US 12,167,735 B2
Poultry defeathering apparatus
Harry Alfred Batty, Jr., Sherrills Ford, NC (US); Ellis Clif Haislip, Laurel Hill, NC (US); Brandon Daniel Poston, Cherryville, NC (US); and Meir Toshav, Floral Park, NY (US)
Assigned to Mattco Industrial Products, LLC, Denver, NC (US)
Filed by Harry Alfred Batty, Jr., Sherrills Ford, NC (US); Ellis Clif Haislip, Laurel Hill, NC (US); Brandon Daniel Poston, Cherryville, NC (US); and Meir Toshav, Floral Park, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/863,592.
Application 17/863,592 is a division of application No. 16/859,268, filed on Apr. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,432,556.
Application 17/863,592 is a division of application No. 16/389,047, filed on Apr. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,785,988, issued on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346392 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A22C 21/02 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/12 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/022 (2013.01) [A22C 21/02 (2013.01); B25J 11/0045 (2013.01); B25J 15/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A poultry defeathering apparatus comprising:
a compression plate consisting of a single plate comprising:
a front side;
a back side; and
a central aperture;
a finger plate operationally associated with the compression plate comprising:
a front side;
a back side;
a central aperture;
a plurality of finger apertures surrounding the central aperture;
a plurality of fingers comprising an oversized base and a body extending from the base;
wherein each finger is adapted to be secured to the finger plate by insertion through the back side of the finger plate, with the body extending through a finger aperture and through to the front side of the finger plate and the oversized base being retained on the back side of the finger plate;
wherein the oversized base of each finger is compressed by the compression plate between the compression plate and the finger plate to secure each finger in place; and
a mounting bolt secured on the front side of the finger plate.