step 116 and packaged according to step 118 for supply and delivery to consumers. The method described, in general, by the overview ends in step 120.
[0060] The processing operations of step section or process 110 are performed by means of a processing system 210, according to the invention. In one embodiment, the processing system 210 comprises an integrated computer control and monitoring system (not shown) to control the movement and operation of a transmitting installation, to which the processing device with a main transmitting device 302 and a a plurality of transfer stations 60 of and associated processing devices 21, throughout the process and to obtain, process and use the information or data in relation to each bird body 152 in the processing system 210.
[0061] Figure 2 shows a top view of an exemplary embodiment of processing system 210, comprising six transfer stations 60, 61 to 66 and associated processing devices 21. Bird bodies 152 (see Figure 3) they pass from a pre-processing facility or device 202 in processing system 210, from which they pass into a post-processing facility or device 238. Post-processing device 202 comprises said steps of receiving / enter104, slaughter 106 and untangle 108. In one embodiment, the bodies of birds 152 are transferred from post-processing device 202 to a rotary weighing unit 208 in order to determine the weight of each body of birds 152 and separate the rope / chain transmitter sections from device 202 and system 210.
[0062] In one embodiment, the weight of the bird bodies 152 is determined at one or more locations within the processing system 210 by means of a weighing means or devices 902, 236, which are provided in addition to or instead of the weighing unit. rotary weighing 208. The weighing of each bird body 152 before processing 110 provides an initial weight for each bird body 152, on the basis of which it is possible to obtain an accurate determination of the product yield of the bird bodies 152 passing through the processing facility or processing system 210. At the end of the processing operations in step 110, the bird bodies 152 are transferred from the processing system 210 to the post-processing device 238. Also for this transfer, the bird bodies 152 are suspended in another rope / chain transmitting section.
[0063] According to one embodiment, the bird bodies 152 in the processing system 210 are transferred to a rotary weighing unit 236 operated with a transfer station 60, 66 before they pass to the post-processing device 238 In an alternative embodiment, the weight of the bird bodies 152 is determined by means of a weighing device 94, 902 instead of by means of the rotary weighing unit 236. Each weighing device 902 can be replaced by a weighing unit roundabout 236.
The processing system 210 comprises carrier devices 402 of the main transmitting device 302 for transporting the bodies of birds 152 to each transfer station 60, and departing from them, and optionally between transfer stations 60. According to In one embodiment, each carrier device 402 has a tag, such as, for example, a visual tag, a tag that can be detected by a computer, and / or a radio frequency identification (RFID) element. As a result, an operator can, for example, follow the bird body 152 visually and / or through an integrated computer control and monitoring system throughout the processing / treatment operation. Following the carrier devices 402 and the bird bodies 152 transmitted by them, it is possible to detect and evaluate visual features and characteristics of the bird body 152. Such features and characteristics are, in particular, broken wings, broken bones, blood stains , remaining feathers and the like, the current position of bird body 152 in processing system 210, and determining through which processing devices 21 a bird body 152 has passed.
[0065] The carrier devices 402 move through the processing system 210 through the main transmitting device 302 along a main transmitting line 20. In the exemplary embodiment according to Figure 2, each bird body 152 first passes through a transfer station 60, 61. The transfer station 61, like the other transfer stations 60 of the processing system 210, is formed by a transfer pair 601, which has a first rotary transfer device 602 and a second transfer device transfer 652. By means of the rotary transfer device 602, the bird body 152 is transferred from the carrier device 402 to a processing device 21. The second rotary transfer device 652 removes the bird body 152 from a or the device process 21 and transfers it to a free carrier device 402.
A viscera removal group 222 of processing devices 21 comprises three separate processing devices 21. That is, each of these processing devices 21 is arranged in transfer communication with an associated rotary transfer station 60. A plurality of these processing devices can be connected directly together in a group. The first processing device 21 comprises a cloaca cutting device 702 for opening the rear end of the bird body 152 prior to the removal of the viscera. The second processing device 21 is formed by an opening device 224 for opening a cut in the bird body 152 from the cloaca 156 to the sternum bone. The third processing device 21 of group I is a gutting device 226 for removing internal organs from birds.
[0067] Downstream of the first group I of processing systems 21 there is disposed on a main transmission line 20 a second group II of processing devices 21 that removes tissue. A first group II processing device 21 is formed by a crop removal device 228 for removing unwanted parts of tissue attached to the neck, such as, in particular, the crop and the trachea. The second processing device 21 of group II is a neck removal device 230 for unpinning and removing the neck. The third processing device 21 is formed by a lung removal device 232.
[0068] In the case of processing group II, the three processing devices 21 are in transfer communication with a single associated transfer station 64. The three processing devices 21 of processing group II form a processing arrangement that receives the bird bodies 152 of the first rotary transfer device 602 of the transfer station 64 and transfer the processed bird bodies 152 to the free carrier devices 402 by means of the second rotary transfer device 652. The three processing devices 21 of processing group II they are formed by carousel-type devices, and that direct transfer of bird bodies 152 between processing devices 21 is provided. The transfer station 64 is further characterized by the fact that it is arranged between two transmitting portions 24, 25 of the main transmitting line 20 which are formed by deviating from the main transmitting line 20. The transmitting directions of the two transmitting portions 24 and 25 are opposite with each other, in which the first rotary transfer device 602 of transfer pair 601 of transfer station 64 is arranged in the transmitting portion 24 located upstream, and the second rotary transfer device 652 is arranged in the transmitting portion 25 located downstream.
[0069] Downstream of tissue removal processing group II, an additional transfer station 65 is arranged on the main transmission line 20 which is configured in combination with a carousel-type processing device 21 in the form of a cleaning device 234. It is configured to clean the bottom and outside of the bird body 152 in order to remove all residues or stains left after the previous processing steps.
[0070] At the end of the processing section of the processing system 210, a transfer station 66 has been formed in transfer communication to a carousel-type processing device 21, which is formed by the weighing device or unit 236.
[0071] All transfer stations 60 are structurally identical to transfer pairs 601 of rotary transfer devices 602, 652. Structurally identical rotary transfer devices 602, 652 can be used interchangeably in the form of module pairs. They can be arranged on either longitudinal side of the main transmission line 20, as desired. In the exemplary embodiment, transfer stations 61 to 63 and 65, 66 are arranged on one side, the left, and transfer stations 64 are arranged on the other side, right, of the main transmitting device 302.
[0072] As shown in the exemplary embodiment, according to Figure 2, in a particularly preferred optional form, the first processing group I comprises a viscera transmitting device 303 that is part of an inspection device 240. In the gutting device 226 has arranged, viewed from the rotational transmission direction thereof, before the second rotary transfer device 652, in the vicinity of it at the end of the processing section of the gutting device 226, a viscera transfer device 34 that removes viscera in the form of viscera packages from each bird body 152 and transfers them to a viscera circulation transmitter 33 of the viscera transmitting device 303. A viscera package is normally formed by the heart, liver and stomach, which are held together by means of a membrane. Such a viscera package can be used for transfer and transportation in the projected esophagus, and the viscera transfer device 34 and the viscera circulation transmitter 33 are configured for this purpose.
[0073] The viscera transmitting device 303 comprises an inspection transmitter portion 35, through which the viscera packages pass first before they arrive at a viscera removal station 242 of the viscera transmitting device 303. The inspection transmitter 35 is part of inspection device 240. The inspection transmitter portion 35 and an inspection transmitter portion 31 of the main transmitting device 302 associated therewith in inspection device 240 are arranged close together and run in parallel with each other. The operation of the visceral circulation transmitter 33, in combination with the operation of the transfer station 63 and the associated rotating transfer device pair 602 and 652, is synchronized with the operation of the main transmitting device 302, so that the bodies of birds 152 are synchronized with their respective viscera pack and that both parts are subjected to a visual inspection together as a result of the parallel path thus configured. Visual inspection allows for the detection of anomalies that render a bird body 152 or a viscera package unsuitable for human consumption, or the detection of bird bodies 152 or viscera packages that do not meet the required quality standards. Visual inspection can be performed by an operating team, as shown in Figure 2, with complete or partial automation, for example, by means of a camera system. For example, a Baader Linco ClassifEYE® image processing system, which performs a quality rating, is used. Through an automated visual inspection system, the visual inspection data determined for each bird body 152, in particular, using the RFID element attached to each product carrier 402, can be assigned to associated bird bodies 152 After leaving inspection device 240, the viscera packs are passed to associated removal points at removal station 242, for example, collection / collection containers. Bird bodies 152 that are to be removed from the process can be removed in section 31 of inspection device 240 of main transmitting device 302. Advantageously, removal can take place on a path side of main transmission line 20 that is remote from from the inspection transmitter portion 35 by means of carrier devices 402 configured therefor. The affected bird bodies 152 can be isolated at a later time or at another location by means of appropriately marked carrier devices 402 in combination with the aforementioned tracking system.
[0074] Instead of gutting device 226, it is possible to provide, very generally, a separating-processing device, also in individual arrangement in the processing path between the two rotary transfer devices 602, 652. For example, a Processing is configured to cut the bodies of birds 152, with which the device wings, for example, are separated. Instead of the viscera transfer device 34, a separation-transfer device is very generally provided, which removes separate parts of the separation-processing device and transfers them to a separation-circulation transmitter that has a transmission-transmitting device. separation. They are configured, in principle, as the visceral circulation transmitter 33 and as the visceral transmitting device 303. Instead of the inspection device 240, a monitoring and test device can be supplied, very generally, which assigns the parts of the separated birds transmitted by means of the separation-circulation transmitter 33 to the bodies of birds 152 from which the parts of the separated birds were removed and which, for further transmission along the main transmission line 20 by means of the carrier devices 402 , is located downstream of the second rotary transfer device 652 of the associated transfer pair 601. The monitoring and test device is configured with a larger one known by itself to determine the positions related to the distance and time of the bodies of birds or birds. parts of them for tracking purposes. In particular, the separation transmitting device comprises at least one station to which the parts of the separated birds are preferably transported automatically.
[0075] After finally being weighed by means of the rotary weighing device 236 and / or the weighing device 902, the bird bodies 152 leave the processing system 210 and are further treated in the post-processing device 238. In the device postprocessing 238, the steps of cutting 112, boning 114, allocating or dividing into batches or dividing 116 and packaging 118 are carried out.
