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AssigneeNordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
InventorAndreas Landt
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The invention relates to an apparatus for automatically separating the wishbone from eviscerated poultry bodies, comprising a revolving conveyor with at least one holding apparatus with a support body receiving and holding the poultry bodies during transport through the apparatus, and at least one processing station along a conveying line of the conveyor, one of the processing stations being configured as a cutting unit for separating the wishbone from the poultry body, characterized in that the cutting unit has a rotational drive, a cutting means and a rotary arm that connects the cutting means and the rotational drive and is designed to guide the cutting means in the rotational direction along a curved path, with the rotary arm and the cutting means forming an at least essentially L-shaped arrangement and the cutting means having a main cutting edge that is interrupted by a recess and is oriented at least essentially parallel to the rotational axis of the rotary arm. The invention also relates to a method corresponding to the apparatus.
Apparatus for automatically separating the wishbone from eviscerated poultry bodies, comprising a revolving conveyor with at least one holding apparatus with a support body for receiving and holding the poultry bodies during transport through the apparatus, and at least one processing station along a conveying line of the conveyor, wherein one of the processing stations is designed as a cutting unit for separating the wishbone from the poultry body, characterized in that the cutting unit has a rotational drive, a cutting means and a rotary arm connecting the cutting means and the rotational drive, said arm being designed to guide the cutting means in the rotational direction along a curved path, wherein the rotary arm and the cutting means form an at least essentially L-shaped arrangement and the cutting means has a main cutting edge interrupted by a recess which is oriented at least essentially parallel to the rotational axis of the rotary arm.
Method for automatically separating the wishbone from eviscerated poultry bodies using a cutting means, wherein each poultry body is held by a holding apparatus of a revolving conveyor, wherein the conveyor transports the holding apparatus in a direction of transport along at least one processing station, by means of which the wishbone is separated from the poultry body, characterized in that a rotary arm associated with a rotational drive guides a cutting means attached at the end of the rotary arm along a curved path, wherein the main cutting edge of the cutting means, which is oriented at least essentially parallel to the rotational axis of the rotary arm plunges into the poultry body, and that the cutting means then separates the wishbone from the poultry body 44 in a single uninterrupted cutting movement.
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