Poultry neck remover

Claim 1

A POULTRY PROCESSING MACHINE FOR SEVERING THE NECK OF A BIRD FROM ITS BODY AT THE ZONE OF MERGER OF THE BIRD''S NECK WITH ITS SPINE WHILE THE NECK IS IN TENSION AS THE BIRD IS ADVANCED ALONG A RECTILINEAR PATH OF TRAVEL SUSPENDED FROM A HORIZONTAL CONVEYOR, THE COMBINATION OF: A TABLE POSITIONED BENEATH THE CONVEYOR HAVING A FORWARD END, A REAR WARD END, AN UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY INCLINED TABLE TOP HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SLOT THEREALONG, POULTRY-NECK ENGAGING MEANS RUNNING LENGTHWISE OF AND ON A HORIZONTAL PLANE BELOW SAID UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY INCLINED TABLE TOP AND SAID SLOT THEREIN, UPWARDLY CONVERGING POWER DRIVEN ROTARY CUTTERS HAVING THEIR CUTTING EDGES IN PRESSURELESS COOPERATING CONTACT ON THE CENTERLINE OF SAID SLOT WHEREBY THE NECK OF A BIRD DRAWN BETWEEN SAID CUTTERS WILL BE SEVERED FROM THE BIRD''S BODY BY AN INVERTED V-CUT TO THEREBY REMOVE THE NECK IN ITS ENTIRETY, A STATIONARY CUTTING INSTRUMENTALITY SECURED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID SLOT REARWARDLY OF SAID ROTARY CUTTERS WHEREBY ANY UNCUT RESIDUAL SKIN OR NECK FRAGMENTS WILL BE SEVERED BY SAID STATIONARY CUTTING INSTRUMENTALITY.