Poultry cutter

Claim 1

A POULTRY CUTTER COMPRISING A BASE, A POWER DRIVEN ROTARY KNIFE MOUNTED ON SAID BASE FOR ROTATION ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, A SUPPORT AND GUIDE BAR MOUNTED UPON SAID BASE AND DISPOSED HORIZONTALLY AND IN THE VERTICAL PLANE OF SAID KNIFE AND CLOSELY ADJACENT THEREBENEATH, SAID BAR BEING SHAPED AND ADAPTED TO IMPALE A FOWL WHEN PASSING THE LATTER BENEATH SAID KNIFE, SAID BAR HAVING A LONGITUDINAL RECESS UPON ITS TOP SURFACE PROVIDING CLEARANCE FOR AND RECEIVING SAID ROTARY KNIFE WHEREBY POULTRY SUPPORTED ON SAID BAR MAY BE SLID THEREALONG AND GUIDED BENEATH SAID KNIFE FOR TRIMMING, SAID BASE INCLUDING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING VERTICALLY DISPOSED PORTION, A SAFETY GUARD ENCLOSING SAID KNIFE, SAID GUARD COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND SECTIONS, SAID FIRST GUARD SECTION BEGIN REMOVABLY SECURED TO SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING PORTION OF SAID BASE AND RELATIVELY STATIONARY WITH RESPECT THERETO DURING OPERATION OF THE DEVICE AND ENCLOSING SAID BLADE EXCEPT ON ITS APPROACH SIDE, SAID SECOND GUARD SECTION BEING PIVOTALLY AND REMOVABLY SECURED TO SAID FIRST GUARD SECTION AND ADAPTED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GRAVITY TO APPROACH THE SUPPORT BAR SO AS TO COMPLETELY COVER THE KNIFE, SAID MOVABLE SECTION BEING BIFURCATED FOR STRADDLING SAID BLADE UPON UPWARD SWINGING MOVEMENT OF THE MOVABLE SECTION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF POULTRY BEING SLID ALONG SAID SUPPORT BAR INTO THE PATH OF SAID KNIFE.