49results about "Poultry deboning" patented technology

A poultry leg meat deboning device includes an ankle holding part (2) configured to hold an ankle of poultry leg meat, a leg meat measuring part configured to measure the poultry leg meat in a state in which a meat part of the poultry leg meat is peeled off, a separator (4) configured to sandwich a femur, a moving part configured to move the ankle holding part (2) and relatively move the separator (4) until an end portion of the femur on the side of a hip joint along the femur, a controller configured to determine movement amount of the separator (4) with respect to the femur by the moving part on the basis of the measurement result by the leg meat measuring part, and a round cutting edge cutter configured to cut off the meat part from the femur at the end portion of the femur.

The invention relates to the technical field of food processing, in particular to a chicken foot toe bone removing device. A second follow fixture is used for fixing chicken foot big bones, a phalanx ejector rod is located below the front side of the device and used for supporting chicken feet, the phalanx ejector rod is located over a phalanx pressing rod, and the phalanx pressing rod is used for being matched with a first ejector rod to fix the chicken feet; the removing device supporting frame comprises a guide column and a lifting device, a mounting seat is in power connection with the lifting device, the mounting seat slides up and down along the guide column under the action of the lifting device, a shaping block and a toe bone shaver are arranged on the mounting seat, the shaping block is located above a removing point of chicken foot toe bones and fixedly connected with the mounting seat, and an opening groove is formed in the extending end of the shaping block. The notch is close to the phalanx ejector rod, interference is formed between the notch wall and the end of the toe bone of the chicken claw, a toe bone shaver driving device is arranged on the installation base, and the toe bone shaver is connected with the toe bone shaver driving device and is close to or far away from the phalanx pressing rod. The problem of removing skin from the phalanx of the chicken claw is solved.

To provide a method or a device for detaching from a femur, a patella to which at least a part of knuckle of the patella is adhered.SOLUTION: A front end 2 of a chisel 1 is engaged to a femur 3. Then, the front end 2 of the chisel 1 moves between the femur 3 and a patella 4 which are clamped at a prescribed position, for peeling at least a part of a connection part which exists naturally between the femur 3 and the patella 4.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

A system (1) for making a preparatory incision longitudinally of a poultry leg having a first bone and a second bone articulated by a joint and surrounded by meat. The system (1) comprises a cutting unit (21) having a knife (51), and a conveyor (5) for conveying the poultry leg along a path of conveyance coincident with the cutting unit (21). The system (1) further comprises a drive mechanism arranged for selectively being in a first mode or a second mode, each mode so configured for making different incisions.

The invention relates to a method for the automated inspection of carcasses (10) by means of ultrasound imaging, the method comprising the steps of: conveying the carcasses (10) along a conveying path (11) by means of a conveying device; and scanning the carcasses (10) by means of ultrasound using an imaging ultrasound sensor (12) in order to generate image data by bringing the carcasses (10) into lateral contact with an ultrasound contact face (13) of the imaging ultrasound sensor. The invention also relates to a corresponding apparatus. Furthermore, the invention to a method for automatically deboning poultry legs, which is characterised by: performing the automated inspection of carcasses (10) by means of ultrasound imaging using the method for the automated inspection of carcasses; locating the position of the knee joint as a skeletal component in the poultry legs by evaluating the image data; and deboning the poultry legs on the basis of the position of the knee joint. The invention also relates to a corresponding arrangement for automatically deboning poultry legs.

A slicing device includes cutter device, workpiece holding part, relative movement device, and slicing position operating part. The cutter device has slicing blade that is driven in a direction along a blade surface. The workpiece holding part holds workpiece. The relative movement device moves the workpiece holding part and the cutter device relative to one another in slicing direction in which meat of a workpiece is sliced. The slicing position operating part moves the slicing blade of the cutter device toward and away with respect to the workpiece, which moves relatively in the slicing direction, from a direction intersecting the slicing direction. A blade surface portion that cuts the workpiece along a driving direction of the slicing blade and a pressing portion that presses an outer surface of the workpiece are alternately disposed at a position of the slicing blade where the slicing blade comes into contact with the workpiece.

The invention relates to a method used in the production of principal products conveyed in plurality along a processing line and consisting of fish, poultry or other meat which contains, in addition to the principal products to be extracted, inedible components to be removed (components for removal) and also contains edible residue products remaining on said components for removal, wherein when the removal components are removed from the principal products, and the edible residue products remain on the removal products, said method comprising the following steps: a) supplying a separation device with a batch of fish, poultry or other meat; b) separating the principal products of said batch from the removal components, containing residue products, of said batch; c) separating the residue products from the removal components; d) producing a residue product brine from the residue products by comminuting the residue products and mixing same with water, stabiliser, optionally sodium chloride and optionally other components; e) injecting a defined amount of the residue product brine produced in step d) into the main products, wherein main products and the residue products contained in the residue product brine come from the same batch. The proportion of meat used is increased by this method, thereby conserving resources.