[0076] Figures 3 to 4 and 15 to 26 show parts of the processing system 210, namely the pair 601 of the two first and second transfer devices 602, 652 of the transfer station 60 and modalities of the processing device 702. The Figures 6 to 13 show modalities of the carrier device 402.
[0077] As can be seen in Figures 3 and 5 in particular, the main transmitting device 302 according to one embodiment substantially comprises a plurality of trolleys 308 which are suspended from a rail 304 and are movable along the rail 304. Each trolley 308 has a frame 310 which supports rollers or rods 316 which engage the rail 304 in a rolling manner. Each trolley 308 is connected by means of a fastening element 312, with hole 314, to an associated carrier device 402. Trolleys 308 are connected along rail 304 to form a line through a connecting member 306, which comprises a chain. Trolleys 308 are spaced along rail 304 by connecting member 306 in such a way that the distance between the midpoints of transmitted bird bodies 152 is approximately 15 centimeters (six inches). Trolleys 308 are moved forward along rail 304 by a drive element (not shown) which engages connection member 306. Rail 304 together with the connection member forms a transmission line 305, which determines the main transmission line 20.
[0078] One embodiment of the carrier device 402 is described with reference to Figures 3 to 14. The carrier device 402 is generally configured so that it receives a bird body 152 with the right and left bird legs 182, 192, in each case at the knee joint. Instead of being suspended by these paired appendages, the bird body 152 can also be suspended by other paired appendages 11, 12, for example, by the wings.
[0079] As can be seen in Figure 5, the bird body 152 comprises a body and appendages. The body extends between the neck 154 and the vent 156, with the chest 158 at the ventral end 180 and the flesh of the back at the opposite rear side. Appendices include wings 162, 172 and bird legs 182, 192. Left wing 162 is arranged on bird body 152 on one side and right wing 172 is arranged on the other side near neck 154. Left leg of bird 182 extends between the left ankle joint 188 and the left hip 184 with the left knee 186 located in the middle. The left leg of bird 182 is connected to the body of bird 152 through the left hip 184. The right leg of bird 192 extends between the right knee joint 198 and the right hip 194 with the left knee 196 in the middle. The right leg of bird 192 is connected to the body of bird 152 through the right hip 194. It will be observed that the bodies of birds 152 in the described arrangement are transmitted laterally, namely with the outside of the left leg leading and the inside of the leg right to move forward. It is evident that the bird body 152 can also be suspended from the other side, with the right leg leading and the left leg following.
[0080] The carrier device 402 comprises an upper portion 404 and a lower portion 412. The upper portion 404 has a carrier neck 406 which extends between a first end in the lower portion 412 and a second end that forms a connecting member 409 The connecting member 409 has a through hole 408 for connecting the carrier device 402 with the main transmitting device 302. In an embodiment according to Figures 3 to 12, the through hole 408 extends the width of the carrier neck 406 between a first face 416 and a second face 426 of the carrier device 402. In another embodiment (Figure 13), the through hole 408 extends in the length of the carrier neck 406, namely perpendicular to said width dimension and parallel to the transmission line 305.
[0081] The lower portion 412 comprises a clamping device 466 which extends below a housing body 414 downwardly therefrom. The housing body 414 also comprises part of the carrier neck 406. The clamping device 466 comprises a left carrier 41 for the suspension of the left leg of bird 182 and a left carrier 42 for the suspension of the right leg of bird 192, so that the clamping device 466 retains the bird body 152 through the legs of the same 182, 192. In one embodiment, the housing body 414 has a generally flat triangular shape and the carrier neck 406 extends upwards from a midpoint of the triangle. The housing body 414 has a substantially rectangular lower cavity 434 with a downward opening 435 and a pair of first and second mutually adjacent tubular cavities 436, 438, which extend from an upper end of the cavity 434 to the neck housing 406 and form cylindrical spaces which are open at the bottom.
[0082] The clamping device 466 comprises a pair of first and second external carrier legs 468, 502, which extend side by side and are fixed (fixed) in the housing body 414 and a pair of first and second corresponding second internal carrier legs 478, 512, which extend side by side and are movable with respect to the fixed carrier legs 468, 502. The first carrier leg 468 comprises an elongated carrier leg member 470 which extends downwards from a first end near opening 435 in the housing body 414 and ends at a second free leg end with a carrier element similar to the plate or foot 473, which has an inward projecting carrier edge 472. The edge facing inward of the carrier edge 472 has an edge recess with increasing shape 474. The second carrier leg 502 is disposed in opposition to the first carrier leg 468 at a distance thereof. The second carrier leg 502 comprises an elongated carrier leg member 504 which extends downwardly from the first end near the opening 435, opposite the first leg 468, in the housing body 414 and terminates at a second leg end free with a carrier element similar to the plate or foot 507, which has an inward projecting carrier edge 506. The inward facing edge of the carrier edge 506 forms a rising indent with an increasing shape 508.
[0083] The first carrier arm 478 is disposed between the first carrier leg 468 and the second carrier leg 502 and cooperates with the first carrier leg 468 to engage or release the left leg 182 of the bird body 152. O first carrier arm 478 has an elongated carrier leg member 480 which comprises at first a head 482 and at a second free end opposite a plate-shaped carrier element 475 or a foot which has an outward-carrying carrier edge 490. The edge facing away from the carrier edge 490 forms an edge recess with increasing shape 492. The head 482 is received in the lower cavity 434 to be pivotable about a pivot geometric axis 440 formed by a pin. The pin passes through an orifice 484 in the head 482 and a first orifice 418 in the first housing face 416 and a first orifice 428 in the second housing face 426. The upper end of the head 482 comprises the first and the second projections or opposite projections 486, 488, which are moved away from the head 482 towards the second carrier leg 502 in order to receive a first control element 444 in the form of an actuation pin.
[0084] The second carrier arm 512 is disposed between the first carrier arm 478 and the second carrier leg 502 and cooperates with the second carrier leg 502 to engage and release the right leg 192 of the bird body 152. O second carrier arm 512 has an elongated carrier leg member 514 which comprises at a first end the head 516 and a second free end opposite the plate-shaped carrier element 525 or a foot with a projecting carrier edge 524. The edge facing away from the carrier edge 524 forms an edge recess with increasing shape 526. The head 516 is mounted in the lower cavity 434, remote from the first carrier arm 478, to be pivotable around a pivot geometric axis 441 formed by a pin. The pin passes through an orifice 518 in the head 516 and a second orifice 420 in the first housing face 416 and a second orifice 430 in the second housing face 426. The upper end of the head 516 comprises the first and second projections or opposing projections 520, 522, which are moved away from the head 516 towards the first carrier leg 468 and receive a second control element 454 in the form of an actuation pin.
[0085] It will be evident that carrier 41 is formed by the pair of carrier leg members 470, 480 and carrier 42 is formed by the pair of carrier leg members 501, 514. As will now be described, the carrier leg member carrier 480 forms a controllable holding member of carrier 41 or receiver 40.1. Leg member 514 forms a controllable holding member of carrier 42 or receiver 40.2.
[0086] Advantageously, the upper housing portion 404, the lower housing portion 412, the first and second carrier legs 468, 502 and the first and second carrier arms 478, 512 are produced from metal , for example, stainless steel or a material which can be resiliently loaded. It takes into account materials which can be resiliently loaded with reinforced plastic, nylon, methylene polyoxy and polyethylene, in particular, high density. Said components can be produced by injection molding, extrusion or mechanical processing.
[0087] The first control element 444, namely the first actuating pin, comprises a rod member 446 formed by a rod-shaped body, which has a bearing head 448 at the first end and which at a second end a control foot, formed by a control body 450 in the form of a control projection 450 and a shoulder 451. The stem member 446 passes through the U-shaped space between the first and second shoulders 486, 488, the control body 450 and shoulder 451 and engages under the shoulders 486, 488. The control body 450 reaches the outside from the lower cavity 434 through an elongated opening 422 in the first housing face 416. An indentation elongated 423, which is formed on the inside wall of the lower cavity 434 opposite the elongated opening 422, receives shoulder 451. A first tilt device 452, which comprises a helical spring and is disposed between the upper side of the head 448 and the edge upper part, which forms an opening base, of the first tubular cavity 436, provides a tilting force that acts downwards against the first control element 444, in order to tilt it to a bottom position, the first arm being carrier 478 is in a closed position in relation to the first carrier leg 468 (Figures 6 and 7). Carrier leg member 480 with carrier edge 490 is in the closed position, so that receiver 40.1 of carrier 41 is correspondingly in the closed state. Carrier leg member 480 assumes a fixed distance with respect to carrier leg member 470, so that no active gripping force is produced between carrier edges 472, 490 or edge indentations 474, 492, whatever to say that no return force between said members is active effectively to retain. When carrier leg member 480 is swung to open, bird leg 182 suddenly becomes free of grip, which means free of any grip or grip support.
[0088] When the control projection 450 is in a lower position than the pin (pivot geometry axis 440), the first carrier arm 478 is prevented from pivoting inward by the first control element 444, which occupies the space in the lower cavity 434 near the lower portion of the head 482. In order to pivot the first arm 478 from the closed position (Figures 6 and 7) to an open position (Figures 8 and 9 and 11 and 12), the lower portion of the head 482 is moved to the cavity 434. Against compression of the first tilt device 452, the control projection 450 can be displaced to a higher position than the pin (pivot geometry axis 440). As a result, the head 448 moves upward to the first tubular cavity 436. During this upward movement of the first control element 444, the shoulder 451 engages under the second shoulder 488 and the control body 450 engages below of the first shoulder 486, the first carrier arm 478 pivoting around the geometric axis of pivot 440, which results in an increase in the distance between the projecting carrier edges 472, 490. Advantageously, the head 482 is provided with an inwardly tilting face 494, for example, of stainless steel, in order to neutralize the wear between the first control element 444 and the first carrier arm 478.
