Spraying apparatus and method for use in conjunction with fowl defeathering apparatus
Abstract
Abstract SANITARY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUBJECTING FOWL, SUCH AS POULTRY, TO A HIGH TEMPERATURE VAPORIZED MEDIUM, SUCH AS STEAM, TO REPLACE THE COMMONLY EMPLOYED PROCEDURE OF IMMERSING FOWL IN HOT WATER SCALDING TANKS, PRIOR TO DEFEATHERING. A COMPARTMENTED HOUSING, HAVING SPRAY JETS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A U-SHAPED PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE FOWL, IS INCLINED AT A PREDETERMINED ANGLE RELATIVE TO THE HORIZONTAL. THE HOUSING INTERIOR IS GENERALLY SMOOTH AND SELFCLEANING WITH ONLY SPRAY NOZZLES PROJECTING FROM THE INNER SURFACES THEREOF. AN ALTERNATE APPARATUS EMBODIMENT INCLUDES DUPLICATE BUT INDEPENDENT SPRAY SYSTEMS PERMITTING SELECTIVE FOWL TREATMENT WITH AN UNVAPORIZED MEDIUM SUCH AS HOT WATER, OR A PREFERRED VAPORIZED MEDIUM, SUCH AS STEAM.
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- 👤 Folke K Floden
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