Apparatus for deboning cooked poultry

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DEBONING PRECOOKED FOWL COMPRISING; MECHANICAL MEANS INCLUDING RESILIENT MEANS OPERABLE TO EXERT AN IMPACT FORCE ON THE FOWL AND FRICTIONALLY RUB ACROSS THE SURFACE OF THE FOWL TO CAUSE SEPARATION OF THE BONE, SKIN AND MEAT OF THE FOWL, A FIRST RECEPTACLE CONTAINING A LIQUID FLOTATION MEDIUM OF LOWER SPECIFIC GRAVITY THAN THE BONE AND HIGHER SPECIFIC GRAVITY THAN THE MEAT AND SKIN, A FIRST VIBRATING SHAKER POSITIONED INTERMEDIATE SAID MECHANICAL MEANS AND SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE TO RECEIVE THE BONE, SKIN AND MEAT FROM SAID MECHANICAL MEANS AND OPERABLE TO DISPERSE THE SAME FREELY OVER THE SURFACE OF THE LIQUID FLOTATION MEDIUM IN SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE, MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING THE GRAVITY SEGREGATED BONE FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE, A SECOND RECEPTABLE CONTAINING A LIQUID FLOTATION MEDIUM OF LOWER SPECIFIC GRAVITY THAN THE MEAT BUT HIGHER SPECIFIC GRAVITY THAN THE SKIN, CONVEYOR MEANS FOR TRANSFERING THE FLOATED MEAT AND SKIN COMPONENTS FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECOND RECEPTACLE, MEANS FOR DISCHARGING THE FLOATED SKIN FROM THE UPPER PART OF SAID SECOND RECEPTACLE, AND MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING THE GRAVITY SEGREGATED MEAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID SECOND RECEPTACLE.