[0089] A second control element 454, namely a second actuating pin, comprises a rod member formed by a rod-shaped body, which has a bearing head 458 on a first end 458 and which has a second end a control foot, formed by a control body 460 in the form of a control projection and a shoulder 461. The stem member 456 passes through the space between the first and second shoulders 520, 522, the control body 460 and shoulder 461 engages under the first and second shoulders 520, 522. The control body 460 projects outwardly from the lower cavity 435 through an elongated opening 434 on the second housing face 426. An elongated recoil (not shown), which is formed on the inside wall of the lower cavity 435 opposite the elongated opening 434, receives the shoulder 461. The shape corresponds to the indentation 423 which is opposite to the elongated opening 422. A second tilting device 462, which comprises a the helical spring and is disposed between the upper side of the bearing head 458 and the upper end of the second tubular cavity 438, provides a tilting force that acts downwardly against the second control element 454 in order to tilt it to a position bottom, the second carrier arm 512 being in the closed position in relation to the second carrier leg 502 (Figures 6 to 9).
[0090] When the control body 460 is in a lower position than the pin (pivot geometry axis 441), the second carrier arm 512 is prevented from pivoting inward by the second control element 454, which it occupies, then, the space in the lower cavity 434 near the lower portion of the head 516. In order to pivot the second carrier arm 512 from the closed position (Figures 6 to 9) to an open position (Figures 10 to 12), the lower portion of the head 516 is moved to cavity 434. Against compression of the second tilting device 462, the control body 460 can be moved to a higher position than the pin (pivot geometry axis 441). As a result, the bearing head 458 moves upward in the second tubular cavity 438. During this upward movement of the second control element 454, the shoulder 461 engages under the first shoulder 520 and the control body 460 engages by below the second shoulder 522, the second carrier arm 512 pivoting around the geometric axis of pivot 441 and the distance between the projecting carrier edges 506, 524 increases. Advantageously, the head 516 is provided with an inward tilt face 528, for example, of stainless steel, in order to neutralize wear between the second control element 454 and the second arm 512. When the leg member of carrier 514 is swung to open, bird leg 192 suddenly becomes free of grip, which means free of any grip or grip.
[0091] It will be noted that the control elements 444, 454 together with the tilting devices 452, 462 form a control-carrier device 410 which is integrated with the carrier device 404 or the housing body 414. Each carrier 41, 42 it is formed with its own controllable retention device 403 or 405, which on the one hand is configured with the first retaining member, namely the mobile carrier leg element 480 and on the other hand with the second retaining member, namely the of mobile carrier leg 514. The arrangement described by way of example allows the two retention devices 403, 405 to be independently controllable from each other, so that the carriers 41, 42 can be opened and closed in succession.
[0092] In an advantageous configuration, the carrier edges facing each other 472, 490, 506 and 524 of the carrier elements 473, 475; 507, 525 are narrower than opposing higher rear-facing edges of the carrier elements. In particular, the underside face of the plate-like carrier elements 473, 475; 507, 525 is recessed in such a way that the thickness of the carrier elements decreases from a backward portion to a forward portion. This measure, in particular, has the effect of making the clamping elements of the rotary transfer devices 60, overlap in the associated transfer zone, ideally cooperate with receivers 40.1 and 40.2 to open and close.
[0093] The first and second control elements 444, 454, the first and second tilting devices 452, 462 or elements thereof and the pins forming pivot geometrical axes 440, 441 are advantageously produced from metal, for example, stainless steel or other corrosion resistant and hardened material.
[0094] In the closed state of the carrier device 402 (Figures 6 and 7 and 13), the edge indentations 474 and 492 of the first carrier leg 468 and the first carrier arm 478 are located opposite each other, and they form an opening, which forms a compartment, to receive part of the left leg of bird 182 between the left ankle or hock joint 188 and the left knee 186 of the bird body 152. The compartment is smaller than the left ankle joint 188 in corresponding dimension, so that the carrier device 402 has the capacity to retain the left leg of bird 182. The indentations 508 and 526 of the second carrier leg 502 and the second carrier arm 512 are also located opposite each other, so that they form an opening, which forms a compartment, to receive part of the right leg of bird 192 between the right ankle or hock joint 198 and the right knee 196. The compartment is smaller than the right bird joint to 198 in the corresponding dimension, so that the carrier device 402 has the capacity to retain the right leg of bird 192. However, in the exemplary mode, when receivers 40.1 and 40.2 are in the closed state, no active gripping force (resilient gripping with return force) is exerted as a result of the aforementioned fixed distance between the mutually opposite edge indentations. The aforementioned compartments, formed by the aforementioned carrier leg members and carrier edges, are the only parts between which the bird's legs are retained. As a result, the free-grip insertion of the bird's legs in the open 40.1 and 40.2 receptors is controlled in a controlled manner and the free-grip removal of them.
[0095] In the drawings, carrier devices 402 are shown when transporting the bodies of birds 152 with the left leg of bird 182 as a guide in front of the right leg of bird 192. Depending on the desired orientation of the bird bodies 152, however, it is it is also possible that the pair consisting of the first carrier leg 468 and the first carrier arm 478 engage with the right leg of bird 192 and that the pair consisting of the second carrier leg 502 and the second carrier arm 512 engage with the left leg of bird 182. In both cases, the bodies of birds 152 are transported laterally, which means with the right or left bird leg as a guide.
[0096] Figure 13 shows a modified embodiment of the carrier device 402, namely a carrier device 532 which has an upper portion 404 which is formed with a neck 406 which extends between a first end in the lower portion 412 to a second end with a modified connecting member 409. The second end comprises a through hole 538 for connecting the carrier device 532 with the main transmitting device 302. The through hole 538 passes through the neck 406 at the longitudinal distance between side edge faces. A connection body 318 connects the carrier device 532 with the main transmitting device 302. Connection body 318 is U-shaped with the first and second legs pointing down 320, 324. The first and second bearing openings 322, 326 receives a bearing pin 328, so that the carrier device 532 has the capacity to pivot around a horizontal geometric axis oriented parallel to the transmission line 20.
[0097] According to a modality of the pairs of carrier elements 473, 475; 507, 525, the carrier arms feet 478, 512 and carrier legs 468, 502 enter a joint arrangement as soon as the carrier arms and carrier legs are in the closed position. With the appendix receivers 40.1 and 40.2 in the closed state, a holding compartment that is closed on all sides is formed. Shear forces acting on the bird body 152 when the right and left bird legs 182, 192 are removed from the clamping device 466 are thereby neutralized.
[0098] As will be seen in Figure 14, a carrier element 473 formed at the second end of the first carrier leg 468 comprises an inward projecting edge member 552, the inward-facing edge of which forms an indentation in increasing shape 554. A carrier element 475 formed at the second end of the first carrier arm 478 comprises a pair of first and second protruding flaps 566, 568 which are spaced apart and form a recess 570 between them to receive the projecting edge member 552. A rear mesh edge 563 between the flaps 566, 568 has an indentation in increasing shape 564. The indents 554, 564 are located opposite and apart from each other and together with the first and second flaps 566, 568 form a completely closed compartment for receive the left leg of bird 182 in a part between the left ankle joint 188 and the left knee 186.
[0099] A carrier element 507 formed at the second end of the second carrier leg 502 comprises an inward projecting edge member 574, the inward-facing edge of which forms an indentation in increasing shape 576. A carrier element 525 formed at the second end of the second Carrier arm 512 comprises a pair of first and second outwardly projecting flaps 588, 590 which are spaced apart and form a recess 529 between them to receive the projecting edge member 574. A rear mesh edge 585 between the tabs 588, 590 have an indentation in increasing shape 586. As in the first carrier 41, the indentations 576, 586 in the case of the second carrier 42 are also located opposite and apart from each other and form together with the first and second tabs 588, 590 a completely closed compartment for retaining part of the right leg of a bird 192 between the right ankle joint 198 and the right knee 196.
[00100] It will be observed that the carrier device 402 or 532 is formed substantially as a mirror image with respect to a vertical vertical plane 400 (Figures 7, 12). The controllable retention devices 403, 405 arranged in a pair are part of the carrier device 402, 532. Each control-carrier device 410 comprises the control element 444, 445 in conjunction with the associated tilt device 436, 438. Each element control 444, 454 is formed by stem member 446, 456 with control foot 450, 451; 460, 461. The control feet have the control bodies 450, 460, which project from the opposite longitudinal faces 416, 426 of the carrier device 402, 532 and are associated with control devices 540, 545 which have members of control, for example, inclined rails / guides 542, 546, of the main transmitting device 302. In this respect, the control feet and longitudinal recesses that guide the shoulders of the same 451, 461 are configured and arranged substantially symmetrically at a point in with respect to the central geometric axis 13 of the carrier device 402, 532.
[00101] Carrier leg members 480, 514 and carrier pivot arms 478, 512 can be configured in this way and arranged so that they have the ability to oscillate to open further in the open state of receiver 40.1, 40.2. This is achieved, for example, with sufficient distance from the pivot geometry axes 440, 441 and sufficient size of the cavity 434 in the corresponding distance dimension.
[00102] The rotary transfer device 602 of transfer pair 601 of transfer station 60 will be described below in this document with reference to the first rotary transfer device 602 in the first transfer station 61.
[00103] The first rotary transfer device 602 has a plurality of clamping devices 618 which receive the bodies of birds 152 as soon as they are released from the carrier device 402. As can be seen in Figures 15 and 16, in particular, the clamping device 618 comprises an upper cam plate 608 which is attached to a support and below which the clamping devices 618 are rotatably arranged along a path by rotating a vertically oriented drive shaft 604 The cam plate 608 has a plate body which is eccentrically mounted and non-circular in shape and is attached and secured by means of a cam retainer 606 to a carrier frame 650 located above it or otherwise to a different carrier frame or support. The cam retainer 608 is eccentrically connected to the cam plate 608 with the upper side 610 thereof. The drive shaft 604 passes through the carrier frame 650 and the cam retainer 608 and protrudes from the underside 612 of the cam plate 608.
[00104] In one embodiment, the drive shaft is mounted under the cam plate 608 in a frame or support and extends in vertical orientation below the cam plate 608. In one embodiment, a gear is provided which is connected to the main transmitting device 302 and to which the drive shaft 604 is coupled for drive. In the exemplary embodiment, the arrangement is such that the clamping devices 618 of the rotary transfer device 602, when viewed from above, are moved or rotated counterclockwise to the left. The arrangement can also be such that the rotary drive of the drive shaft 604 is configured as a drive means independent of the main transmitting device 302, by means of a motor, for example, a servomotor.
