# US 2013/0157554 A1 · Method and scraper for releasing tissue connections between a fillet and a carcass of slaughtered poultry

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- Number: US 2013/0157554 A1
- Document ID: US20130157554A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/720,212
- Filed: 2012-12-19
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-20
- Assignees: Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.
- Inventors: Ferdinand Allard DE VOS; Jeroen BOHM; Marcel VERHAGEN; Pieter Willem VONK
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130157554A1

## CPC

- A22C 21/003: {Filleting poultry, i.e. extracting, cutting or shaping poultry fillets}
- A22C: PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH (preserving A23B; obtaining protein compositions for foodstuffs A23J1/00; fish, meat or poultry preparations A23L; disintegrating, e.g. chopping meat, B02C18/00; preparation of proteins C07K1/00)

## Abstract

Method for releasing tissue connections between a fillet and a carcass of slaughtered poultry, using a scraper comprising a stem ending into a first scraping lip which is bent to follow a carcass contour, wherein the stem is provided with a second scraping lip for release of at least part of the fatty tissue connected to an unexposed or uncovered side of the fillet.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-6. (canceled)

### Claim 7

A scraper for releasing tissue connections between a fillet and a carcass of slaughtered poultry, the scraper comprising:
a stem ending into a first scraping lip, the first scraping lip being bent to follow a carcass contour, the stem also including a second scraping lip for release of at least part of a fatty tissue connected to a side of the fillet.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The scraper as in claim 7, wherein the second scraping lip is shaped as a protrusion extending in line of the stem and departing from the contour of the carcass.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The scraper as in claim 7, wherein the second scraping lip is slightly offset with reference to the mid-plane of the stem, the first scraping lip, or both, so as to introduce some play between the surface of the carcass and the second scraping lip at the time the second scraping lip is out of contact with the carcass so as to cause that the second scraping lip then damages a membrane connecting the fatty tissue with the fillet.

### Claim 10

A method for releasing tissue connections between a fillet and a carcass of slaughtered poultry, comprising the steps of:
scraping the fillet loose from the carcass;
wherein during the step of scraping, at least part of the fatty tissue connected to an exposed or uncovered side of the fillet is released therefrom.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method as in claim 10, further comprising the step of:
releasing the fatty tissue from the fillet using a scraper that is simultaneously applied for releasing the fillet from the carcass.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method as in claim 10, wherein the fatty tissue is scraped from the surface of the fillet.