MACHINE FOR CUTTING UP POULTRY CARCASSES
Disclosed is a machine for cutting up carcasses of poultry, such as chickens or turkeys, which reduces the time that a group of carcasses wait to be cut up, by accelerating the passage of the carcasses (1), which slide on a longitudinal pointed guide bar (15) positioned along the centre of the machine, the pointed guide bar being supported by central support plates (17). The machine comprises three pairs of motors (18a, 18b), which have rotary shafts ending in circular knives (20a, 20b) mounted on the sides, each pair of motors and the circular knives thereof having a different slope with respect to the longitudinal pointed guide bar (15), at the end of which a vertical circular knife (25) is disposed. An upper structure (11) of the machine comprises a pair of upper lateral profiles (21a, 21b) between which is mounted an endless belt (22) having a plurality of coupling cleats (23) in continuous movement. The cleats couple to the carcasses (1) and slide them across the longitudinal pointed guide bar (15), causing them to pass through the three pairs of circular knives (20a, 20b) until reaching the vertical circular knife (25).