US 12,329,169 B2
Deskinning device, system and method for removing skin from a poultry leg product
Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck, Ar Bemmel (NL); and Jan Willem Bos, NL Haps (NL)
Assigned to Marel Poultry B.V., Av Boxmeer (NL)
Appl. No. 18/256,780
Filed by Marel Poultry B.V., Av Boxmeer (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/086434
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/129488, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2027139 (NL), filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016167 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A22C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/0092 (2013.01) [A22C 21/0053 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deskinning device for removing skin from a poultry leg product, wherein the poultry leg product comprises a first leg end which comprises at least a part of an ankle joint, and a second leg end opposite to the first leg end, wherein the first leg end is arranged at a higher level than the second leg end, the device comprising:
at least one skin removal assembly which is adapted to carry out a deskinning process, wherein the skin removal assembly comprises:
a first skinning roller which is rotatable about an axis of rotation which extends in a longitudinal direction of the first skinning roller, which first skinning roller further comprises a first roller end and a second roller end, wherein the first roller end is arranged at a higher level than the second roller end,
a counter skinning member which is arranged adjacent said first skinning roller, and
a gap between the first skinning roller and the counter skinning member,
wherein the skin removal assembly is adapted to pull the skin of the poultry leg product into the gap and towards the first roller end, and
wherein the skin removal assembly further comprises a skin-tightening element which is adapted to cause a skin connection between skin remaining on the poultry leg product and a skin part removed from the poultry leg product and being pulled towards the first roller end past a predetermined tightening point, to be pulled tight, wherein the skin-tightening element is arranged closer to the first roller end than to the second roller end.