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A chiller has a series of moving rakes for advancing poultry carcasses through a tank of chilling liquid for cooling the carcasses down to an acceptable temperature. The chiller includes a loader which permits loading of the carcasses into an end of the tank without subsequent damages to the carcass

A chiller has a series of moving rakes for advancing poultry carcasses through a tank of chilling liquid for cooling the carcasses down to an acceptable temperature. The chiller includes a loader which permits loading of the carcasses into an end of the tank without subsequent damages to the carcasses by the rakes. The loader includes a gate which is biased open for permitting feeding of the carcasses through an inlet and onto a ramp in the loading end of the tank when the rakes are remote from the inlet, and is closed as the rakes approach the inlet so as to prevent pinching of the carcasses between the rakes and the ramp.

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In apparatus for use in chilling poultry carcasses, the improvement comprising: a chilling tank adapted to contain a body of chilling liquid; a conveyor disposed for engaging carcasses delivered to the tank and for advancing the same through the body of liquid to lower the muscle temperature of the

In apparatus for use in chilling poultry carcasses, the improvement comprising: a chilling tank adapted to contain a body of chilling liquid; a conveyor disposed for engaging carcasses delivered to the tank and for advancing the same through the body of liquid to lower the muscle temperature of the carcasses, said conveyor including a series of spaced rakes movable in succession down into the tank from above the latter at a loading end of the tank prior to sweeping through the body of liquid toward a discharge end of the tank; and a loader at said loading end of the tank generally above the latter and having an inlet adjacent the conveyor for admitting carcasses into the tank in such a manner that the carcasses are intercepted by the moving rakes and advanced toward the opposite end of the tank, said loader including a gate operable to temporarily close said inlet as each rake moves into the vicinity of the inlet and to reopen the inlet as the rake moves beyond the inlet.