| US 7,575,509 B2 | ||
| Machine for scrubbing exterior of fowl and method of use thereof | ||
| Johnny Allen Chattin, Dahlonega, Ga. (US); and Scott L. Davis, Dahlonega, Ga. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Davis Poultry Equipment, Inc., Dawsonville, Ga. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 25, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/19,846. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/897797, filed on Jan. 26, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0182496 A1, Jul. 31, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A22C 21/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 452—95 | 13 Claims |
| 1. A brush for use an apparatus for scrubbing a fowl, said brush configured to be rotated about a brush rotation axis while
scrubbing the exterior of a fowl, said brush including a front face and a rear face, said front face configured to provide
a fowl scrubbing function upon rotation of said brush, said brush comprising:
A) a plurality of radially disposed lobes, each extending radially relative to said brush rotation axis, each lobe having
a front face and a back face and including a plurality of throughholes having bore axes substantially parallel to said brush
rotation axis;
B) a plurality of substantially elongate bristle elements each corresponding to one said throughhole, each bristle element
including a brushing tip and a retainable end opposite said brushing tip, each said bristle element itself including:
1) an elongate body portion having a substantially constant transverse cross section along its length suitably sized such
that at least a portion of said body portion can pass through its corresponding throughhole; and
2) a retainable end portion too large to pass through its corresponding throughhole; and
C) a plurality of back plates each corresponding to one of said plurality of radial lobes,
each back plate being separately detachably mounted relative to its corresponding radial lobe so as to capture each of said
retainable portions of all of said bristle elements associated with said particular lobe between said back plate and said
back face of said lobe, such that detachment of a particular back plate from its corresponding lobe allows for any one of
said bristle elements associated with that that particular lobe to be removed from its respective throughhole and replaced.
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