US 12,213,491 B2
System and method for processing a backhalve of a slaughtered poultry carcass
Mike Christiaan Maria Mooren, Av Boxmeer (NL); Laurens Christian Philippo, Av Boxmeer (NL); Marinus Petrus Johannes Thijssen, Av Boxmeer (NL); and Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck, Av Boxmeer (NL)
Assigned to Marel Poultry B.V., Av Boxmeer (NL)
Appl. No. 18/266,459
Filed by Marel Poultry B.V., Av Boxmeer (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/NL2021/050755
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/131909, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2027154 (NL), filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041057 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A22C 21/00 (2006.01); B65G 17/48 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/0023 (2013.01) [A22C 21/0053 (2013.01); B65G 17/485 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0202 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for processing a backhalve of a slaughtered poultry carcass, the backhalve comprising a back portion and legs connected thereto and which backhalve is transported by a conveyor in a suspended manner in a conveying direction with the legs hanging from the conveyor in use of the system, the system comprising:
a back turning device, having a stationary frame and a receiving element which is movably connected to the frame, wherein the receiving element is configured to receive therein at least a part of the back portion and is further configured to be moved in the conveying direction with at least said part of the back portion received in the receiving element during continued movement of the backhalve in the conveying direction during use, so as to turn the back portion upside-down as a result of said movement of the receiving element; and
a separation device, provided downstream of the back turning device in the conveying direction, and configured for separating the legs from the back portion with the back portion in said upside down orientation.