Splitting machine for chicken

Claim 1

Apparatus for bisecting eviscerated poultry carcasses comprising: a. a rectangular framework defining a proximal and a distal end; b. spiked, endless conveyor means secured to the framework and coextensive therewith from the proximal to the distal end, said spiked, endless conveyor means being adapted to engage a carcass when said carcass is urged into contact with said conveyor means; c. a vertical cylindrical member secured to the proximal end of the framework transverse to said conveyor means; d. a flexibly supported rectangular bar free at the proximal end and secured to the framework at the distal end, said bar bent into a semicircle to allow carcass parts to drop from the conveyor means, and attached to the framework at the end of the semicircle thereby providing ample passage for a plurality of sizes of poultry carcasses; e. a plurality of shaped wires adapted to guide and position a poultry carcass on the proximal end of said elongated support means, said wires being secured to said cylindrical member and so disposed as to position said carcass horizontally on said elongated support means; f. a first rotary disc blade adjacent the proximal end of the framework in a common, longitudinal plane with but below the flexibly supported rectangular bar and the spiked conveyor means, said first disc blade and spiked conveyor including the flexibly supported rectangular bar betweeN them, thereby to longitudinally cut ventrally through the center of the breast portion of a poultry carcass; g. a second rotary disc blade adjacent the distal end of the framework in a common longitudinal plane with but above the flexibly supported rectangular bar and the spiked conveyor means, said second disc blade and spiked conveyor including the flexibly supported rectangular bar between them thereby to longitudinally cut dorsally through the center of the back portion of a poultry carcass; h. means for rotating the first and second rotary disc blades attached thereto and to the framework; and i. means for projecting a stream of water at each of the two blades.