Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
452135000 | DEBONING | 53 |
20080261502 | Method and a Device for Facilitating the Removal of Pin Bones in Fish - A method and a device for facilitating the removal of a pin bone ( | 10-23-2008 |
20090053988 | Method and Device for Extraction of Bones From Fish - For removing bones ( | 02-26-2009 |
20090156111 | Device for processing poultry wings - A process for trussing up meat attached to at least one bone of a poultry part around an end of the poultry part, which includes the steps of loading each of a series of poultry parts into a trussing up unit at a loading position and positioning the bones of the poultry part into a bone positioning device, displacing each trussing up unit from a loading position towards and along a trussing up pathway and fixing the bones into the bone positioning device, displacing at least one bone partly through the meat through at least one bone positioning device by a pusher, retracting at least one of the bones from the meat and removing the trussed up poultry part. | 06-18-2009 |
20090298404 | Deboner - Device for filleting or deboning leg or wing parts of poultry, comprising a first holder having first holder means for positioning an end of a leg or wing part, and second holder means that cooperate with the first holder means, wherein the second holder means are movable with respect to the first holder means in axial direction of the leg or wing part. | 12-03-2009 |
20100105306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES AND POSITIONS THEREOF - The various embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for the detection of anatomical structures and anatomical positions. More particularly, the various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to the detection of musculoskeletal elements, such as bones, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and the like, which could be useful for example in poultry processing for bone screening as well as for guidance of machines for processing. For example, a system for detecting a bone in a carcass comprises: a device for supporting a carcass comprising a base and a frame attached to the base, wherein the frame is configured to contact at least a portion of a cavity of a carcass; and an electromagnetic radiation source, wherein the electromagnetic radiation source is configured to irradiate at least a portion of a cavity of a carcass; | 04-29-2010 |
20110034117 | POULTRY DEBONING KNIFE - A safety use deboning knife includes a blade having a distally disposed carcass flesh penetration tip disposed immediately adjacent the blade curved cutting edge and spacedly disposed from the blade non-cutting upper edge by a planar distal edge, which distal edge subtends an acute angle of less than about 45° and preferably in less than about 25° with entire cutting portion disposed below the blade center line. | 02-10-2011 |
20110195647 | Device for removing the ribs from a piece of slaughtered animal - The invention relates to a device for removing individual ribs from a piece of slaughter animal whose spinal column was cut off. A conveying device aligns the piece on a cutting surface on which the spinal column was cut off and conveys the piece. A rib sensor ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110319003 | Method and Device for Extracting Pin Bones from a Fillet - Method for extracting pin bones from a fillet wherein the pin bones are extracted by means of a tool having a certain speed relative to the fillet and wherein the tool is displaced at different relative speeds along a first fillet portion where the fillet has pin bones and along a second fillet portion where the fillet has no pin bones. | 12-29-2011 |
20120208442 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A NECK BONE - A system and method that is adapted to remove portions of a neck-bone that are useful for meat recovery systems. These most useful portions of the neck bone structure are the outer edges distal from the core of the bone that have meat attached to them. The useful portions on the outer edges distal from the core can be safely removed and subsequently processed in downstream processes such as mechanical separators (bone cannons) or hand trimmed. The overall system contains series sub systems to process neck-bones. The subsystems includes, a Product Infeed; a Chain Drive System; a Cutting Apparatus; a Cat Chain; a Core Extractor System; and a Conveyor Washing System. | 08-16-2012 |
20120252336 | Apparatus And Method For Separating Soft And Solid Components Of Food - Method and apparatus for separating meat and bone. The apparatus separator comprises a rotating cutting head defining a rotary axis; a flexible cutting means attached to the rotating cutting head and rotating about the rotary axis, and defining a cutting plane; a transport means for transporting a bone with meat pieces to the cutting plane; wherein the flexible cutting means follows contours of the bone and separates the meat pieces from the bone. | 10-04-2012 |
