US 12,185,730 B2
Method and system for rehanging poultry, and a shackle for suspending the poultry
Aloysius Christianus Maria Van Steijn, Oostzaan (NL); Rick Sebastiaan Van Stralen, Oostzaan (NL); and René Gerardus Hendricus Al, Oostzaan (NL)
Assigned to Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V., Oostzaan (NL)
Filed by Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V., Oostzaan (NL)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/196,848.
Claims priority of application No. 2031855 (NL), filed on May 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0363401 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A22C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/0007 (2013.01) [A22C 21/0053 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for rehanging poultry that is suspended by the head in a first shackle of a first shackle conveyor to a second shackle of a second shackle conveyor in which the poultry is or will be suspended by the legs, the system comprising
a leg positioning unit arranged to support the poultry at the legs while the poultry is maintained suspended by the head in the first shackle of the first shackle conveyor; and
a movable takeover unit that is movable towards the second shackle of the second shackle conveyor for moving the legs of the poultry into the second shackle of the second shackle conveyor, wherein the movable takeover unit is arranged to be operational at least when the leg positioning unit supports the poultry at the legs, wherein the movable takeover unit is independently and separate from the leg positioning unit movable towards the second shackle of the second shackle conveyor and is arranged to act directly on the legs of the poultry to move the legs of the poultry into the second shackle of the second shackle conveyor.