A device for processing a carcass-part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line can include a tool having a primary knife and two secondary knives arranged on opposite sides of a bottom knife to disconnect a wishbone. A tertiary knife can be positionable adjacent to the two secondary knives on a side of the blades opposite to the side where the primary knife is positioned or positionable so as to define a cage for trapping the wishbone in the cage.

This invention relates to a poultry leg pre-cutting device, comprising: a frame, a first conveying device, a cutting assembly, and a first positioning frame. The first conveying device and the cutting assembly are respectively mounted on the frame. The first conveying device drives the first positioning frame to move past the cutting assembly. The cutting assembly includes a cutting frame, a first cutter, a second cutter, and a third cutter. The cutting frame is fixedly connected to the frame, and the cutting frame is fixedly connected to the first cutter, the second cutter, and the third cutter sequentially from left to right. After the chicken leg contacts the first and second positioning frames, the lower support plate moves vertically, driving the chicken leg to rotate and move up and down, ensuring that the chicken leg contacts the various positioning components. This ensures accurate cutting by the subsequent cutting assembly, solving the problem of poor consistency in chicken products produced in factories.

The invention discloses an energy-saving chicken foot boning device, which relates to the technical field of agricultural and sideline product processing, and comprises a machine body, a hanging chain system, a boning assembly and a broken bone discharge port, and further comprises: a buckle; a discharge inclined plate; the slag removal box is mounted on the outer wall, close to one side of the discharging inclined plate, of the machine body; the filter cylinder is rotationally connected to the interior of the slag removal box; the driving mechanism is used for driving the filter cartridge to rotate; the material guide mechanism is used for guiding the ejected chicken feet into the filter cartridge; the claw uniformizing mechanism is used for separating the chicken claws entering the filter cartridge; the turn-over mechanism is used for turning over the chicken feet attached to the inner wall of the filter cylinder; according to the energy-saving chicken foot boning device, chicken feet automatically fall off through the interception effect of the claw falling strips, one faces of the chicken feet are replaced to be attached to the inner wall of the filter cylinder, and the probability that the boning faces of beveled edges of the chicken feet are attached to the inner wall of the filter cylinder is effectively increased by conducting overturning treatment on the chicken feet for many times; the problem that broken bones are difficult to effectively discharge due to the fact that complete surfaces of chicken feet are always attached to the inner wall of the filter cartridge is prevented.

The slicing apparatus of the present invention includes a cutting tool assembly (12), a workpiece holding part, a relative moving part, and a slicing position operating part. The cutting tool assembly (12) has a cutting blade that is driven in a direction along the cutting edge. The workpiece holding part holds the workpiece. The relative moving part moves the workpiece holding part and the cutting tool assembly (12) relative to each other in a slicing direction that slices the flesh of the workpiece. The slicing position operating part moves the cutting blade of the cutting tool assembly (12) closer to or further away from the workpiece that is moving relative to it in the slicing direction from a direction intersecting the slicing direction. At the position where the cutting blade abuts against the workpiece, a cutting edge that cuts the workpiece along the driving direction of the cutting blade and a pressing part that presses the outer surface of the workpiece are alternately arranged.

A leg meat separation device (1) includes an ankle holding part (2) configured to hold an ankle (A) of a poultry leg meat (M), a meat pressing part (3) configured to press a meat section (Mp) near the ankle (A), a meat insertion part (5) that is inserted between the meat section (Mp) pressed by the meat pressing part (3) and a tibia and that is configured to separate the meat section (Mp) from the tibia, and a meat cutting part (6) configured to cut near the ankle (A) of the meat section (Mp).

A method of obtaining a food product for human consumption from a back portion of a chicken, the food product comprising at least one scapula of the chicken, the method comprising the steps of: inserting a knife in a lengthwise direction adjacent to a spine on a first side in a widthwise direction of the spine and subsequently inserting on a second side in the widthwise direction of the spine, cutting meat under the first and second scapulae in the first and second widthwise directions; inserting the knife in the widthwise direction above the spine and subsequently cutting in a lengthwise direction between the spine and the scapulae to remove the food product comprising the scapulae from the spine.

The invention relates to a device (10) which is configured and adapted to separate a fillet (13) located on a keel ridge (11) of a poultry carcass (12) from the poultry carcass (12) which has been deprived of the breast fillet, comprising a circulating conveyor (14) and at least one treatment station (17) along a conveying path of the conveyor (14), the conveyor having at least one holding device (15) with a support body (16) for receiving and holding the poultry carcass or part thereof during conveying in a conveying direction T by the device (10), wherein one of the treatment stations (17) is configured as a separating unit (18) for separating the fillet (13) from the keel ridge (11), characterized in that the separating unit (18) comprises a pre-separating element (19) and a separating element (20), wherein the pre-separating element (19) is configured and adapted to cut into the fillet (13) in the region of a keel angle (21) of the keel ridge (11) which leads in the conveying direction T, and the separating element (20) is configured and adapted to grip the fillet (13) and to peel it off the keel ridge (11). The invention also relates to a corresponding method.

A poultry processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a scraper part for separating a meat part around scapula bones of a poultry carcass held by a holder from the scapula bones; and an incision blade with a cutting edge for incising a skin between the scapula bones of the meat part that rides up on the scraper part. The cutting edge extends in a direction away from the holder as the cutting edge extends upstream in a traveling direction in which the scraper part travels toward the holder in separating the meat part from the scapula bones.