20130078898 | PIN BONE REMOVER - A pin bone removing apparatus for removing pin bones from fish fillets includes a drive train and a rotatable cylinder head coupled to the drive train. The apparatus includes a torque limiter, which for a preset torque value will uncouple the rotatable cylinder head from the drive train. A method is also provided for removing pin bones from fish fillets, by pinching the pin bone in question between a rotating cylinder with recesses and a resilient tongue in contact with the cylinder. During the pinching, the pulling force is applied to the fish pin bone until the force reaches a preset level, at which the pulling is interrupted for a short period of time, unless the pin bone immediately comes loose, and if it does not come loose the pulling force is applied again until it reaches the preset level, and this process is repeated until the bone comes loose. | 03-28-2013 |
20130122793 | Bird Debreasting Tool and Methods - An apparatus for removing a breast from a game bird provides first and second blades pivotally attached to a stabilizer bar projecting outwardly between the first and second blades. The stabilizer bar is generally adapted for insertion into the abdomen of a bird, and the first and second blades can be actuated using one or more handles to create a scissoring effect whereby a region of the abdomen, or the breast, is severed from the bird. Methods of removing a breast from a bird are also disclosed. | 05-16-2013 |
20130137351 | DEBONER FOR POULTRY PARTS, SUCH AS THIGHS OR DRUMSTICKS - A deboner and method of deboning poultry parts is provided. An exemplary embodiment includes an infeed for the poultry parts moving in a conveying direction, and a conveyor line that is synchronized with the infeed and having a series of carriers for receiving each single poultry part in a single carrier while the poultry parts are moving in their conveying direction. Each of the carriers can be embodied with two movable, preferably swivable arms, having an open position and a closed position, wherein the open position of the carrier ensures that a poultry part is accurately received in said carrier. The closed position of the two movable arms of the carrier ensures a fixing in position of the poultry thigh received in the carrier to promote an accurate, subsequent deboning of the poultry part. | 05-30-2013 |
20130344787 | MEAT FABRICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention includes meat fabrication systems and methods. The system according to one embodiment includes a conveyor ( | 12-26-2013 |
20140004781 | Method and Apparatus for Removing the Knee Cap from a Deboned Poultry Part | 01-02-2014 |
20140134935 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING THE WISHBONE FROM EVISCERATED POULTRY CARCASSES - 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. | 05-15-2014 |
20140349558 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPLETELY SEPARATING FROM THE CARCASS OF A GUTTED POULTRY BODY BREAST FILLETS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE CARCASS - The invention relates to an apparatus for completely separating from the carcass of a gutted poultry body breast fillets that have already been partially detached from the carcass, comprising a pair of separating means for separating the breast fillets hanging down on both sides of the breast bone of the carcass from the breast bone as well as guiding means for guiding the carcass in the direction of the two separating means arranged at a distance from one another, wherein the guiding means comprises two guiding elements lying next to one another and at a distance from one another, which between them form a gap; which is directed in the transport direction T of the poultry bodies for receiving and guiding the breast bone of the carcass, and wherein the separating means enter this gap from below in such a way that the separating means, for separating the breast fillets from the breast bone protrude upwards beyond the guiding means in the direction of the carcass, which is distinguished by the fact that the guiding elements are pivotable out of a guiding position forming the gap into a waiting position increasing the distance A to the separating means and vice versa and in that a spreading element for spreading the breast fillets away from the breast bone during the separating operation is provided. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding method. | 11-27-2014 |
20140378040 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING SHOULDER BLADE OF BONE-IN MEAT AND DEBONING SYSTEM OF BONE-IN MEAT INCLUDING THE DEVICE - A shoulder blade removal device of bone-in meat includes: a bottom holder which is configured to be in contact with a lower side of the bone-in meat such that the lower side of the bone-in meat is lifted upward and moved in a horizontal direction; a support member for bending the bone-in meat in cooperation with the bottom holder such that an end of the shoulder blade; and a chuck unit attached to a robot arm and gripping the tip part of the shoulder blade in cooperation with the robot arm. The chuck unit includes: a base member fixed to the robot arm; a grip member; and a lock member supported by the base member such that the lock member can be advanced or retracted toward or away from the lateral plate part, the lock member pinching the shoulder blade in cooperation with the lateral plate part. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378041 | DEBONING SYSTEM AND DEBONING METHOD FOR ARM PART OF BONE-IN MEAT - A deboning system for an arm part of bone-in meat includes: a clamp; at least one forearm-bone incision making device; an olecranon incision making device; and a forearm-bone separation device, wherein the at least one forearm-bone incision making device includes a robot arm and a forearm cutter attached to the robot arm, and the olecranon incision making device includes a pair of olecranon cutters. | 12-25-2014 |
