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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
- A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
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- A22C21/0007—Poultry shackles
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
- A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
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Abstract
Conveyor line and carrier used in said conveyor line, which carrier comprises a hook or hooks for suspending poultry or poultry parts by the legs, and further comprising a carriage for moving the poultry or poultry parts along said conveyor line, and arranged with at least a first rotatable vertical rod suspended from the carriage, which first rotatable rod is provided with a sideways extending arm for adjusting an orientation of the poultry or poultry parts with reference to the conveyor line, wherein at a position distant from the first rod, the arm is provided with a hinge to which a second rod pivotably connects with an intermediate connection piece that extends sideways from said second rod, and wherein the first rod is provided with a stop or stops for the intermediate connection piece so as to arrange that the second rod substantially extends in the longitudinal direction of the first rod when the intermediate connection piece abuts said stop or stops.
Description
Conveyor line and carrier for poultry used in said conveyor line
The invention relates to conveyor line for poultry suspended by the legs provided with at least one carrier for the poultry, which carrier comprises a carriage for moving the poultry or poultry parts along a conveying direction of the conveyor line, wherein the carrier is arranged with at least a first rotatable vertical rod suspended from the carriage, which first rotatable rod is provided with a sideways extending arm for adjusting an orientation of the poultry or poultry parts with reference to the carriage that is movable in the conveyor line. The invention also relates to a separate carrier which is intended to be used in such a conveyor line.
Such a conveyor line and such a carrier are known from the applicant's earlier application US2005/0037705.
It is an object of the invention to further develop this known conveyor line and carrier such that it is possible to measure the weight of the poultry or poultry part suspended in the carrier without sacrificing the possibility to engage the sideways extending arm provided on the rotatable rod for bypassing the poultry around processing means that may be positioned in the track of the conveyor line.
The applicant remarks that W02011/133028 discloses a conveyor line with a poultry carrier and EP-A-1 440 618 discloses a poultry carrier for a conveyor line, wherein both documents disclose that the carrier has a carriage for moving the poultry along a track of a conveyor line, and wherein the carrier is embodied with hooks for suspending the poultry by the legs, and the carrier is arranged with at least a first rotatable vertical rod suspended from the carriage to enable rotation of the poultry. Both documents further disclose weighing means forming part of the carrier, however neither one of these documents teaches, hints or suggests how to combine the weighing facility of these devices with the facility that the poultry may be bypassed around a processing means in the track of the conveyor line. The teachings of W02011/133028 and EP-A-1 440 618 cannot for that purpose be amalgamated with the teaching of US2005/0037705 since the respective documents teach inherently incompatible constructions. Furthermore the constructions of W02011/133028 and EP-A-1 440 618 entail many components and are therefore costly, whilst hygiene is poor since the constructions are sensitive to accumulation of dirt and grease.
It is therefore another object of the invention to secure hygienic working conditions by an appropriate design of the conveyor line and carrier.
It is still another object of the invention to provide such a conveyor line and carrier with less components as are used in the prior art and to reduce costs.
Still a further object of the invention is to reduce play and friction in relevant parts of the conveyor line and carrier .
The objects of the invention are achieved or at least promoted by the features of the conveyor line and carrier according to one or more of the appended claims.
According to a first aspect of the invention the carrier and the conveyor line in which such carrier is applied, has the feature that at a position distant from the first rod, the arm is provided with a hinge to which a second rod pivotably connects with an intermediate connection piece that extends sideways from said second rod, wherein the first rod is provided with a stop or stops for the intermediate connection piece so as to arrange that the second rod substantially extends in the longitudinal direction of the first rod when the intermediate connection piece abuts said stop or stops, and wherein the hook or hooks for the poultry are provided at a lower end of the second rod. This makes possible that the connection piece is lifted from the stop or stops of the first rod to accurately measure the weight of the poultry attached to the hook or hooks at the lower end of the second rod.
Accuracy of the measurement is promoted by arranging symmetry in the construction in that the intermediate connection piece is provided with two legs extending from the hinge towards the first rod on opposite sides of the arm of the first rotatable rod. Preferably then also each leg of the intermediate connection piece abuts a stop when the second rod extends in the longitudinal direction of the first rod.
