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US 12,628,837 B2Granted
Device and method for removing meat from poultry, and poultry carrier
AssigneeIfec B.V.
InventorsJacobus Eliza Hazenbroek, David Scott Hazenbroek, Rijk Slagboom
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for removing meat from poultry, in particular for removing poultry back meat from a poultry ribcage of slaughtered poultry. The invention also relates to a poultry carrier for use in said device. The invention further relates to a method for removing meat from poultry, in particular for removing poultry back meat from a poultry ribcage, in particular by using a device according to the invention.
Claims17
A device for removing meat from poultry, comprising:
- at least one conveyor for transporting pieces of poultry along a transport path;
- at least one poultry carrier attached to and/or forming part of said at least one conveyor wherein each poultry carrier is configured to carry and/or support at least one piece of poultry having poultry meat,
- at least one pre-cutting section arranged along the transport path of the at least one conveyor, comprising at least one pre-cutting element positioned such that at least a part of the poultry meat is partially separated from a remaining part of the at least one piece of poultry to form at least one pre-cut poultry part and a remaining poultry part, and
- at least one meat separation section, arranged downstream of said pre-cutting section along the transport path of the at least one conveyor, comprising at least one rotatable cutting element for making a separating incision to separate said at least one pre-cut poultry part from said remaining poultry part to form a separated poultry part,
- wherein said meat separation section is further configured to physically remove said separated poultry part from said remaining poultry part in at least direction away from the transport path.
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A method of removing meat from poultry, comprising the steps of:
- A) loading at least one poultry carrier with at least one piece of poultry having poultry meat,
- B) conveying said poultry carrier with at leat one piece of poultry at least along a pre-cutting section and a separation section, wherein:
- i. in the pre-cutting section, at least a part of the poultry meat is partially separated from a remaining part of the poultry by at least one pre-cutting element to form at least one pre-cut poultry part and a remaining poultry part, and wherein
- ii. in the separation section, at least one separating incision is made by at least one rotatable cutting element to separate said at least one pre-cut poultry part from said remaining poultry part,
- C) removing said separated poultry part from said remaining poultry part in at least a direction away from the transport path, wherein said separated poultry part is unloaded from the device, and
- D) unloading the remaining poultry part from the at least one poultry carrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.