20150024665 | Method of Deboning Animal Thighs for Separating and Collecting Meat Therefrom and Apparatus for Performing the Method - A method is disclosed for mechanically deboning animal thighs for separating and collecting meat therefrom and an apparatus ( | 01-22-2015 |
20150044955 | METHOD FOR MECHANICALLY REMOVING PIN BONES FROM FILLET PARTS OF CONVEYED FISH AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAID METHOD - In a method for mechanically removing intermuscular bones, so-called pin bones, from fillet parts of conveyed fish abdominal flaps for each fish are separated using a continuous, curved double separating cut. Each abdominal flap is simultaneously separated into two parallelly cut, completely free-moving parts having fish skin, winch are conveyed away separate front one another. The first part is obtained as a narrow, curved pinbone strip, with a width corresponding to the row of pinbones and limited thereto. The second part is obtained as an abdominal flap meat body determined by the largest part of the separated abdominal flap, free of pin bones, with a cutting length having the curvature. An apparatus for performing the double separating cut of the abdominal flaps is formed by an abdominal flap cutting device which comprises two pairs of cutting tools which cut simultaneously for complete separation of the abdominal flaps, each said pair being designed to perform the double separating cut of the abdominal flaps. A guiding device has a guide which is height-adjustable in a height corresponding to the flank-side height of the fish. The guiding device holds the pairs of cutting tools, aligns them, and guides them to perform the curved double separating cut. The cutting tools of the pair of cutting tools are arranged with a distance which is adapted to the narrow width of the pinbone strip and corresponds to it. | 02-12-2015 |
20150305354 | METHOD FOR MECHANICALLY REMOVING PIN BONES FROM FILLET PARTS OF CONVEYED FISH AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAID METHOD - In a method for mechanically removing intermuscular bones, so-called pin bones, from fillet parts of conveyed fish abdominal flaps for each fish are separated using a continuous, curved double separating cut. Each abdominal flap is simultaneously separated into two parallelly cut, completely free-moving parts having fish skin, winch are conveyed away separate front one another. The first part is obtained as a narrow, curved pinbone strip, with a width corresponding to the row of pinbones and limited thereto. The second part is obtained as an abdominal flap meat body determined by the largest part of the separated abdominal flap, free of pin bones, with a cutting length having the curvature. An apparatus for performing the double separating cut of the abdominal flaps is formed by an abdominal flap cutting device which comprises two pairs of cutting tools which cut simultaneously for complete separation of the abdominal flaps, each said pair being designed to perform the double separating cut of the abdominal flaps. A guiding device has a guide which is height-adjustable in a height corresponding to the flank-side height of the fish. The guiding device holds the pairs of cutting tools, aligns them, and guides them to perform the curved double separating cut. The cutting tools of the pair of cutting tools are arranged with a distance which is adapted to the narrow width of the pinbone strip and corresponds to it. | 10-29-2015 |
20160073647 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MACHINE PROCESSING OF BEHEADED AND AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY GUTTED FISH, TRANSPORTED TAIL-FIRST IN TRANSPORT DIRECTION T ON A TRANSPORT PATH - The invention relates to an apparatus, designed and adapted for machine processing of decapitated and at least substantially gutted fish, transported tail-first in transport direction T on a transport path, comprising a conveying means which conveys the fish along the transport path and a cutting device for removing the flesh from the flank bones of the bone structure of a fish after cutting free the ventral and dorsal spokes, wherein the cutting device comprises a pair of circular knives which can be driven so as to rotate about a point of rotation D and which are arranged on opposite sides of the transport path and are designed to be adjustable relative to the position of the fish and thus to the bone structure, which is characterised in that each circular knife is allocated a means that is designed and configured to hold down at least some of the flank bones during the removal process of the flesh from the bone structure. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding method. | 03-17-2016 |
452136000 | Plow type | 23 |