[00105] Each clamping device 618 has a pair of clamping arms with the first and the second clamping arms 628, 636 which are spaced apart. Each clamping arm 628, 636 has a holding opening 634, 642, each of which is formed to receive a bird leg 182, 192 from the bird body 152. According to the exemplary embodiment shown, the pair of clamping arms 628, 636 is attached to a sliding body 626, from which the clamping arms 628, 636 extend outwardly. Each sliding body 626 is arranged on the underside 612 of the cam plate 608. A bearing element 624, which is arranged on the upper side of the sliding body 626, engages with the sliding movement into the guide means, namely a guide rail. guide 614, which is formed on the underside 612 of the cam plate 608.
[00106] Below the cam plate 608 is arranged a ring of pairs of radial sliding radii 622 and each pair receives or guides a sliding body 626 of the clamping device 618 with sliding movement. The sliding spokes 622 are fixedly attached to a base plate 620, by means of which they are securely rotationally connected to the drive shaft 604. The sliding spokes 622 extend radially out of the base plate 620, pass in each case through the sliding body 626 and terminate in the region of the outer edge of the cam plate 608.
[00107] The first clamping arm 628 has the first and second clamping fingers 630, 632 which are located side by side and form the holding opening 634 between them. In addition, the second clamping arm 636 has the first and the second clamping fingers 638, 640 which are located side by side and form the other retaining opening 642. The clamping fingers 630, 632; 638, 640 are advantageously produced from resilient or flexible material, for example, from reinforced plastic, nylon, methylene polyoxy and polyethylene, in particular, of high density. Each of them receives a leg of bird 192 in a sliding manner between them.
[00108] In the top view according to Figure 4, the drive shaft 604 rotates counterclockwise, the carrier devices 402 move along the transmitter rail 304 or main transmission line 20 in the transmission direction F. According to shown in Figure 5, each carrier device 402 passes the first rotary transfer device 602 and, thus, the bird bodies 152 pass to the rotary transfer device 602 in a tangential path. The procedure is such that the first clamping arm 628 and the second clamping arm 636 of a clamping device 618 moved upwards on the main transmission line 20 pass in the tangential path through a transfer zone and, thus, they cooperate with the bird body 152 of the carrier device 402, which runs close to the clamping device 618.
[00109] As soon as the first leg 468 of the carrier device 402 in question enters the transfer zone, the first clamping arm 628 of the clamping device 618 is rotated by means of the drive, through the drive shaft 604, to a position of engage with the left leg of bird 182, at a point or in a region below the projecting carrier edges 472, 490. In this movement, the left leg of bird 182 passes between the first and second clamping fingers 630, 632 of the first clamping arm 628.
[00110] Advantageously a guide device (not shown), for example, a grid or guide rod, which assists in guiding the left leg of bird 182 of the carrier device 402 to the first clamping arm 628. As soon as the left leg of the guiding bird 182 is located in the holding opening 634, the control projection 450 of the control element 444 is elevated. At the same time, the tilt element of the tilt device 452 is compressed so that the projecting carrier edge 490 is moved away from the projecting carrier edge 472. As a result, the left leg of bird 182 is released without gripping, which means that the retaining connection on the carrier device 402 is released completely and transferred to the clamping device 618.
[00111] As shown in Figure 5, in one embodiment the main transmitting device 302 has the control guide device 545, which is equipped with a cam rail. The cam rail has a control member, namely an inclined portion 542. The control body 450 moves to the cam rail and is raised by means of the inclined portion 542.
[00112] As soon as the first carrier leg 468 leaves the transfer zone, the mentioned first clamping arm 628 retains the left leg of bird 182 and moves it away from the carrier device 402 towards the clamping cutter 702 The second carrier arm 512 of the carrier device 402 thus enters the transfer zone. The second clamping arm 636, which is further moved by the rotary drive through the drive shaft 604, engages the right leg of bird 192 at a point below the projection carrier edges 506, 524. The right leg of bird 192, thus, it enters the retention opening 642 between the first and second fingers 638, 640. A guide device (not shown), for example, a guide grid or rod, which aids the orientation of the bird's right leg, can be provided. 192 from the carrier device 402 to the second clamping arm 636. As soon as the right leg of bird 192 is in the holding opening 642, the control body 460 of the second control element 454 is raised, resulting in compression of the second element angle of the associated tilt device 462, so that the projecting carrier edge 524 is moved away from the projecting carrier edge 506, with the result that the bird's right leg 192 is no longer retained by the carrier device 402 but by the clamping device 618.
[00113] According to one embodiment, the control projection 460 comes into contact with the second control guide device 545 of the main transmitting device 303, that is, with the inclined portion 546 of a second cam rail, which raises the control body 460. As soon as the right leg of bird 192 leaves the aforementioned transfer zone, the second clamping arm 636 transports it from the carrier device 402 to the clam-cutting device 702. The transfer of the bird body 152 from the carrier device 402 to the clamping device 618 is thus completed. The control system is generally configured so that receiver 40.1 for the leg of guiding bird 182 is opened before receiver 40.2, according to the distance between receivers 40.1, 40.2.
[00114] An adjacent next clamping device 618 then enters the transfer zone and likewise receives a bird body 152 from the next carrier device 402. The steps described above are repeated with a new cycle.
[00115] As can be seen in Figure 16, in particular, each clamping device 618 that carries a bird body 152 is spaced radially out of the drive shaft 604. This occurs while the sliding spoke ring 622 is rotated with the clamping devices 618 by means of the drive shaft 604 and the clamping devices 618 are moved along the guide rail 614 to the adjacent processing device 21, 702.
[00116] By means of the sliding spoke ring 622, the cam plate 608 with the guide rail 614 and the sliding elements 626 that engage in it, the distance that separates the clamping devices 618 is configured in a controllable way in the dependence on the rotation position and movement of the rotary transfer device 602. This means that the distance between adjacent clamping devices 618 in the path of the carrier device 402 to the processing device 21, 702 increases. As a result, the distance between adjacent successive clamping devices 618 and, likewise, the distance between adjacent successive bird bodies 152 is increased. A greater desired distance between the bird bodies 152 is configured so that this transfer distance corresponds to the transfer distance of the adjacent processing device 21, 702. The transfer distance is governed by the distance in the processing device 21, 702 which is required for processing the bird body 152. In practical terms, any desired distance can be established. In particular, the distance can be 20, 25 or 30 centimeters (8, 10 or 12 inches).
[00117] As shown in Figures 15 and 16, the first transfer device 602 transfers the bird body 152 from each clamping device 618 to a corresponding holding-processing device 822 on the rotary clamping cutter 702. The transfer device cloaca cut 702 has a plurality of processing units, namely cutting devices 720 in the exemplary embodiment, each of which is inserted into a hole in the cloaca 156 of the bird body 152. This hole is cut in order to process the bird body 152 in the subsequent processing device 21, which in the exemplary embodiment is an opening device 224.
[00118] According to the exemplary embodiment, the clam-cutting device 702 is equipped with a processing-retention means 820. This is formed by a row of retention-processing devices 822 and is configured so that the body of ave 152 is positioned under or in front of an associated cutting device 720, while the vent cutting device 702, which is formed by a type of carousel, rotates about a vertical vertical carousel axis or an axis (not shown) that rotates the carousel arrangement.
[00119] As shown by means of Figures 17A and 18 to 26 in particular, the retention-processing device 822 has a clamping device 824 which is arranged to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to a circular base plate 710 As can be seen in Figure 19 in particular, the clamping device 824 has substantially a U-shaped body 826 having a first end 828 and a second end 842. At the first end a first clamping element similar to a hand 830, which extends at the end 828 and has the first and second fingers 832, 836 which form a clamping opening 840. The second end 842 is formed with a second hand-like clamping element 844, which extends at the second end and has the first and second adjacent clamping fingers 846, 850 which form a clamping aperture 854. The base plate 710, a lower ring 707 and the upper ring 704 are parts of a support rotation of the processing device 21, 702.
[00120] In the U-shaped body 826 two axes or rods 856, 858 are arranged, which project downwardly from the U-shaped body 826 and are received in a sliding manner on the base plate 710. Through of this sliding arrangement of the clamping elements 830, 844, they are positioned or oriented towards the region of the outer edge of the base plate 710. As can be seen in Figures 20 and 21 in particular, a wheel retainer 862 is arranged in the rear side of the U-shaped body 826, the wheel retaining device 862 supporting the first and second rods 864, 866 which cooperate with a tilt device 86, extend side by side, are attached to the body in the shape of U 826 and protrude downward. The rods 864, 866 extend through a retaining opening 714 below the base plate 710. The rods 864, 866 receive a sliding wheel block 868, with the sliding wheel block 868 being positioned under the retaining device wheel tilt 862. A tilt element of tilt device 86, for example, a spring 872, is retained between the wheel retainer 862 and wheel slide block 868 by means of a centrally arranged retaining pin 863 which protrudes downward from the wheel retainer 862, and by means of a centrally arranged retaining pin 870 which protrudes upward from the sliding wheel block 868. A wheel 874 is attached to the side face directed into the sliding wheel block 868. As can be seen in Figure 22 to 24, wheel 874, when it engages with a holding guide device 88, which is shown only schematically, is raised and lowered with a movi towards and from. The holding guide device 88 has, for example, a guide or cam rail, in particular with ramps, on which the cylinder or wheel 874 travels. The tilt device 86, in conjunction with an inclined guide element 869, forms a self-acting damping device. The retention guide device 88, in conjunction with the guide element 869 and the damping device, forms a control-retention device 89.
