Poultry thigh processor
AssigneeEquimex Holding B.V.
InventorsGeorg H. Markert, Cornelis Hendrikus Van De Vecht, Egbertus Martinus Joosten
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Abstract
A conveyor with a channel for receiving a bone and surrounding meat of poultry parts and advancing them into engagement with a blade assembly. The blade assembly has a notch that separates the poultry parts into spare rib-type products and boneless meat patties. The blade assembly may have two ramps for lifting sides of the poultry part to permit cutting the meat above the bone and below the side portions. Additionally, a method is disclosed for separating the poultry parts into the spare rib-type products and the boneless meat patties.
Claims36
A machine for processing animal parts having a longitudinal bone and meat surrounding at least a portion of the bone, the machine comprising:
- at least one blade assembly having at least one cutting surface configured to separate a first portion of the meat from the bone while leaving a second portion of the meat surrounding the bone;
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- a conveyor having a channel defined therein, the channel configured to receive at least some of the bone and the surrounding meat, and the conveyor adapted to move the animal part into engagement with the blade assembly.
A machine for processing animal parts having a longitudinal bone and meat surrounding at least a portion of the bone, the machine comprising:
- at least one blade assembly having a notch formed therein that defines at least one cutting surface configured to separate a first portion of the meat from the bone while leaving a second portion of the meat surrounding the bone;
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- a conveyor adapted to move the animal part into engagement with the blade assembly.
A machine for processing animal parts having a longitudinal bone and meat surrounding at least a portion of the bone, the machine comprising:
- at least one blade assembly having a generally V-shaped notch formed therein that defines at least one cutting surface configured to separate in a single cutting a first portion of the meat from the bone while leaving a second portion of the meat surrounding the bone;
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- a conveyor having a channel defined therein, the channel configured to receive at least some of the bone and the surrounding meat, and the conveyor adapted to move the animal part into engagement with the blade assembly.
A method of processing animal parts having a longitudinal bone and meat surrounding at least a portion of the bone, the method comprising:
- providing a blade assembly and a conveyor;
- positioning the animal parts on the conveyor;
- conveying the animal parts into engagement with the blade assembly;
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- cutting the animal parts above the bone and below meat side portions to separate a first portion of the meat from the bone while leaving a second portion of the meat surrounding the bone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.