JP2926483B2 - Chicken slaughtering equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically and continuously slaughtering poultry for meat, particularly chickens.

[0002]

When sacrificed BACKGROUND ART poultry for meat, a method of bleeding by incising the neck <br/> arteries are preferred and are widely practiced. In a poultry slaughterhouse where large amounts of chickens are slaughtered, a live bird feeding conveyor that is suspended and transported from its legs (ie, upside down) is provided to prevent live birds from rampaging. A pair of guide rods that are transported along with the head of the chicken restrained along with the head of the chicken being inserted and restrained, and an endless transporter that is juxtaposed to the pair of guide rods and sandwiches the head of the chicken for transport It has a basic configuration including a conveyor and the rotary blade.

Meanwhile, in order to improve the exsanguination after carotid arteriotomy chicken, blood vessels it is desirable to cut the perpendicular direction, it is empirically that the more there is exsanguination without violent chickens be smoothly Are known. If this exsanguination is not sufficient, the meat quality will be degraded and the yield as meat will be poor.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, since a rubber V-belt is used for an endless conveyor for nipping and transporting the chicken head, bending of the chicken head is caused by bending of the belt. Insufficient restraint may cause the blood vessel to be cut obliquely, causing the above-described problem. For this reason, it has been difficult to increase the transfer speed. The present invention is the view of the problems, it is possible to perform the slaughter process the chicken automatically and quickly, the chicken head and transported securely restrained, it is carried out accurately incision work carotid artery It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a chicken slaughtering apparatus capable of improving the yield of meat.

[0005]

Therefore, according to the present invention, a pair of guide rods for inserting and restraining the head of a chicken and a pair of guide rods arranged side by side to transport while holding the head of the chicken. an endless conveyor, in slaughter system chickens and a rotary blade to incise the neck portion of the chickens coming transported by the endless conveyor, said endless conveyor is stretched between the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket and the both sprockets Together with all that
Projection consists of a chain provided over the circumference, inorganic
With the end conveyor and the head support plate provided under it
While holding the chicken head, the chicken is held by the pair of guide rods.
Of the pair of guide rods, and each of the pair of guide rods is turned inward.
Transported with the chicken head securely restrained
The rotating blade in the same direction as the traveling direction of the endless conveyor.
The first feature is that the neck of the transferred chicken is opened by rotating the chicken .

[0006]

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. Front view showing an example of a chicken slaughtering apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial sectional plan view, FIG. 3 is a right side view in FIG. 1, FIG. (A) showing a state is an explanatory view of a main part, and (b) is a right side view of (a).

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the apparatus of this embodiment generally comprises an upper roller 1 and a lower roller 2, which are a pair of guide rods for inserting and restraining a head H of a chicken T.
A rotary transfer mechanism A including transfer chain 3 is these upper rollers 1 and endless conveyor which is arranged in Lower roller 2, a circular incision blade (rotary blade) 4 dissecting neck portion of the transported come chicken T Are arranged on the gantry 5.

Upper roller 1 and lower roller 2
The stainless steel long rod-shaped, are arranged in parallel with any interval (neck portion can be inserted spacing Ryakuniwatori). The upper roller 1 has a sprocket 1a attached to one end thereof and the upper roller moving unit B 2
Bearings 6a and 7a provided at the ends of the arm rods 6 and 7
, And the sprocket 1a is connected to a motor 9 installed in a casing 8 via a drive chain 9a. Similarly, the lower roller 2 has a sprocket 2a attached to one end thereof and is supported by a bearing 10 while the other end (tip end) is supported by a cover bearing 2b which also serves as an extension of the lower roller 2. Here, an inclined surface is provided at the tip of the cover bearing 2b in order to easily discharge the head H of the processed chicken T. The sprocket 2a is connected to a motor 11 mounted on the leg 5a of the gantry 5 via a drive chain 11a. And an upper roller 1 and a lower roller 2
Locks the heads H of the chickens T, which are turned inward in synchronization with each other and pulled into the casing 8 side.

The rotary transfer mechanism A is provided in parallel with the upper roller 1 and the lower roller 2, and has a driving sprocket 12 and a driven sprocket 1
3 and a transfer chain 3 made of stainless steel stretched between the drive sprocket 12 and the casing 8.
The chicken T which is rotated by the motor 14 installed in the inside, and is fitted between the upper roller 1 and the lower roller 2
The head H of the transfer chain 3 and the head receiving plate (nekase plate) 15
(See FIG. 5). A plurality of steel protrusions 3a (in this embodiment, bolts are welded) are provided on the outer peripheral edge of the transfer chain 3 at regular intervals over the entire length thereof. Further, it can be locked more securely.

The cutting blade (rotary blade) 4 has a slight (preferably, preferably) cutting edge from between the lower roller 2 (cover bearing 2b) and a guide plate (regulating plate) 16 for preventing the cutting blade 4 from swaying. (About 5 mm from the upper end of the lower roller 2). And
It is connected to the motor 17 via the incision blade drive shaft 4a and rotates. In order to reduce cutting resistance, the transfer chain 3 rotates in the same direction as the traveling direction of the transfer chain 3 (counterclockwise in FIG. 1). I have. The surface of the cutting blade (rotary blade) 4 is coated with Teflon (registered trademark) to prevent rust and improve durability.