[00121] As can be seen in Figures 19 and 20 in particular, the cutting device 720 is positioned to enter the body of bird 152 at an angle through the gap 156. The cutting device 720 substantially comprises a cutting head 722 a which crosses a leg retainer ring or loop 744. Leg retainer strap 744 is arranged under a frame ring 707 by means of a retainer 734. The lower frame ring 707 forms a lower support device for each cutting device 720, each cutting head 722 being disposed between the clamping elements 830, 844 of the clamping device 824. The retainer 734 is arranged on or connected to a projecting face out of the bottom ring 707 and is removed spacer bushings 738. The leg retaining strap 744 is mounted under the retainer 734 and is connected to the retainer 734 with the first and second axes or legs of the leg strap 740, 742 arranged side by side. The leg retainer strap 744 comprises a back mesh portion 752 which is connected to the leg strap rods 740, 742. The first and second faces 748, 750 of the leg retainer 744 are fixedly connected to the mesh portion 752. A front mesh portion 746 connects the first and second faces 748, 750. A back plate 754 for retaining the bird body 152 extends downward and outward from the leg retaining handle 744. The back plate 754 has an upper portion 756, which is connected to the upper side of the rear mesh portion 752, and a rear portion 750, which extends downwardly from the upper portion 756. A portion front 760 extends downwardly and outwardly below the rear mesh portion 752 and a downwardly directed portion 762 extends downwardly and outwardly below the front portion 760 in order to support the upper end of the rear end of the bird body 152 under the cloaca 156. The rear plate 754 helps to correct orientation of the bird body 152 in relation to the cutting device 720. The leg retaining strap 744 engages behind the bird body 152 between the thighs.
[00122] The cutting device 720 comprises the cutting head 722 which is connected to a drive device. The cutting head 722 has a tubular body 724 with a plurality of teeth 728 at a first end 726 and with an L-shaped notch 732 at an opposite second end 730. The cutting head 722 is connected to an axis 768, the which is received on an externally driven bearing 766. Bearing 766 is located between lower frame ring 707 and retainer 734 and retains shaft 768. Bearing 766 forms a rotary drive for shaft 768. A pair of index pins, which protrudes laterally at the lower end of the shaft 768, is received in the L-shaped notch 732 in order to fix the cutting head 722 to the shaft 768. A nozzle 764, which is arranged under the first end 726, it is connected to a lower end of a tube 788 which extends upwards through the cutting head 722 and the shaft 768 to a connection member 814 at the upper end of tube 788. The connection member 814 is connected to a source of vacuum to locate the vent 156 and at a distance fluid supply (not shown) to supply fluid to the nozzle 764 to rinse-clean the shaving head 722.
[00123] The first and second sliding guides 790, 772 are received in a sliding manner on the first and second adjacent carriers 802, 804 such as columns to load the axis 768 and the tube 788. The first and second carriers 802, 804 extend between an upper frame ring 704 and the lower ring 707. The carriers 802, 804 extend upward and inward from the lower frame ring 707 to the upper frame ring 704 at an angle at which the head cutter 722 has the capacity to enter the vent 156. The upper frame ring 704 and the lower frame ring 707 are connected to a central axis (not shown) for rotation of the arrangement. In general, the support rings or frame 704, 707 form with the carriers 802, 804 or other loading structure, a frame or support device in which the retention-processing devices 822 and the processing tools, in the example the heads cutting edge 722 and nozzle 764, are arranged to be vertically adjustable or positionable by means of an associated control device. The control device for the retention-processing devices 822 comprises the described control members, namely the controlled wheel retainer 862 with the associated mentioned members. The control devices for the processing tools will be described in more detail below.
[00124] The second sliding guide 772 is arranged under the first sliding guide 790 and comprises an upper body 774 and a lower body 776. The lower body 776 has a first through hole 778 with a bushing which is slidably seated in the first carrier 802 and a second adjacent through hole 780 which has a bushing which is slidably seated in the second carrier 804. The upper body 774 extends from the lower body 776 upwards around the second carrier 804 and has a bushing which is slidably seated on the second carrier 804. Part of the lower body 776 protrudes out of the first and second carriers 802, 804 and has a third through hole 784. A bearing within the third hole 784 is oriented in a line with bearing 766 located below, to receive a portion of tube 788. Shaft 768 extends upward from bearing 766 with an upper end of the shaft 768, which engages the bearing within the third through hole 784. A wheel 786 is rotatably arranged on one side facing the second sliding guide 772. Wheel 786 engages with a cam or control face (no shown) that moves the shaving head 722 up and down.
[00125] The first sliding guide 790 is arranged above the second sliding guide 772 and comprises an upper body 792 and a lower body 798. The upper body 792 forms a first through hole 794 and 796, with a bushing which is seated in a sliding way on the second carrier 804. The lower body 798 extends downwardly from the upper body 792 around the first carrier 802 and has a bushing which is slidably seated on the first carrier 802. A part of the upper body 792 protrudes out of the first and second carriers 802, 804 and forms an open retainer outwards 793. An adapter part 810, which is mounted on a guide body 808, engages with retainer 793. The guide body 808 extends upwards in retainer 793 and forms a passage which is oriented along with the bearing in the third through hole 784. A locknut 812 retains the arrangement together. The upper end of the tube 788 extends upwardly on the guide body 808 and a connecting member 814 protrudes upward from the locknut 812 in order to establish fluid communication between the upper end of the tube 788 and the fluid source. A wheel 800, which is rotatably connected to the face pointed into the first sliding guide 790, is engaged with a control guide (not shown), for example, a ramp or cam surface, which moves the nozzle 764 up and down and optionally the cutting head 722 up and down.
[00126] In a top view according to Figures 4 and 15, the rotary transfer device 602 rotates to the left and the clamping cutter 702 rotates to the right. While each clamping device 618 carrying a bird body 152 moves a corresponding holding device 822, the first holding arm 628 of the clamping device 618 crosses a transfer zone and the left bird leg 182 is transferred to the first element clamping device 830 of the holding device 822. The second clamping arm 636 of the clamping device 618 crosses the transfer zone, and thus the right leg of bird 192 is transferred to the second clamping element 844 of the holding device. The transfer zone is generally an overlap zone with a tangential path. This means that, generally, the delivery transmitting path of the rotary transfer device 602 is followed by the receiving transmitting path, formed by the processing device 21, in the same direction and continuously (without bending in the path). In this case, the section of the continuous transfer path has a turning point between the path that rotates to the left and the path that rotates to the right. This will be described in more detail below.
[00127] When the first clamping arm 628 enters the transfer zone, the first clamping element 830 engages with the left leg of bird 182 at a point below the first clamping arm 628, the left leg of bird 182 passes between the the first and the second clamping fingers 832, 836 so that it is transferred from the clamping opening 634 to the holding opening 840. A guiding device (not shown), for example, a guiding grid or rod, can be provided to assist in guiding the left leg of bird 182 from the first clamping arm 628 to the first clamping element 830. When the left leg of bird 182 leaves the transfer zone, it is moved through the first clamping element 830 to away from the first rotary transfer device 602. While the vent cutter 702 and the first rotary transfer device 602 continue to rotate, the second clamping arm 636 enters the transfer zone and the second and clamping element 844 engages the right leg of bird 192 at a point below the second clamping arm 636, the right leg of bird 192 passes between the first and second clamping fingers 846, 850 so that the right leg of ave 192 is transferred from the clamping opening 642 to the holding opening 854. Advantageously, a guiding device (not shown), for example, a sliding grid or rod, can be provided, which assists in orienting the right leg of ave 192 from the second clamping arm 636 to the second clamping element 844. When the right leg of ave 192 leaves the transfer zone, the transfer of the bird body 152 from the first rotary transfer device 602 to the cloaca cutter 702 is completed. An adjacent adjacent holding device 822 enters the transfer zone in order to receive the next bird body 152 from the next clamping device 618 and the described cycle is repeated.
[00128] When the bird body 152 moves away from the first rotary transfer device 602, the retention-processing device 822 positions itself on the bird body 152 in relation to the leg retaining loop 744. Physical resources of the bird bodies 152 that are processed may vary. For example, the bird legs 182, 192 of the bird body 152 of a treated batch may be of a different length between the hips of the same 184, 194 and the hocks or knee joints of the same 188, 198 than another bird body. 152 of the batch. The correct positioning of each individual bird body 152 in relation to the leg retaining handle 744 ensures that the cutting device 720 enlarges the cloaca 156 in the correct location of the bird body 152 and cuts to the correct depth.
[00129] In the rotation of each retention-processing device 822 together with the clam-cutting device 702, the bird body 152 is in each case inclined upwards against the leg retention handle 744. This is achieved by the fact that that the retention device 822 (Figures 22 to 24) moves upward when the wheel 874 of the control-retention device 89 travels an inclined portion of the retention guide device 88. As soon as the sliding wheel or body block 868 is moved upwards along the rods or axles 864, 866, the spring 872 is tilted upward against the wheel retainer 862. As a result of the upward movement of the wheel retainer 822, the first and second rods 856, 858 move upwards in relation to the base plate 710, so that the clamping elements 824 also move upwards. When the bird body 152 is raised by means of the clamping element 824, the inside parts of the right and left bird legs 182, 192 come into contact with the leg retaining handle 744, which is an example of an element positioning, so that the legs of birds 182, 192 are spread out further. In the case of bird bodies 152 with relatively long bird legs 182, 192, the ankle joints 188, 198 are positioned by means of the retention device 822 at a greater distance above the leg retention loop 744 than in the case of 152 bird bodies with shorter bird legs. A bird body 152 with short bird legs 182, 192 reaches the leg retaining handle 744 earlier than a bird body 152 with long bird legs 182, 192. Consequently, the upward movement of the bird body 152 is interrupted and the upward movement of the sliding wheel block 868 is continuous upward and thus the sliding wheel block 868 slides along the first and second shanks 864, 866 and the spring 872 is compressed between the sliding block wheel 868 and the wheel retainer 862 located above it. It will be appreciated that the damping device / inclination device 86 which works against the inclination of the spring 872 is thus formed.
[00130] Figures 22 and 23 show the situation for a bird body 152 which has a maximum leg length and, therefore, can still only be processed in the device. The bird body 152 passes in a removal position according to Figure 22 for the holding device 822 or for the clamping elements 824. Through a temporary position according to Figure 23, the bird body 152 is raised to the processing position according to Figure 24. The spring 872, which is not shown in Figures 22 to 24, therefore, behaves as a rigid element. Each bird body 152 which is smaller than the bird body shown in Figures 22 to 24 is positioned by means of the tilt device 86, when the leg loop 744 rests in the vent, while the retention device 822, when the inclined guide element 869 is raised, it is raised by means of spring 872, which is then compressed. A gripping space with a variable gripping distance is thus formed between the positioning element and the clamping elements 824 or the holding-processing device 822.