20090170417 | Method and Device for Processing a Carcass Part of Slaughtered Poultry - A method for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, which carcass part includes bone parts with at least a part of the rib cage, at least a part of the breast fillet, other muscle tissue that does not form part of the breast fillet, for example at least a part of the back meat that is naturally present on the rib cage and the spine and/or at least a part of the abdominal muscle tissue. This method includes the steps of making an incision through the meat at least up to the bone parts lying under the meat, which incision is made in an area between the breast fillet and the other muscle tissue that does not form part of the breast fillet, and which incision in that area substantially follows the shape of the breast fillet, and detaching the breast fillet from the bone parts of the carcass part. | 07-02-2009 |
20090270021 | AUTOMATIC DEBONING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEBONING BONE LADEN MEAT - A de-boning method and apparatus for automating incision making to the meat of bone laden meat and scraping operation of meat from the bone laden meat by a meat separator, are proposed. | 10-29-2009 |
20100120344 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - The invention relates to a system for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, which carcass part comprises at least a part of the breast, the breast comprising at least a part of the breastbone and a part of the breast fillet. | 05-13-2010 |
20100210199 | FILLETING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING FILLETS - A filleting device and method for harvesting fillets from poultry carcasses that are moved in a conveyer-line supported on carriers is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the first means are provided to guide at least a part of the fillets so as to increase this part's distance from the carcass and break the tissue connections that connect the fillet or fillets in their natural position to the keel-bone of the carcass. Second means are provided that complete the harvesting of the fillets by peeling the fillets entirely loose from the keel-bone. | 08-19-2010 |
20110045756 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING PART OF A SLAUGHTERED POULTRY CARCASS - A device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line is provided. The carcass part is supported on a carrier that moves in the processing line. The carcass part includes wing-joints, coracoids, a wishbone embodied with two legs that merge into each other at an acute angle, a keelbone, a membrane and/or ligament that connects at least to the wishbone and the keel-bone, and naturally present meat including inner and outer fillets. The device includes means for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part. The device is arranged such that the means for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone can be a knife equipped to cut the wishbone and disconnect it from the membrane and/or ligament with an increased yield of meat that is retained on the carcass part. In one embodiment, the knife is arranged with cutting side-edges and is further shaped with an S-shaped contour to arrange that when same is introduced between the legs of the wishbone up to its eventual position wherein the arrow's point of the knife approaches the part where the legs of the wishbone merge into each other, the cutting side-edges of the knife cut the legs of the wishbone at a position immediately adjacent to the wing joints to which the wishbone connects. | 02-24-2011 |
20110183591 | Method and Apparatus for Collecting Meat From an Animal Part - A method and device are disclosed for mechanically collecting meat from animal parts having an elongated bone extending through a sleeve of meat. The device includes a deboning unit adapted to be associated with a supporting tray for supporting one of the animal parts, a stripper diaphragm on one end of the supporting tray, when associated with the deboning unit, and a movable bone pusher rod and a movable tubular knife on an opposite end of the supporting tray, when associated with the deboning unit. The bone pusher rod and the tubular knife are arranged concentrically about one another. A mechanism is provided for advancing and retracting the bone pusher rod and the tubular knife between first positions, allowing loading of the animal part, and second positions, in which the meat is collected against the stripper diaphragm and the bone is pushed partly through the diaphragm. The mechanism for advancing and retracting is adapted to move the bone pusher rod over one distance and the tubular knife over another distance smaller than the one distance, so as not to extend through the diaphragm. A rotating mechanism can rotate the tubular knife upon engagement with the meat and a cutting anvil for severing the meat from a trailing one of opposite ends of the elongated bone. An engaging member for engaging the bone portion partly protruding through the diaphragm pulls the bone completely through the diaphragm. | 07-28-2011 |
