US 11,717,002 B2
Device and method for separating at least one tendon that connects a breast fillet of a gutted poultry body, or a part thereof, to a carcass of the poultry body, or a part thereof, and a tool unit therefor
Adrian Schulze, Lübeck (DE)
Assigned to NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER GMBH + CO. KG, Lubeck (DE)
Appl. No. 17/426,018
Filed by Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG, Lübeck (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/051056
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/156825, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19154184 (EP), filed on Jan. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338492 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A22C 21/00 (2006.01); A22C 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/06 (2013.01) [A22C 21/0053 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, configured and adapted to separate at least one tendon connecting a breast fillet of a gutted poultry body from which wings have been removed, or a part thereof, to a carcass of the poultry body or part thereof, comprising:
a transport apparatus having a transport unit which is driven in a revolving manner, and at least one holding apparatus fastened thereto which is configured and adapted to hold the poultry body or the part thereof during processing, and a means for separating the tendon, wherein the means for separating is configured and adapted so as to be movable from a standby position into a separating position and back, and the transport unit, with the or each holding apparatus, with the formation of a transport path, is configured and adapted to transport the poultry body or the part thereof in a direction of transport T, with an anus side leading, in a direction towards the means for separating;
wherein the means for separating the tendon comprises at least one combination tool which is configured and adapted such that said tool has a portion that displaces the breast fillet and a portion that separates the tendon.