[00131] As soon as the bird body 152 is in the correct position for the cutting device 720 to enlarge the cloaca 156, the first sliding guide 790 is moved downwards and the second sliding guide 722 is moved downwards, so that the cutting head 722 is moved into the opening 156 when it is rotated (Figures 25 to 26). To locate the vent 156, a vacuum is applied to the nozzle 764 and fluid is introduced into the tube 788 through connection means 814 and then distributed through the nozzle 764 in order to rinse the cutting head 722 and wash residues formed during cutting. As soon as the broiler head 722 has been moved into the bird body cavity 152 to the correct depth, the opening of the opening 156 is complete. While the bird body 152 moves to the second rotary transfer device 652, the sliding wheel block 868 moves downward and thus the bird body 152 is lowered and the first sliding guide 790 moves up and , thus, the shaving head 722 and the nozzle 764 are moved up and away from the bird body 152.
[00132] As can be seen in the top view of Figures 3 and 4 in particular, the second rotary transfer device 652 rotates counterclockwise to the left. The second rotary transfer device 652 has the same features as the first rotary transfer device 602, so that identical or corresponding features are provided with corresponding identical reference numbers.
[00133] While each holding device 822 of the clam-cutting device 702 that carries a bird body 152 is rotated towards a clamping device 618, the first clamping element 830 passes through a transfer zone and, from there Thus, the left leg of bird 182 is transferred to the first retaining arm 628 and the second retaining element 844 passes through the transfer zone when the right leg of bird 192 is transferred to the second retaining arm 636. Once the first retaining element 830 enters the transfer zone, the first retaining arm 628 engages with the left leg of bird 182 at a point below the first clamping element 830, the left leg of bird 182 passes between the first and second fingers 630, 632, so that the left leg of bird 182 is transferred from the retaining / clamping opening 840 to the retaining / clamping opening 634. A guiding device (not shown), for example, a guiding grid or hash can assist the orientation of the left leg of bird 182 from the first clamping element 830 to the first retaining arm 628. As soon as the left leg of bird 182 leaves the transfer zone, it is removed from the clamping cutter 702 by the first retaining arm 628. While the clam-cutting device 702 and the second rotating transfer device 652 continue to rotate, the second retaining arm 636 enters the transfer zone and the right leg of bird 192 engages with the second holding arm 636 at a point below the second clamping element 844, the right leg of bird 192 passes between the first and second holding fingers 638, 640 so that the right leg of bird 192 is transferred from the holding opening 854 for the retention opening 642. A guide device (not shown), such as a guide rail or guide rod, can assist in guiding the right leg of the bird 192 from the clamping element 844 to the second arm retainer 636. As soon as the right leg of bird 192 leaves the transfer zone, the transfer of bird body 152 from the cloaca opening device 702 to the second rotary transfer device 652 is completed. An adjacent next clamping device 668 enters the transfer zone in order to receive the bird body 152 from the next holding device 822. The sequence of steps described above is carried out again. Here too, the transfer zone between the processing device 21, 702 and the second rotary transfer device 652 forms, as described, an overlap zone with a tangential path and a turning point.
[00134] As already mentioned, the second rotary transfer device 652 is in the same shape as the first rotary transfer device 602 and, thus, it is arranged and configured as a mirror image with respect to an imaginary vertical median plane 13, as is evident in Figure 4. By means of the sliding spoke ring 622, the cam plate 608 with the guide rail 614 and the sliding elements 624 engaged thereto, the distance that separates the clamping devices 618 is controllable from the dependence on the rotation position and rotation movement of the rotary transfer device 652. This means that the distance between adjacent clamping devices 618 on the path away from the clamping cutter 702 and towards the main transmitting device 302 decreases. For the transfer path between the processing device 21, 702 and the main transmitting device 302, the portion of the guide rail 614 is provided which moves the clamping devices 618 radially towards the drive shaft 604. Reducing the distance between the adjacent clamping devices 618, the distance between successive adjacent bird bodies 152 decreases, so that the distance separating the bird bodies 152 again returns to the distance required to transfer the bird bodies 152 back to the carrier device 402 of the main transmitting device 302.
[00135] Each carrier device 402 passes the second rotary transfer device 652, which is disposed immediately adjacent to the main transmitting system 302, the bodies of birds 152 pass to the carrier devices 402 in a tangential path. The procedure is such that the first carrier leg 468 and the first carrier arm 478 as well as the second carrier leg 502 and the second carrier arm 512 pass through a transfer zone and engage the bird body 152 held by the clamping device 618 of the second rotary transfer device 652. It will be noted that the carrier devices 402, along the main transmitting device 302 or the main transmitting line 20, continue their trajectory from the point at which they transferred the bodies of birds 152 for the first rotary transfer device 602. As soon as the first carrier leg 468 of the first carrier 41 enters the transfer zone, the first actuating element 444 is raised, so that the first tilting element of the tilting device 452 be compressed and the projecting carrier edge 490 is moved away from the projecting carrier edge 472. In one embodiment, the control body 4 50 of the control element 44 engages an inclined portion of the guide rail / cam of the control device 540, so that the control body 450 is raised. The inclined portion (not shown) corresponds to the inclined portion 542. As soon as the first carrier arm 628 enters the transfer zone, it is located at a higher position than the projecting carrier edge 472 and the left leg of bird 182 is located close to the carriage recess 474. While the carriage 402 and the clamping device 618 continue to move, the control body 450 encounters a falling portion (not shown) or an end portion of the first cam or guide rail of the control device 540, so that the first tilt element is relaxed, which results in the first carrier arm 478 moving to a closed position in relation to the first carrier leg 468 and the projecting carrier edge 490 being moved toward the projecting carrier edge 472. As soon as the first carrier arm 628 leaves the transfer zone, the left leg retainer connection 182 changes from clamping device 618 to the appendix receiver 40.1 formed by the first carrier leg 468 and the first carrier arm 478. A guide device is advantageously provided, for example, a sliding grid or guide rod, which assists in guiding the bird's left leg 182 from the first retaining arm 628 to the carrier device 402.
[00136] While the carrier device 402 and the clamping device 618 continue to move, the left leg of bird 182 leaves the transfer zone and the second clamping arm 636 enters the transfer zone. As soon as the second carrier arm 512 of the second carrier 42 enters the transfer zone, the second control element 454 is raised. Consequently, the second tilt element of the second tilt device 462 is compressed, so that the projecting carrier edge 524 moves away from the projecting carrier edge 506 and a grip-free position is established for transfer. According to one embodiment, the control projection or body 460 engages the second guide or cam rail of the control device 545 with an inclined portion (not shown), in which the control body 460 travels and is raised. This inclined portion corresponds to inclined portion 546. As soon as the second retaining arm 636 enters the transfer zone, the second carrier leg 502 consequently enters the transfer zone and, thus, the projecting carrier edge 506 will be located lower than the second retaining arm 636 and the right leg of bird 192 will be located close to the retention recess 508. While the carrier device 402 and the clamping device 618 continue to move, the control body 460 travels up an inclined portion (not shown) or an end portion of the second cam or guide rail of the control device 545, which results in the second tilt element being relaxed so that the second carrier arm 512 is moved to a closed position with respect to to the second carrier leg 502 and the projecting carrier edge 524 is moved towards the projecting carrier edge 506. As soon as the second clamping arm 646 leaves the transfer, the retaining connection for the right leg of bird 192 is transferred from the second clamping arm 636 to the second carrier leg 502 and the second carrier arm 512, which form the second carrier receiver 40.2. Advantageously, a guide device (not shown), for example, a sliding grid or guide rod, is provided to guide the right bird leg 192 of the second clamping arm 636 to the carrier device 402. An adjacent carrier device that follows 402 then enters the transfer zone in order to receive bird body 152 from the next clamping device 618. The transfer steps described above are repeated.
[00137] In the exemplary embodiment, the described overlap transfer is provided, the clamping arms 628, 636 overlapping the carrier elements 475, 525. The tangential transfer path can also be configured so that the clamping devices 618 run close to the carrier receivers 40.1 and 40.2 in the transfer zone without overlapping and a lateral orientation offset of the bird bodies 152 is provided with the mentioned optional guide devices or corresponding guide means. This option is provided for each transfer zone between the carrier devices 402, the rotary transfer devices 602, 652 and the processing devices 21.
[00138] Advantageously, a weighing means is disposed after (downstream of) the transfer station 60 and associated with it. In the exemplary embodiment of Figure 2, a weighing means 91 of the processing group I, a weighing means 92 of the processing group II and a weighing means 93 are disposed after the cleaning device 234 on the main transmitting line 20 of the main transmitting device. 302. In addition, as can be seen in Figure 2, a weighing medium 90 and 94 is arranged on the main transmission line 20 at the beginning and at the end of the processing system 210. Instead of weighing medium 94 or beyond, it is possible, as can also be seen in Figure 2, to provide a weighing means 95 which is formed in conjunction with a transfer station 66, which has a pair of rotary transfer devices 602, 652, one of which is a processing device 21 is formed by a weighing device 236. In general, the arrangement according to the invention of the transfer station 60 on the main transmission line 20 can be provided with any processing device essamento 21 which retains the bodies of birds 152 with the processing-retention medium itself which is arranged and movable in a circular path and, thus, it is configured to remove the bodies of birds 152, and retain them during processing and delivery, and is preferably controllable in the vertical position. Instead of the carousel-type processing devices 21 shown, which have a rotating support frame / body around a geometric axis, instead of such circular machines, oval or generally rounded machines with configured rotatable retaining means correspondingly. A processing device can, for example, also be a cutting device which, for example, separates wings from the bird's body.
[00139] The weighing of the bird body 152 before and after processing / treatment, that is to say downstream of a processing device or a group of processing devices, provides information on the performance achieved for a bird body 152. In particular, abnormal and unexpected deviations or variations in the weight of a bird body 152, which is determined before and after processing, can provide information about the mechanical operation and operation of the processing device or a group of processing devices. In particular, operating problems which transmit the yield can be detected. Deviations or variations in weight generally give information about the body weight of bird 152 which is achieved through processing or is lost by processing. The weight data determined by weighing devices 902, 236 can be assigned to the bird body 152 in question. Advantageously, the determined weight is assigned with an RFID element, which is arranged on the associated carrier device 402, 532. Advantageously, the weight data for each bird body 152 is stored electronically in a data processing system , equipped with a processor and memory medium, which is conventional in itself. Weight and / or treatment data for each bird body 152 can be used to determine, in a process as a whole, lots or locations to which the product obtained, in particular the product to be sold, is assigned. Specific separate bird body parts can be assigned and processed individually.