20110183592 | Method and Apparatus for Removing a Sleeve of Meat from an Animal Part Having Bone with Knuckles on Each of its Opposite Ends - A method of removing a sleeve of meat (D) from an animal part having a bone with a first knuckle (B) on one of two opposite ends of an elongate bone shaft (A) and a second knuckle (C) on another of the two opposite ends. The method includes the steps of engaging the bone of the animal part with a part of a meat stripper ( | 07-28-2011 |
20110275298 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILLETING POULTRY OR POULTRY PARTS - A method and system for filleting poultry or poultry parts is provided, which can include a conveyor system incorporating carriers for the poultry or poultry parts, with at least one processing station provided in or along the path of the conveyor system for processing the poultry or poultry parts. The processing station can be a cutting instrument that is placed behind a fillet scraper, and is embodied with a knife having a cutting-edge or cutting edges for cutting loose tissue connections that have remained between the carcass of the poultry or poultry part and its inner and outer fillets after passing the fillet scraper. | 11-10-2011 |
20120190284 | Method of Deboning Animal Thighs for Separating and Collecting Meat Therefrom and Apparatus for Performing the Method - A method is disclosed for mechanically deboning animal thighs for separating and collecting meat therefrom and an apparatus ( | 07-26-2012 |
20120220209 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - A method for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry includes making a preliminary incision on both sides of the sternum, the preliminary incision leaving the part of the membrane that is present between the inner fillet and the outer fillet intact, scraping loose the meat that lies against the sternum on either side using a first scraper, scraping at least a part of the meat of the inner fillet loose from the rib cage using a second scraper, cutting through the membrane connection between the inner fillet and the rib cage, and removing the outer fillet and the inner fillet from the bone parts of the carcass part, in which the connection between the inner fillet and the outer fillet remains intact. | 08-30-2012 |
20120225616 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - A device for separating a wishbone from a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, The device comprises:—a primary wishbone knife ( | 09-06-2012 |
20120231715 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEBONING BONE-IN LEG - In an automated deboning device for deboning a bone-in leg of livestock carcass, a clamp unit | 09-13-2012 |
20120231716 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - a method for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry including making two incisions on the back side of the carcass part, and detaching at least a part of the back meat that is naturally present on the carcass part using a scraper, the scraper having a cutting edge with a curved shape in a plane that substantially extends perpendicular to the direction of the spine, the curved shape substantially matching the side of the back of the contour of the bone parts of the carcass part from which the back meat must be detached, as seen in the direction of the spine, wherein detachment of the back meat by the scraper starts from the incisions along the spine, and the carcass part and the scraper move relative to each other while the meat is being detached. | 09-13-2012 |
20120238192 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - A method for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry includes, the carcass part including bone parts with at least a part of the back of the rib cage and the spine, and at least a part of the meat that is naturally present on the back of the rib cage and the spine, the method includes detaching a part of the back meat from the underlying bone parts of the carcass part, and engaging at least a part of the detached back meat, and then peeling the back meat off the bone parts of the carcass part. | 09-20-2012 |
20120238193 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY - A method for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, the carcass part including bone parts with at least a part of the rib cage and a part of the spine, at least a part of the back meat that is naturally present on the rib cage and the spine, and at least a part of the abdominal muscle tissue, the method includes making a first incision through the back meat near the abdominal muscle tissue at least up to the underlying bone parts of the carcass part, and detaching the back meat from the bone parts of the carcass part. A device is provided to perform the method. | 09-20-2012 |
20120252337 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING PART OF A SLAUGHTERED POULTRY CARCASS - A device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line is provided. The carcass part is supported on a carrier that moves in the processing line. The device includes means for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part. The device is arranged such that the means for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone can be a knife equipped to cut the wishbone and disconnect it from the membrane and/or ligament with an increased yield of meat that is retained on the carcass part. | 10-04-2012 |
