Method and device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line
AssigneeMeyn Food Processing Technology B.V.
InventorsFerdinand Allard De Vos, Pieter Willem Vonk
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Abstract
Method and device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line. A carcass part may be supported on a carrier that is movable in the processing line and includes wing joints, coracoids, a wishbone being embodied with two legs that merge into each other at an acute angle, a keel bone, and naturally present meat including inner and outer fillets, and means are applied for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part
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A device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line, the carcass part including wing joints, coracoids, a wishbone being embodied with two legs that merge into each other at an acute angle, a keel bone, and naturally present meat including inner and outer fillets, the carcass part supported on a carrier movable in the processing line, the device comprising:
- means for cutting, removing, or both, the wishbone from the carcass part,
- means for moving the outer fillets away from the wishbone, wherein the means for moving the outer fillets away from the wish-bone are arranged to be operational prior to the the means for cutting, removing, or both of the wishbone from the carcass part.
A method for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line, the carcass part including wing joints, coracoids, a wishbone being embodied with two legs that merge into each other at an acute angle, a keel bone, and naturally present meat including inner and outer fillets, the method comprising
- providing the carcass part on a carrier and moving the carrier in the processing line;
- cutting, removing, or both, the wishbone from the carcass part;
- and
- moving the outer fillets away from the wishbone, the moving executed prior to the cutting, removing, or both of the wishbone from the carcass part.
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