Poultry carcass processing method
AssigneeBaader Linco, Inc.
InventorsDion Joseph MOULDS, Gerald Kent LAUER
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Abstract
A method of processing a poultry carcass includes exposing an area of tissue between a leg and the carcass, cutting the tissue between the leg and the carcass where the muscle tissue connecting the leg to the back of the carcass remains intact, and separating the leg bone from the carcass with the leg muscle tissue remaining connected to the back muscle tissue. The cut extends between about 0.1 mm to about 7.0 mm below the surface of the tissue. In an implementation, the teres ligament is cut.
Claims17
A method of harvesting tissue from a bird carcass, comprising:
- cutting connective tissue between a leg bone and the bird carcass, wherein muscle tissue connecting the leg bone and the back remain intact;
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- separating the leg bone from the carcass wherein leg muscle tissue remains connected to back muscle tissue.
A method of harvesting tissue from a bird carcass, comprising:
- extending a leg bone laterally away from the center of the bird carcass;
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- cutting connective tissue between the leg bone and the carcass, wherein the muscle tissue connecting the leg bone and the back remain intact.
A method of harvesting tissue from a bird carcass, comprising:
- suspending a bird carcass with an open body cavity and back portion whereby the open body cavity is positioned upward and the back is positioned downward;
- exposing an area of tissue between a leg and the open body cavity;
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- cutting the tissue between the leg and the open body cavity.
A method of harvesting tissue from a bird carcass, comprising:
- cutting tissue between a leg and a back of the bird;
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- separating the leg from the back wherein muscle tissue connecting the leg and the back remain intact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.