20120282850 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A POULTRY BREAST GRISTLE - A device for removing a breast gristle from a poultry breast carcass includes a transport apparatus for moving the breast carcass along a straight motion path in a fixed orientation. A median plane of the breast carcass is oriented perpendicularly to the motion path. A stationary cutting apparatus has a transversal blade, for making a transversal cut passing through the breast gristle, the transversal cut extending in a transversal cut plane arranged perpendicularly to the median plane. The transversal cut plane and a transversal plane of the breast carcass are arranged perpendicularly to the median plane and include an angle up to 30°. A frontal blade is provided for making a frontal cut passing through the breast gristle. The frontal cut plane and a frontal plane of the breast carcass are arranged perpendicularly to the median plane and perpendicularly to the transversal plane include an angle up to 30°. | 11-08-2012 |
20120295527 | DEBONING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEAT WITH BONE USING X-RAY - In an automatic deboning apparatus, an X-ray irradiation unit is provided on the upstream side of a meat cutting unit in a direction of transport of the work. In the X-ray irradiation unit, an X-ray r is irradiated to a work w from an X-ray irradiation device, an image of the X-ray transmitted through the work is subjected to image processing in an image analysis process unit, and two-dimensional position coordinates of a bone part are thereby obtained. In the meat cutting unit, three robot arms are provided with cutting blades. A storage unit of a controller stores three-dimensional position coordinates of a target operation course of each of the cutting blades. The target operation course is corrected on the basis of the two-dimensional position coordinates of the bone part obtained for each work in the image analysis process unit. | 11-22-2012 |
20130012113 | Method for Processing a Part of a Slaughtered Animal and Device for Applying Such Method - Method for processing a part of a slaughtered animal which comprises a meat part connected to a bone and cartilage, comprising the steps of encapsulating an axial end of the bone together with the cartilage into an encapsulating means provided at a bone pusher; activating the encapsulating means into a radially open position for receiving said axial end and bringing the encapsulating means into a radially closed position for encapsulating said axial end; separating the meat part from the bone and cartilage; and releasing the axial end of the bone and cartilage from the encapsulating means. | 01-10-2013 |
20130196582 | Method of deboning animal thighs for separating and collecting meat there from and apparatus for performing the method - A method is disclosed of mechanically deboning animal thighs for separating and collecting meat there from and an apparatus and an alternative apparatus for performing the method, including automated individual processing steps. The processing steps include: grasping a thigh bone of an animal thigh at a hip knuckle with a bone holder; cutting tissue near the hip knuckle; and engaging the thigh bone adjacent the bone holder with a meat stripper. The processing steps further include: moving the bone holder and meat stripper away from one another in a direction substantially coextensive with the longitudinal extend of the thigh bone; allowing the meat stripper to pass over the knee knuckle; and collecting the meat separated from the bone. In particular the method includes and each of the apparatuses perform the process step of cutting tissue adjacent a knee knuckle of the thigh bone, prior to allowing the meat stripper to pass over the knee knuckle. The apparatuses include a plurality of processing stations for carrying out the individual steps, and the processing stations are arranged along a path of conveyance defined by a conveyor chain moving through a predefined path. | 08-01-2013 |
20130280998 | COMBINATION AUTOMATED & HAND DEBONING APPARATUS & METHOD WITH SINGLE UNIT PROCESSING - An apparatus and method for separating wanted tissues from a bird carcass comprises mechanical and manual manipulation of the tissues. Mechanical manipulation includes scoring the lateral side of the carcass below the ribs between the neck opening and vent to separate the breast tissue from the skeletal system, and cutting the breast tissue and tenderloin tissue from the breast bone. Manual manipulation of the wanted tissues includes: mounting the carcass on a fixture, grasping the breast tissue adjacent the neck opening, and moving the hand toward the vent to separate the breast tissue from the carcass; and grasping the tenderloin tissue adjacent the neck opening, and moving the hand toward the vent to separate the tenderloin tissue from the carcass. Alternatively, the breast tissue may be harvested as a butterfly filet by scoring the lateral side of the carcass and removing the breast tissue from the carcass. | 10-24-2013 |
20180020684 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY IN A PROCESSING LINE | 01-25-2018 |
452137000 | Hand-held tool | 1 |
