A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING SLAUGHTER ANIMALS DURING SLAUGHTERING, PACKAGING OR OTHERWISE PROCESSING SAID ANIMALS, IN PARTICULAR POULTRY

摘要

A method of transporting slaughter animals, in particular poultry, during slaughtering, from a conveyor having suspension hooks to a packaging device, a dissecting device or a similar device. The slaughter animals are transferred from the suspension hooks to a buffer conveyor wherein the slaughter animals are buffered in oriented array. From the buffer conveyor, they are transferred in oriented array to a gripper device of the packaging device or the like.