US 12,465,057 B2
Equipment and method for processing poultry parts
Sérgio Renato Martins Pereira, Chapecó (BR); and Bruno Luis Lise, Chapecó (BR)
Assigned to JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES MÁQUINAS E EQUIPAMENTOS INDUSTRIAIS LTDA., Araraquara (BR)
Appl. No. 18/725,924
Filed by JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES MÁQUINAS E EQUIPAMENTOS INDUSTRIAIS LTDA., Araraquara (BR)
PCT Filed Jan. 5, 2023, PCT No. PCT/BR2023/050003
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/130170, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 13, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 1020220002223 (BR), filed on Jan. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0072437 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. A22C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/0061 (2013.01) [A22C 21/0053 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Equipment for processing poultry parts comprising:
a scrubbing device for processing poultry parts, the scrubbing device associated with a rotative axis;
a longitudinal conveyor belt moving relative to the scrubbing device, comprising:
a plurality of upwardly open recesses carried by the conveyor belt,
each recess being configured to receive a proximal part of the poultry part in an orientation transverse to the length of the conveyor belt, while allowing for a distal part of the poultry parts to be processed, to remain free to be processed by the scrubbing device; and
a support associated with the recesses to support and retain the poultry part within the recess.