US 12,324,438 B2
System and method for processing a carcass part
Mike Christiaan Maria Mooren, Av Boxmeer (NL); Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck, Av Boxmeer (NL); and Paul Godefridus Gerardus Arnts, Av Boxmeer (NL)
Assigned to Marel Poultry B.V., Av Boxmeer (NL)
Appl. No. 18/577,629
Filed by Marel Poultry B.V., Av Boxmeer (NL)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/NL2022/050394
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 8, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/287280, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 19, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2028710 (NL), filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0315264 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. A22C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/0023 (2013.01) [A22C 21/0053 (2013.01); A22C 21/0092 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for processing a slaughtered poultry carcass part at least comprising:
a back portion and legs connected thereto;
a conveyor for moving the carcass part in a suspended manner in a conveying direction with the legs hanging from the conveyor in use of the system;
a groin skin cutting device for cutting groin skin while the carcass part is moved past the groin skin cutting device in use, the groin skin cutting device comprising a cutter having:
an elongate base portion having a cutting edge,
a puncturing tip at an upstream end of the cutter,
the cutter being positioned and configured such that, in use, the puncturing tip punctures groin skin upon movement of the carcass part in the conveying direction thereby creating a puncture hole so that the cutter enters underneath the groin skin,
wherein the groin skin is cut by the cutting edge making a cut through the groin skin starting from the puncture hole, as a result of the continued movement of the carcass part in the conveying direction in use.