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AssigneeSystemate Holland, B.V.
InventorsJacobus E. Hazenbroek, Bastiaan Verrijp, Willem C. Steenbergen, Gerrit Barendregt, Leo I. van Vark
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Previously eviscerated poultry carcasses are moved in series along a conveyor (26), mounted upon a series of mandrels (33). As the poultry carcasses are moved along their processing path and are mounted on their mandrels (33), the carcasses are automatically engaged by a clamp tool (77) that clamps the poultry carcasses against their mandrels (33) in tight locking engagement to hold the poultry carcasses on their mandrels (33). A series of processing stations (42-50) engage and remove the wings, skin and progressively separate the meat from the skeletal structures of the poultry carcasses as said poultry carcasses are moved along their processing path (27) by the conveyor (26).
A mandrel for mounting to a conveyor for carrying an eviscerated poultry carcass along a processing path through a filleting process in which the meat of the carcass is removed from the skeleton of the carcass, said mandrel comprising:
A filleting system for removing meat from the skeletal portions of the carcasses of previously eviscerated poultry comprising:
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