The three members of the cutting blade (rotary blade) 4, the transfer chain 3, and the upper roller 1 are provided so as to be able to move up and down, and each of them can finely adjust the fixed position in units of 0.1 mm. I have. The three handles 18, 19 and 20 provided on the upper surface of the casing 8 are for the cutting blade (rotary blade) 4 and the transfer chain 3 in order from the right in the drawing.
And a feed handle for the upper roller 1, and each member can be moved up and down by rotating them.

The mechanism for moving these three members up and down will be described by taking the upper roller 1 as an example. A box-shaped nut 21 is fixed to an upper roller bracket 1b connected to the upper roller moving unit B holding the upper roller 1 and arranged in the casing 8. This box-shaped nut 21 is screwed to a feed screw 22 hanging from an upper roller feed handle 20,
By rotating the feed screw 22, the upper roller 1 moves up and down together with the upper roller moving unit B. A synchro pulley 23 is fixed to the upper portion of the feed screw 22 and is linked to a counter 25 via a synchro belt 24 so that the moving distance of the upper roller 1 up and down can be displayed. Similarly, the cutting blade (rotary blade) 4 and the transfer chain 3 also have a vertical movement mechanism combining a feed screw and a box-shaped nut fixed to each bracket, and each of them has a counter (not shown) for displaying a movement distance. ) Is provided. By providing the counter for displaying the moving distance, fine adjustment of the position of each member can be performed easily and quickly. Further, a linear bearing 27 is fixed to each of the above-mentioned brackets, and is fitted to a linear shaft 26 suspended in the casing 8. In the figure, 28 is a fountain nozzle,
Reference numeral 29 denotes a water supply pipe to the fountain nozzle, and the cutting operation is performed while fountain is being performed to prevent the chicken T from being caught in the upper roller 1.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, the raw bird feed conveyor, the legs (i.e., upside down) suspended to its head portion between the head H of chicken T coming transported an upper roller 1 and Lower roller 2 across by hand H is fitted so that it becomes a right angle. At this time, since the upper roller 1 and the lower roller 2 are rotating inward, the head H of the chicken T is restrained while being pulled toward the casing 8. The head H is transported while being sandwiched between the transport chain 3 and a head receiving plate (nekase plate) 15, and its neck is rotated by a cutting blade (rotary blade) 4 that rotates in the traveling direction of the transport chain 3. The part is incised. Incision operations neck portion as described above is carried out successively continuously for chicken T supplied.

[0015]

The present invention has been configured as described above.
There are excellent effects below. (1) Endless conveyor and head support plate provided below
While holding the head of the chicken with the pair of guide rods
Hold the chicken neck and move the pair of guide rods inward
So that the chicken head is securely restrained.
The carotid artery incision
Can be done. (2) Rotate the blade in the same direction as the endless conveyor
Rotate it to make an incision in the neck of the transferred chicken
The cutting force can be reduced,
As a result, the incision of the carotid artery can be performed quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a chicken slaughtering apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional plan view of the chicken slaughtering apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a main part of the chicken slaughtering apparatus.

FIG. 5A is an explanatory view of a main part showing a use state of the apparatus,
(B) is a right side view of (a).

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Rotary transfer mechanism B Upper roller moving unit T Chicken H Chicken head 1 Upper roller (guide rod) 2 Lower roller (guide rod) 3 Transfer chain 3a Projection 4 Cutting blade (rotary blade) 5 Mount 6 Upper roller moving unit Arm rod 7 Arm rod of upper roller moving unit 8 Casing 9 Motor 10 Bearing 11 Lower roller drive motor 12 Drive sprocket 13 Follower sprocket 14 Transfer chain drive motor 15 Head receiving plate (Nekase plate) 16 Guide plate 17 Cutting blade drive Motor 18 Feed handle (for incision blade) 19 Feed handle (for transfer chain) 20 Feed handle (for upper roller) 21 Box nut 22 Feed screw 23 Synchro pulley 24 Synchro belt 25 Counter 26 Linear Shaft 27 Linear bearing 28 Fountain nozzle 29 Water supply pipe

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pair of guide rods for inserting and constraining a chicken head, an endless conveyor arranged in parallel with the pair of guide rods for nipping and transporting the chicken head, and transported by the endless conveyor. in slaughter device chickens and a rotary blade to incise the neck portion of the incoming chicken, the endless conveyor, while being stretched between the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket and the both sprockets, projections over its entire circumference And the endless conveyor, which is provided below the chain .
While holding the chicken head with a head support plate,
The chicken neck is pinched by the guide rods, and the pair of guide rods is
The chicken head is securely restrained by turning inwardly
And the rotating blade is moved forward by the endless conveyor.
Rotated in the same direction as the row direction, the neck of the chicken being transported
A chicken slaughtering device characterized by incision of a chicken. 2. A guide plate for preventing twisting of a rotary blade.
The chicken slaughtering equipment according to claim 1, characterized by comprising:
Place. 3. The chicken slaughtering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the pair of guide rods is provided so as to be vertically movable. 4. The chicken slaughtering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the endless conveyor is provided so as to be vertically movable. 5. The chicken slaughtering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rotary blade is provided so as to be vertically movable. 6. A counter for displaying at least one guide rod of a pair of guide rods, an endless conveyor, or a moving distance of a rotary blade up and down, is provided. The chicken slaughtering apparatus according to claim 5.