Accuracy of the measurement is further promoted by arranging that the intermediate connection piece is provided with a supporting wheel or wheels adjacent to the second rod, which wheel or wheels are arranged to cooperate with supporting sur-faces of weighing scales provided in the conveyor line. One of the advantages of the invention is that this construction avoids that frictional forces have a major impact on the accuracy of the weight measurement.
It is possible to fix the second rod to the intermediate connection piece. For accuracy reasons however it may be beneficial that the second rod is pivotably connected to the connection piece at the location of the wheel or wheels. The second rod can then always assume an exact vertical orientation when the connection piece is lifted from the stop or stops of the first rod.
Still further improvement of the accuracy of the weight measurement is possible in a construction having two wheels on opposite sides of the second rod, wherein the feature is applied that the wheels are mounted on an axle passing through a shaft or bore in the connection piece, which shaft or bore has convex bottom and top surfaces. This enables that the wheels on opposite sides of the second rod have room to move to a slightly different level with respect to each other, to match the possibly different levels of the supporting surfaces of the weighing scales placed on opposite sides of the track of the conveyor line.
It is preferable than that the bottom and top surfaces of the shaft or bore each have an apex at the shaft's center coinciding with a longitudinal body axis of the second rod in order to provide for perfect symmetry.
The invention will hereinafter be further elucidated with reference to the drawing of an exemplary embodiment of an apparatus according to the invention that is not limiting as to the appended claims.
In the drawing: -figure 1 shows a carrier and part of a conveyor line according to the invention in isometric view; -figure 2 shows a carrier and part of a conveyor line according to the invention in a frontal view; -figure 3 shows in isometric view a carrier and part of a conveyor line at the location of the weighing scales of the conveyor line according to the invention; -figure 4 and figure 5 show a first detail of the carrier of the invention in different positions; and -figure 6 shows a second detail of the carrier of the invention in a cross-sectional view and in a side view.
Whenever in the figures the same reference numerals are applied, these numerals refer to the same parts.
With reference to figure 1, 2 and 3 a conveyor line 1 for poultry 2 suspended by the legs 3 is shown, which is provided with at least one carrier 4 for the poultry 2. The carrier 4 comprises a carriage 5 for moving the poultry 2 or poultry parts along a conveying direction of the conveyor line 1, as indicated with arrow A in figure 1 and figure 3. The carrier 4 is arranged with a rotatable vertical rod 6 pivotably suspended from the carriage 5 at hinge 18, and this rotatable rod 6 is provided with a sideways extending arm 7 for adjusting an orientation of the poultry 2 or poultry parts with reference to the carriage 5 that is movable in the conveyor line 1. The sideways extending arm 7 can be used for moving the poultry 2 aside and away from the conveying track of the conveyor line 1 to bypass processing means positioned in said track of the conveyor line 1. This is all consistent with the prior art known from US 2005/0037705.
According to the invention the arm 7 is at a position distant from the first rod 6 provided with a hinge 8, wherein a second rod 9 pivotably connects to said hinge 8 by means of an intermediate connection piece 10 that side-ways extends from said second rod 9. This can also be seen in figure 4 and figure 5. Figure 4 and 5 further provide a clear picture on the feature that the first rod 6 is provided with a stop 11 or stops for the intermediate connection piece 10 that prevents that the connection piece 10 and the second rod 9 connected thereto swing to a position below the stop 11. Accordingly figure 4 shows that this feature arranges that the connection piece 10 comes to rest on the stops 11 so that when the intermediate connection piece 10 abuts against said stop 11 or stops the second rod 9 substantially extends in the longitudi- nal direction of the first rod 6. The figures further show that the hook or hooks 12 for suspending the poultry 2 are provided at a lower end 9' of the second rod 9.
Figure 5 shows that this construction enables that the connection piece 10 is lifted from the stop 11 or stops of the first rod 6 which enables an accurate measurement of the weight of the poultry 2 attached to the hook or hooks 12 at the lower end 9' of the second rod 9. Making reference to both figure 3 and figure 5 the weight measurement is preferably carried out with weighing scales 13 placed in or next to the track of the conveyor line 1, wherein the intermediate connection piece 10 is provided with a supporting wheel or wheels 14 adjacent to the second rod 9 that are arranged to cooperate with the supporting surfaces 13' of said weighing scales 13. Accordingly the wheels 14 transfer the load of the poultry 2 suspended by the legs 3 in the hooks 12 of the carrier 4 directly on the top surface 13' of the weighing scales 13.
