US 12,402,637 B2
Poultry processing apparatus
Noriyuki Takahashi, Tokyo (JP); Koji Takanashi, Tokyo (JP); and Sayaka Iwaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/696,671
Filed by MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 20, 2023, PCT No. PCT/JP2023/026494
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 28, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/029342, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 8, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-123978 (JP), filed on Aug. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0389608 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A22C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/0023 (2013.01) [A22C 21/0084 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A poultry processing apparatus, comprising:
a fixing jig configured to convey a workpiece which is poultry with a body part and a pair of wing parts while supporting the workpiece;
a pair of cutters respectively disposed on both sides of a conveyance path of the fixing jig; and
a pair of guide members extending along the conveyance path and configured to guide from below the pair of wing parts of the workpiece supported by the fixing jig to form a pair of spaces, between the body part and the pair of wing parts, for receiving the pair of cutters, respectively, the pair of cutters being configured to access, via the pair of spaces, and cut side portions of the body part.