Boning device and method
AssigneeSchaartec GmbH & Co. KG
InventorMartin Schaarschmidt
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device and a method with the following working steps: holding the limb (1) to be boned; severing the center joint (3), including the tendons adhering thereto; severing the end joint portion (5) and/or the end portion (6), including the tendons adhering thereto; clamping the limb (1) between a first pressure plate (10) and a second pressure plate (11), pressing the meat of the limb (1) between the pressure plates (10, 11) and partly pushing out the at least one bone (7, 8, 9) through the pressure plate; and ejecting the at least one bone (7, 8, 9) with the aid of a pushing means (12, 13, 14).
Claims20
A device for boning limbs of animals having bones similar in strength and orientation to poultry bones, the limbs having two ends with a center joint between the ends, comprising:
- a holding means for holding said limbs adjacent said joint and adjacent said ends of said limbs;
- a first saw cutting means for separating said center joint of said limbs held in said holding means;
- a second saw cutting means for separating said end joints of said limbs held in said holding means;
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- an ejector device for ejecting the bones, after said center and end joints are separated, by pushing said bones out of said limbs while said limbs are held in said holding means.
A method for boning the meat from limbs having two ends and a center joint intermediate said ends, comprising the steps of:
- holding said limbs to be boned;
- severing said center joint, including any tendons adhering thereto;
- severing said ends of said limbs, including any tendons adhering thereto;
- clamping said limbs between a first pressure plate and a second pressure plate, at least one of said plates having at least one hole sized and aligned to correspond with the size and location of a severed end of one of said bones;
- pressing said meat of said limbs between said pressure plates and partly pushing out the at least one bone through said pressure plate;
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- pushing a pin through one of said plates to push said at least one bone through said at least one hole.
A method of boning limbs having opposing ends and an joint intermediate said ends, comprising the steps of:
- clamping at least one of said limbs between a first pressure plate and a second pressure plate while said bones are substantially parallel, said first plate having at least one hole sized and aligned to correspond with the size and location of one of said ends or joint to allow passage through said hole;
- pressing said meat of said clamped limb between said pressure plates and partly pushing out the at least one bone through said hole;
- severing the distal portion of the bone pushed out of said hole, including any tendons attached to the bone;
- pushing on said severed ends to force the opposite end of the limb though at least a second hole in said second pressure plate;
- severing the distal portion of the bone pushed out of said second hole, including any tendons attached to the bone;
- pushing at least one pin through at least one of said plates to push said bones out of said meat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.