Method of and apparatus for separating into parts the entrails package removed from a slaughtered bird
AssigneeMachinefabriek Meyn B.V.
InventorCornelis Meyn
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for separating into parts an entrails package removed from a slaughtered bird, the package comprising gizzard, proventriculus, heart, lungs, liver, gallbladder and intestines. The method includes loosening the tissue connections between the gizzard and the intestines, separating the entrails package in a package comprising liver, gallbladder and intestines on one hand and a package comprising gizzard, proventriculus, heart and lungs on the other hand, as well as separating the gizzard with proventriculus from the heart with lungs. The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out such a method.
Claims21
A method for automatically processing the entrails packages from a slaughtered bird into parts, the entrails packages including gizzard, proventriculus, heart, lungs, liver, gallbladder, and intestines, said method comprising the steps of automatically conveying the entrails package with a conveyor device through an automated loosening device and first loosening the direct tissue connection between the gizzard and intestines so that the intestines remain only indirectly connected to the gizzard through other parts of the entrails package;
- conveying the entrails packages with loosened tissue connection through a first automatic separating device and automatically separating the entrails packages into a first package including liver, gallbladder, and intestines and a second package including gizzard, proventriculus, heart, and lungs;
- and separately conveying the first and second packages for further processing.
An automated apparatus for processing entrails packages removed from slaughtered poultry into parts, the entrails packages including gizzard, proventriculus, heart, lungs, liver, gallbladder, and intestines, said apparatus comprising:
- a transporting device configured to automatically convey the entrails packages or separate parts thereof through said apparatus, said transporting device receiving and conveying the entrails packages so that the gizzards are positioned at a top position;
- a loosening device configured to automatically loosen direct tissue connections between the gizzard and intestines so that the intestines remain connected to the gizzard indirectly through other parts of said entrails package;
- a first separating device disposed operably downstream from said loosening device, said first separating device configured to automatically separate said conveyed entrails packages into a first package including liver, gallbladder, and intestines, and a second package including gizzard, proventriculus, heart and lungs;
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- said transporting device further comprising first and second package conveying devices for separately conveying said first and second packages.
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