[00140] During the transmission of the carrier devices 402, 532 along the main transmitting device 302, the bodies of birds 152 are transferred from the carrier devices 402, 532 to the weighing devices 902 for weighing. Such weighing devices are shown in Figure 27 to 34. According to one form, the weighing device 902 is arranged close to the main transmitting device 302. In another embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, the weighing device 902 is arranged on the main transmitting line 20 of the main transmitting device 302. Referring to Figure 27 to 34, a weighing device 902 will be described which is shown next to the main transmitting device 302.
[00141] The first and second transport devices 914, 934 are held by a frame 906, which is suspended from a force measuring device 910, for example, a force sensor in the form of a load cell , or is arranged under it and connected to it. The force measuring device 910 is in turn retained by means of a support or loader element 908.
[00142] The first transport device 914 comprises a first circulating cable 922, for example, a belt, which is arranged between a first drive or deflector device or device 920 and a second drive or deflector device or device 926. In the arrangement, cable 922 passes through an inner section 921 located inside the arrangement and an opposite outer section 923 located outside the arrangement. The drive device 920 is connected via a drive shaft 918 with a drive 916, for example, a servomotor. The drive is arranged on the frame or support 906. The drive device 926 is also connected to the support or frame 906 via a drive shaft 924. It may be sufficient that only the axes are actively driven.
[00143] The second transport device 943 has a second circulation cable 942, for example, a belt, which extends between a first drive or deflector plate or device 940 and a second drive or plate or deflector device 946, being that cable 942 passes through a section 941 that is inside the arrangement and an opposite outer section 943. The drive device 940 is connected via a drive shaft 938 to a drive 936, for example, a servomotor. Drive 936 is arranged on the support or frame 906. Drive 946 is connected to the support or frame 906 via a drive shaft 944. It may be sufficient that only the axes are actively driven.
[00144] The internal sections 921, 941 of cables 922, 942 are each spaced apart and parallel to each other, the arrangement being such that it is formed between cables 922, 942 that run along the internal sections 921, 942 a span which receives a portion of the bird legs 182, 192 between the hocks or ankle joints 188, 198 and the knees 186, 196. In one embodiment, as shown in particular in Figures 27 and 28, cables 922, 942 retains bird legs 182, 192 in the portions mentioned from below.
[00145] The arrangement and configuration is such that a carrier device 402, 532 which is loaded with a bird body 152 travels additionally to the weighing device 902, where it is arranged and moved so that the bird legs 182 , 192 are oriented in a line with the gaps between the cables 922, 942. While the main transmitting device 302 moves the carrier device 402, 532 further, the left leg of bird 182 enters an input transfer zone. The retention connection of the left leg of bird 182 with the carrier device 402, 532 changes to the retention connection with the weighing device 902.
[00146] As can be seen in Figure 29, the arrangement is such that a plate of the drive device 926 rotates to the right in a clockwise direction, so that the first cable 922 also rotates to the right, while a plate of the drive device drive 946 and, likewise, the second cable 942 also rotates counterclockwise to the left. It can be seen that a transmitting device is configured to transmit bird legs 182, 192 parallel to or in the direction of the transmitting section or main transmitting line 20 of the carrier device 402, 532. When the carrier device 402, 532 moves forward, cables 922, 942 connect to the left leg of bird 182 at a point below the projecting carrier edges 472, 490. As soon as the left leg of bird 182 is located between cables 922, 942, the control body or the projection 450 of the first control element 444 is elevated, resulting in the first carrier arm 478 away from the first carrier leg 468 to produce a grip-free receiver, so that the retention of the left leg of bird 182 is transferred from the device carrier 402, 532 for weighing device 902. As already described above, in one embodiment the first control element 444 travels to an inclined portion, for example, of the first cam / rail guide of the control device 540, so that the control element 444 is raised. Drives 916, 936 are configured so that they move the left leg of bird 182 forward at the same speed at which the right leg of bird 192 is moving towards the weighing device 902. When the right leg of bird 192 enters the input transfer zone, cables 922, 942 connect to the right leg of bird 192 at a point below the protruding edges 506, 524. As soon as the right leg of bird 192 is located in the gap between the cables 922, 942, the control body or projection 460 of the second control element 454 is raised, for example, by means of an inclined portion of the control device 545, which results in the second carrier arm 512 away from the second leg of carrier 502. Consequently, the retention of the right leg of bird 192 is transferred from the carrier device 402, 532 to the weighing device 902.
[00147] It can be seen that the weight of the bird body 152 is measured by means of the force measuring device 910 when the bird body 152 is only retained in the weighing device 902, which means that the retention connection of the bird body 152 with the carrier device 402, 532 has been removed. The force measuring device 910 determines the weight of the bird body 152 by subtracting the weight of the weighing device 902 from the total weight measured. In particular, the weight of cables 922, 942, drive elements 920, 940, 926, 946, drive axles 918, 924, 938, 944, motors 916, 936, drives 920, 940, support or frame 906 and also the weight of the forces resulting from the movement of the bird body 152 through the weighing device 902. The force measuring device likewise subtracts the disassembled weight from the mechanical device comprising the mentioned parts and optionally a component of dynamic weight in order to determine the actual weight of the bird body 152 as it passes through the weighing device 902. It is important that the bird body 152 moves forward during weighing and the associated carrier device 402, 532 is not engaged with the bird body 152. The carrier device 402, 532 thus moves together with the bird body 152 in the main transmitting device 302.
[00148] The configuration and arrangement is such that, following the determination of the weight of the bird body 152, the bird legs 182, 192 are moved further by means of the cables 922, 942 to an exit transfer zone. While the bird body 152 moves further, an empty carrier 402, 532 is moved to the weighing device 902. The arrangement is such that the bird legs 182, 192 are oriented in a line, which means accordingly with the main transmission line 20 with the first to second carrier legs 468, 502 of the carrier device 532. As soon as the left leg of bird 182 leaves the transfer zone, the retention of the left leg of bird 182 is transferred from the weighing device 902 for the carrier device 402, 532. The projecting carrier edges 470, 490 engage the left leg of bird 182 at a point above cables 922, 942.
[00149] As soon as the left leg of bird 182 is located between the projecting carrier edges 472, 490, the control body or projection 450 of the first control element 444 is lowered, resulting in the first carrier arm 478 moved towards the first carrier leg 468. Consequently, the retention of the left leg of bird 182 is transferred from the weighing device 902 to the carrier device 402, 532. As described above, in one embodiment a control device has a first track of guide with an inclined portion, on which the first control element 444 moves to lower. As soon as the right leg of bird 192 enters the exit transfer zone, the projecting carrier edges 506, 524 engage with the right leg of bird 192 at a point above cables 922, 942. As soon as the right leg of bird 192 is located between the projecting carrier edges 506, 524, the control body or projection 460 of the second control element 454 is lowered so that the second carrier arm 512 moves towards the second carrier leg 502, the which results in the retention of the right leg of a bird 192 transferred from the weighing device 902 to the carrier device 402, 532.
[00150] Figures 30 to 34 show an exemplary embodiment of a main transmitting device 302 with two weighing devices 902, which are arranged opposite each other on the main transmitting line 20. As a result, the two bodies of birds 152 are raised to the along the same region as the main transmitting device 302, they come into contact between bodies of birds 152 which are in close succession and are governed during weighing by the aforementioned configuration. As soon as a carrier device 402, 532 that is loaded with a bird body 152 reaches a weighing device 902, the steps described above are carried out again.

权利要求:
Claims (26)
[0001]
1 - PROCESSING SYSTEM for processing slaughtered and un-plucked bird bodies (152) comprising: - a main transmitting device (302) which has carrier devices (402) which are transmitted in succession along a main transmitting line (20) and are each configured for lateral transport of the bird body (152), each carrier device (402) having a pair (401) of carriers (41, 42) to suspend the bird body (152) by paired appendages (11, 12); - and a plurality of processing devices (21), characterized by the fact that for the processing-transport of the bodies of birds (152) separately from the main transmitting device (302), the processing devices (21) are designed, each , with a processing-retention means (820) that is movable in a circular path; where the system (210) has at least two transfer stations (60; 61-66) arranged in succession along the main transmission line (20), each transfer station (60; 61-66) having at least at least one associated processing device (21); where each transfer station (60; 61-66) is formed by a transfer pair (601) which has two rotary transfer devices (602, 652), namely; having a first rotary transfer device (602) which, in each case of a tangential path, is arranged and configured to remove the bodies of birds (152) from the carrying devices (402) of the main transmission line (20) and to transfer the removed bird bodies (152) for the processing-retention medium (820) of a mentioned associated processing device (21), and a second rotary transfer device (652) which, in each case of a tangential path, is arranged and configured to remove the processed bird bodies (152) from the processing-retention medium (820) of an aforementioned associated processing device (21) and to transfer them to said carrier devices (402), which are free to the suspension of the bodies of birds (152), for additional lateral transport along the main transmission line (20); where each of the two carriers (41, 42) of a mentioned carrier device (402) is configured with a carrier-retention device (403, 405) which, for the suspension and removal of the right and left paired appendages (11, 12 ), can be controlled to an open state, a closed state and, associated therewith, to a holding state depending on the transmission position of the carrier device (402) along the main transmission line (20); and, where each of the two carriers (41, 42) of each carrier device (402) is configured with carrier elements (473, 475; 507, 525) which receive the paired appendages (11, 12) in a suspended manner and which are formed on at least one common longitudinal side of the carrier device (402) which is associated with said transfer station (60), in each case with a passage in which the appendages of the bodies of birds (152) are mobile without hindrance, free of vertical displacement, for suspension and removal.