Different features as discussed herein can further promote the accuracy of the weight measurement.
In one preferred embodiment a symmetric load distribution is promoted by arranging that the intermediate connection piece 10 has two legs 10' and 10'' extending from the hinge 8 towards the first rod 6 on opposite sides of the arm 7 extending sideways from the first rotatable rod 6. This is clearly shown in figure 1 and figure 3. In that situation it is also preferred that each leg 10', 10'' of the intermediate connection piece 10 abuts a stop 11 when the second rod 9 extends in the longitudinal direction of the first rod 6.
In another aspect which can be applied in combination with the just mentioned feature the second rod 9 is pivotably connected to the connection piece 10 at the location of an axle 15 of the wheel or wheels 14. This is not shown in figure 4 and 5, which figures show the embodiment in which there is a fixed connection between the second rod 9 and the connecting piece 10 which arranges for a slight angular displacement of the rod 9 when the connecting piece 10 is lifted from the stops 11 provided on the first rod 6. When the second rod 9 is pivotably connected to the connection piece 10 at the location of the axle 15 of the wheel or wheels 14, this provides the advantage that the second rod 9 can then always assume an exact vertical orientation when the connection piece 10 is lifted from the stop 11 or stops of the first rod 6.
It will be clear from figures 1-3 but in particular from the detailed view of figure 6 that the carrier 4 preferably has two wheels 14 on opposite sides of the second rod 9 wherein the wheels 14 are mounted on an axle 15 passing through a shaft or bore 16 in the connection piece 10. A beneficiary feature is that the shaft or bore 16 has convex bottom and top surfaces. The bottom and top surfaces of the shaft or bore preferably each have an apex 17, 17' at the center of the shaft or bore 16 coinciding with a longitudinal body axis of the second rod 9. This enables that the wheels 14 on opposite sides of the second rod 9 have room to move to a slightly different level with respect to each other, to match possibly different levels of the supporting surfaces 13' of the weighing scales 13 placed on opposite sides of the track of the conveyor line. This further promotes the accuracy of the weight measurement.
Although the invention has been discussed in the foregoing with reference to an exemplary embodiment of the carrier and conveyor line of the invention, the invention is not restricted to this particular embodiment which can be varied in many ways without departing from the invention. The discussed exemplary embodiment shall therefore not be used to construe the appended claims strictly in accordance therewith. On the contrary the embodiment is merely intended to explain the wording of the appended claims without intent to limit the claims to this exemplary embodiment. The scope of protection of the invention shall therefore be construed in accordance with the appended claims only, wherein a possible ambiguity in the wording of the claims shall be resolved using this exemplary embodiment.
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NL2015493A NL2015493B1 (en) | 2015-09-23 | 2015-09-23 | Conveyor line and carrier for poultry used in said conveyor line. |
NL2016596A NL2016596B1 (en) | 2015-09-23 | 2016-04-13 | Conveyor line and carrier for poultry used in said conveyor line. |
MX2016012142A MX2016012142A (en) | 2015-09-23 | 2016-09-19 | Conveyor line and carrier for poultry used in said conveyor line. |
CN201610839279.1A CN106857772B (en) | 2015-09-23 | 2016-09-21 | Pipeline and carrier for being used for poultry used in the pipeline |
DK16189861.4T DK3146848T3 (en) | 2015-09-23 | 2016-09-21 | Transport line and carrier for poultry used in this transport line |
EP16189861.4A EP3146848B1 (en) | 2015-09-23 | 2016-09-21 | Conveyor line and carrier for poultry used in said conveyor line |
RU2016137825A RU2639333C1 (en) | 2015-09-23 | 2016-09-22 | Conveyor line and holder for poultry carcass, applied in this line |
BR102016021894-2A BR102016021894B1 (en) | 2015-09-23 | 2016-09-22 | LINE OF TRANSPORTATION AND CONVEYOR FOR POULTRY USED IN SUCH LINE OF TRANSPORTATION |
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