20130196583 | Poultry Deboning Knife - A safety use deboning knife includes a blade having a distally disposed carcass flesh penetration tip disposed immediately adjacent the blade curved cutting edge and spacedly disposed from the blade non-cutting upper edge by a planar distal edge, which distal edge subtends an acute angle of less than about 45° and preferably in less than about 25° with entire cutting portion disposed below the blade center line. | 08-01-2013 |
452138000 | Pressure type | 6 |
20090075578 | Mechanical deboning of poultry - An apparatus and a process for extracting poultry meat from crushed and dismembered poultry pieces is provided. The extracting method is based on mechanical separation utilizing heated water spray within a rotating drum assembly for removal and separation of meat from bone and collagen. The water is collected, pumped into a holding tank, and is flavored with natural poultry extract and antifoam agent for recycle within the process. The apparatus includes a hopper, an inclined rotating drum assembly having perforated walls and an internally located nozzle dispensing a water spray for separating meat from bones, a tank having at least one water jet for separating meat from bone fragments, a vibrating dewatering apparatus for separating meat from the water, and a re-circulation system for collection, reheating, and re-using the solution of water and poultry extract. The apparatus and process provides bone free poultry meat that retains the natural poultry flavor and has a low bacterial count because the process is performed in 170° F. water solution. | 03-19-2009 |
20100087129 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING MEAT FROM BONE - A separator apparatus that separates meat from bone in two distinct separation stages includes a rotary cam pump in series with a deboning screw assembly. In the first separation stage, substantially bone-free meat is separated from bone as the meat-bone mixture passes through the rotary cam pump, and expelled from the separator apparatus. The rotary cam pump then drives the remaining meat bone mixture into the deboning screw assembly, where a second separation stage occurs in which additional substantially bone-free meat is separated from bone as the meat-bone mixture passes through the deboning screw assembly, and is also expelled from the separator apparatus. The remaining bone residue is expelled from a bone residue outlet on the separator apparatus. The meat separated during the first stage can have a different coarseness than that separated during the second stage, and each can be expelled and collected at a different location. | 04-08-2010 |
20120178350 | Apparatus and Method for Adjusting Clearance between a Screw and Screen in a Machine for Separating Composite Materials - A desirably close clearance between outer edges of the flights of a conveying screw and the inside surface of a separator housing and screen can be obtained by offsetting the axis of the screw within the screen and by rotating the axis of the screw about the axis of the separator housing. Adjustments to the amount of such offset of the screw axis can be made in steps as the outer edges of the flights on the conveying screw wear. | 07-12-2012 |
20130252523 | SEPARATION CHAMBERS FOR DEBONING MACHINES - Separation chambers, deboning machines, and methods of operating the same are provided. In one aspect, a separation chamber for a compression-type deboning machine includes a body defining an internal cavity therein having a frusto-conical shape. A central longitudinal axis of the body extends from a first opening of the cavity near a first end of the body to a second opening of the cavity near a second end of the body. The first opening is larger than the second opening. The separation chamber also includes a plurality of perforations defined through the body from an inner surface of the body to an outer surface of the body. Each perforation includes a perforation axis extending longitudinally through a center of the perforation. The perforation axes of the plurality of perforations are transverse to a radial axis extending perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis of the body. | 09-26-2013 |
20160081359 | SEPARATION CHAMBERS FOR DEBONING MACHINES - Separation chambers, deboning machines, and methods of operating the same are provided. In one aspect, a separation chamber for a compression-type deboning machine includes a body defining an internal cavity therein having a frusto-conical shape. A central longitudinal axis of the body extends from a first opening of the cavity near a first end of the body to a second opening of the cavity near a second end of the body. The first opening is larger than the second opening. The separation chamber also includes a plurality of perforations defined through the body from an inner surface of the body to an outer surface of the body. Each perforation includes a perforation axis extending longitudinally through a center of the perforation. The perforation axes of the plurality of perforations are transverse to a radial axis extending perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis of the body. | 03-24-2016 |
20160165907 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING MEAT FROM BONE PARTS | 06-16-2016 |
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