[0002]
2 - PROCESSING SYSTEM according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that there is disposed along the main transmission line (20) at least one weighing device (902) which is formed by a means of weighing and transportation (900 ; 902, 91 to 95, 914, 934) which is oriented and movable parallel to the main transmission line (20) and which is designed for simultaneous and together transportation, separate from the carrier device (402) from the main transmitting device (302) , and the weighing, in each case, of a bird's body (152).
[0003]
3 - PROCESSING SYSTEM according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the fact that a station (64) of said transfer stations (60) is arranged on a processing and path side different from the main transmitting device (302) than at least one additional transfer station mentioned (61-63, 65, 66).
[0004]
4 - PROCESSING SYSTEM according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by the fact that two carriers (41, 42) of the carrier pair (401) of the carrier device (402) are formed to be opened in at least one lateral longitudinal side of the carrier device (402), so that the bodies of birds (152) can be suspended and released from vertical displacement.
[0005]
5 - PROCESSING SYSTEM according to claim 4, characterized by the fact that the carrier devices (402) are suspended, in each case free of rotation around a vertical geometric axis that corresponds to the direction of suspension of the bird's body ( 152), in a transmission line (305), with the two carriers (41, 42) being formed to be opened on both longitudinal sides of the carrier device (402) so that the body of the bird (152) can be suspended without displacement in the vertical direction and removed without displacement in the vertical direction.
[0006]
6 - PROCESSING SYSTEM according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized by the fact that the retention-carrier devices (403, 405) of the two carriers (41, 45) can be operated and controlled independently and separately each other.
[0007]
7 - PROCESSING SYSTEM according to claim 6, characterized by the fact that the main transmitting device (302) has at least one control guide device (540, 545) which is formed with separate control members (542, 546) which are configured, for coupling to the control elements (444; 454) of the two carrier-retention devices (403, 405), in such a way that they can be controlled for the open states and, on the other hand , for closed states with a shift in terms of location and time.
[0008]
8 - PROCESSING SYSTEM according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized by the fact that each rotary transfer device (602, 652) has clamping devices (618) for tightening, in pairs, the paired appendages (11, 12) of the bodies of birds (152) and for the transfer of bodies of birds (152), the clamping devices 618 8) being configured to be at the same level as the carrier elements (473, 475; 507, 525 ) of the carriers (41, 42) of the carrier devices (402), so that the bodies of birds (152) are mobile free of vertical displacement for suspension and removal.
[0009]
9 - PROCESSING SYSTEM according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the two rotary transfer devices (602, 652) of at least one transfer station (6) have clamping devices (618) which are arranged distributed in a line on the periphery of the rotary transfer device (602, 652) and are designed to tighten, retain and remove the paired appendages (11, 12) of the bodies of birds (152), the distance separating the clamping devices (618) are configured to be controllable depending on the rotation position and the movement of the rotary transfer device (602, 652), namely between at least the shortest possible distance, which corresponds to an associated separation distance of the carrier devices (402) along the main transmission line (20), and at least the greatest possible distance, which corresponds to a separation distance associated with the devices retention-processing (822) that forms the processing-retention means (820) along the circular path of the associated processing device (21).
[0010]
10 - PROCESSING SYSTEM according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that at least one of the processing devices (21, 702) has a control device with which the processing-holding means (820) it is connected and can be controlled in terms of its height depending on its trajectory position along its circular path, with at least three height positions being provided, namely an initial position, which is associated with the transfer of the bird bodies (152) from the first rotary transfer device (602), at least one processing position during processing, and a final position which is associated with the removal of the bird bodies (152) from the device processing (21, 702); where the processing-holding means (820) is formed by a row of holding-processing devices (822) which are arranged along the circular path and are each formed with a clamping device (824) to receive , firmly retain and deliver the paired appendages (11, 12) of the bodies of birds (152).
[0011]
11 - CARRIER DEVICE for the suspended lateral transport of a bird body (152), in particular configured to form a main transmitting device (302) of a processing system (210), as defined in any one of claims 1 to 10 , characterized by the fact that it has a plurality of carrier devices (402), comprising an upper portion (404) with a connecting member (409) for connection to a transmitting line (305) of a transmitting device (302), and a lower portion (412) which has a clamping device (466) which has a pair (401) of carriers (41, 42) which has appendix receptors (40.1, 40.2) for suspension of the bird's body (152) a from paired appendages (11, 12), the carrier device (402) having a carrier control device (410) which forms part of the carrier device (402) and has at least one control element (444, 454 ); where each of the two carriers (41, 42) is configured with a controllable holding device (403; 405) which is connected to the carrier-control device (410) via at least one control element (444, 454) and which has at least one retaining member (480, 514), as part of the appendix receiver (40.1, 40.2), which is controllable by means of a mentioned control element (444, 454), the receiver being of appendix (40.1, 40.2) is opened in an open position of the retaining member (480, 514) controllable for a free hold and removal of the appendages (11, 12) and can be placed in contact with the appendices (11 and 12) only in a closed position of the retaining member (480, 514); and where between the support edges (472, 490; 506, 524) of the limb receivers (40.1, 40.2), a passage is formed which is open on both longitudinal sides of the support device (402), where the passage is provided at least in the state with the member receiver (40.1, 40.2) open.
[0012]
12 - CARRIER DEVICE according to claim 11, characterized by the fact that the carrier-control device (410) is configured so that said controllable retaining members (480, 514) are freely movable beyond a controlled open position for further opening of the appendix receiver (40.1, 40.2).
[0013]
13 - CARRIER DEVICE according to claim 11 or 12, characterized by the fact that the control-carrier device (410) has an inclination device, associated with a mentioned control element (444, 454), which produces a return force and is mounted on the carrier device (402) and the fact that the control element (444; 454) is mounted on the tilt device for controlled displacement, mobile on the return force along a rail.
[0014]
14 - CARRIER DEVICE according to any one of claims 11 to 13, characterized by the fact that each of the two carriers (41, 42) has a pair of carrier leg members (470, 480 and 504, 514), being that the free leg ends of the carrier leg members (470, 480; 504, 514) are the only means to form the appendix receptor (40.1, 40.2) for the suspended retention of the right or left appendix (11, 12) and in each case at least one carrier leg member (480; 514) of the pair of leg members forming said controllable retaining member is movable by means of at least one control element (444; 454) a from a closed position, which retains the associated appendix receiver (40.1, 40.2) in the closed state, by an adjustment movement to an open position which is distanced from the other carrier leg member (470; 504) and opens the appendix receiver (40.1, 40.2) and can be placed in the closed position again by el controlled imination of displacement.
[0015]
15 - CARRIER DEVICE according to claim 14, characterized by the fact that the carrier-control device (410) is configured so that the movable leg ends are retained in the closed position, free of gripping and return force, with a fixed maximum distance from the opposite carrier leg member (470, 504) in par.
[0016]
16 - CARRIER DEVICE according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that the internal carrier leg members (480, 514) of the two pairs of leg members are movable in a controlled manner to open and close the appendix receptors (40.1, 40.2), while the two others, external leg members (470, 504) of the two pairs of leg members are fixedly arranged in the carrier device (402).
[0017]
17 - CARRIER DEVICE according to any one of claims 14 to 16, characterized by the fact that the movable leg members (480, 514) are each pivotally mounted around a geometric pivot axis (440, 441) for movement between the closed position and the open position.
[0018]
18 - CARRIER DEVICE according to claim 17, characterized by the fact that the control element (444; 454) is formed by a rod member (446; 456), which is mounted on a tilting device which produces a return force, and a control body (450, 451; 460, 461) oriented transversely thereto, in the closed state of the appendix receptor (40.1, 40.2), the stem member (446; 456) released from the return force of the tilting device, it engages the pivotable leg member (480; 514) to prevent pivoting, and in the open state of the appendix receiver (40.1, 40.2), the control body (450; 451 ; 460, 461) engages, in the state in which it can be loaded under the return force, to the pivotable leg member (480; 514) in order to oscillate it to open around the associated pivot geometric axis ( 440; 441).
[0019]
19 - CARRIER DEVICE according to any one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that the appendix receiver (40.1, 40.2) of the retention device (403, 405) has at least one carrier element (473, 475; 507 , 525), and by the fact that said carrier element is formed at at least one free leg end of the leg members (470, 480; 504, 514).
[0020]
20 - CARRIER DEVICE according to claim 19, characterized by the fact that said carrier elements (473, 475; 507, 525) are formed at the two free leg ends of the pairs of leg members, with the carrier elements having carrier edges facing each other (472, 490; 506, 524) and where at least one carrier edge mentioned (472, 490; 506, 524) is formed an edge indentation (474, 492; 526, 508) which forms a holding compartment.
[0021]
21 - CARRIER DEVICE according to claim 20, characterized by the fact that the carrier edges facing each other (472, 490; 506, 524) are formed with projections (566, 568; 588, 590) and corresponding indentations such that, in the state with the appendix receiver (40.1, 40.2) closed, a retention compartment that is closed on all sides is formed.
[0022]
22 - CARRIER DEVICE according to any one of claims 11 to 21, characterized by the fact that the carrier-control device (410) is configured to control the two controllable restraint devices (403; 405) independently and separately between each holding device (403; 405) is in control communication with the associated control element associated with it (444, 454).
[0023]
23 - CARRIER DEVICE according to claim 22, characterized by the fact that the two control elements (444, 454) each have a control projection (450, 460) that protrudes from the carrier device (402) with a arrangement so that the control projections (450, 460) are configured independently of each other to engage an individual control member (542, 546) of at least one control guide device (540, 545).
[0024]
24 - CARRIER DEVICE according to claim 23, characterized by the fact that the two control projections (450, 460) protrude from the carrier device (402) to mutually opposite longitudinal sides (416, 426) of the same.
[0025]
25 - CARRIER DEVICE according to any one of claims 11 to 24, characterized in that the carrier device (402) comprises a carrier housing (415) that has at least one cavity (434) in which the control device- carrier (410) is arranged.
[0026]
26 - CARRIER DEVICE according to any one of claims 11 to 25, characterized by the fact that it is formed in the connection member (409), which is configured for connection to a transmitting line (305) of a transmitting device (302) , a pivot bearing for pivoting articulation around a horizontal pivot geometry axis, and the horizontal pivot geometry axis is oriented so that the carrier device (402) in the suspended state for the lateral transport of a bird body ( 152) becomes parallel to the straight section of the transmission line (305).

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