US 12,256,747 B2
Scraper and processing line for cleaning the neck of poultry
Cornelis Busch, Oostzaan (NL); and Stefan Christiaan Semuel Dane, Oostzaan (NL)
Assigned to Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V., Oostzaan (NL)
Filed by Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V., Oostzaan (NL)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/241,610.
Claims priority of application No. 2032952 (NL), filed on Sep. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0074446 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A22C 21/00 (2006.01); A22C 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/06 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scraper for removing a windpipe and gullet with craw from the neck area of a slaughtered poultry, comprising:
a mandrel and forwardly directed projections that are arranged to operate during use in the neck area of the slaughtered poultry, wherein the forwardly directed projections form part of at least one plate, wherein the at least one plate is mounted or mountable on the mandrel, wherein while mounted on the mandrel the at least one plate is movable relative to the mandrel.