Poultry thigh processor
AssigneeEquimex Holding B.V.
InventorsGeorg H. Markert, Cornelis Hendrikus Van De Vecht, Egbertus Martinus Joosten
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Abstract
A conveyor with a channel for receiving a bone and surrounding meat of poultry parts and advancing them into engagement with a blade assembly. The blade assembly has a notch that separates the poultry parts into spare rib-type products and boneless meat patties. The blade assembly may have two ramps for lifting sides of the poultry part to permit cutting the meat above the bone and below the side portions. Additionally, a method is disclosed for separating the poultry parts into the spare rib-type products and the boneless meat patties.
Claims29
A machine for processing animal parts having a longitudinal bone and meat surrounding at least a portion of the bone, the machine comprising:
- at least one blade assembly having at least one cutting surface configured to separate a first portion of the meat from the bone while leaving a second portion of the meat surrounding the bone;
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- a conveyor having a channel defined therein, wherein the channel is configured to receive substantially all of the bone, but not all of the meat, and the cutting surface is disposed adjacent the conveyor, and wherein the conveyor is adapted to move the animal part into engagement with the blade assembly.
A machine for processing animal parts having a longitudinal bone and meat surrounding at least a portion of the bone, the machine comprising:
- at least one blade assembly having at least one cutting surface configured to separate a first portion of the meat from the bone while leaving a second portion of the meat still surrounding and attached to the bone;
- a conveyor adapted to move the animal part into engagement with the blade assembly;
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- at least one guide element for guiding the bone and a minor portion of the meat to one side of the cutting surface and for guiding a majority of the meat to an opposite side of the cutting surface, wherein as the animal part is moved past the cutting surface the animal part is separated into a boneless meat patty and a bone with some meat still attached.
A machine for processing animal parts having a longitudinal bone and meat surrounding at least a portion of the bone, the machine comprising:
- at least one blade assembly having at least one cutting surface configured to separate in a single pass a first portion of the meat from the bone while leaving a second portion of the meat surrounding the bone;
- a conveyor having a channel defined therein, the channel configured to receive at least some of the bone and the surrounding meat and to position the bone and some of the surrounding meat to one side of the cutting surface, and the conveyor adapted to move the animal part into engagement with the blade assembly;
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- at least one guide element for positioning at least some of the meat to a second side of the cutting surface so that the animal part is separated into a boneless meat patty and a bone with some meat still attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.