A poultry leg meat slit-forming device includes ankle holding part (2) that holds ankle of poultry leg meat (M), a blade unit (3) having slit-forming blade (23), an inserting driving part (4) that drives the blade unit (3), a leg meat pressing part (5) that presses surface of the poultry leg meat (M), and a moving part (9) that moves the ankle holding part (2), and the blade unit (3) includes a blade holding part (22) that holds a slit-forming blade (23) such that a blade edge of the slit-forming blade faces a side opposite with respect to the ankle holding part (2) in a direction of the slit-forming movement of the slit-forming blade (23) and that holds the slit-forming blade (23) so as to be displaceable in a front surface / back surface direction of the slit-forming blade, and a coil spring (25) that elastically biases the slit-forming blade (23) toward the bone of the poultry leg meat (M) in the front surface / back surface direction of the slit-forming blade (23).

This invention relates to a poultry leg pre-cutting device that improves cutting quality, comprising: a frame, a first conveying device, a cutting assembly, a first positioning frame, and a bending drive mechanism. The first conveying device and the cutting assembly are respectively mounted on the frame. The first positioning frame includes a first frame body and a lower support plate. The first conveying device drives the first frame body to move. The lower support plate is located above the first frame body and is movably connected to it. The bending drive mechanism drives the lower support plate to move vertically relative to the first frame body before passing the cutting assembly. After the chicken leg contacts the first and second positioning frames respectively, the vertical movement of the lower support plate drives the chicken leg to rotate and move up and down, ensuring that the chicken leg contacts the various positioning components. This ensures accurate cutting by the subsequent cutting assembly, solving the problem of poor consistency in chicken products produced in factories.

In a poultry processing apparatus, a workpiece which is poultry with a body part and a pair of wing parts is conveyed while being supported by a fixing jig. A pair of cutters is disposed respectively on both sides of a conveyance path of the fixing jig. Further, a pair of guide members extends along the conveyance path, and the pair of wing parts of the workpiece supported by the fixing jig is guided from below by the pair of guide members to allow the pair of cutters to access side portions of the body part between the body part and the pair of wing parts.

The invention relates to a system (1) for making a preliminary cut in the length direction of an avian leg having a first bone and a second bone hinged by a joint and surrounded by meat. The system (1) comprises a cutting unit (21) with a cutter (51) and a conveyor (5) for conveying poultry legs along a conveying path coinciding with the cutting unit (21). The system (1) further comprises a drive mechanism arranged to be selectively in a first mode or a second mode, each mode being configured to open a different cut-out.

An apparatus and method for poultry deboning. The poultry deboning apparatus may include a holder device including a holder chuck configured to hold a poultry product. The holder chuck may include an opening configured to receive a first portion of the poultry product and one or more blades configured to engage the first portion of the poultry product. The poultry deboning apparatus may include a grabber device including a grabber chuck configured to grab a second portion of the poultry product. The grabber chuck may include an opening configured to receive the second portion of the poultry product and one or more blades configured to extend into the opening and engage the second portion of the poultry product. The grabber device may be configured to move away from the holder chuck to remove a bone in the second portion of the poultry product.

A dismountable poultry processing knife and mounting frame. The mounting frame provided with a quick release mechanism for quickly mounting or dismounting of a poultry processing knife while avoiding screw connections. The poultry processing knife provided with quick release features which are arranged to cooperate with the quick release mechanism of the mounting frame.

A method, arrangement and apparatus are provided for training at least one neural network for locating bony parts present in a poultry leg. The method includes the steps: conveying the poultry legs in a conveying direction by a conveying device; acquiring digital images of the front side or back side of each of the poultry legs conveyed past the imaging system by a first optical imaging system; sequentially providing the digital images as input data to a first neural network configured for locating the bony parts, wherein the first neural network for locating the bony parts has been trained by a described method; and determining position data of the bony parts by the first neural network; and providing the position data, for display and / or transmission, to a downstream machine for processing the poultry legs on the basis of the determined position data.

The invention relates to the technical field of food processing, in particular to an automatic chicken foot boning machine which comprises a conveying device, an opening device, a toe small bone removing device and a big bone removing device, the opening device comprises a liftable scraping knife assembly and is used for opening chicken feet; the toe small bone removing device comprises a first fixing device for fixing a big bone and a continuous beating device for continuously beating the phalanx so as to separate and fall off the small bone of the chicken claw; the big bone removing device comprises a scraping knife device capable of being pushed in the extending direction of the big bone, a second fixing device used for fixing the phalanx and a third fixing device used for pressing the end of the big bone. The second fixing device fixes one side of the phalanx of the chicken foot, the third fixing device presses the end of the big bone of the chicken foot so that the big bone of the chicken foot can be tilted, and the scraping knife device is pushed in the extending direction of the big bone so that the big bone of the chicken foot can be separated. The design thought of small bone beating and large bone removing is ingeniously utilized, bone removing is clean, and the structure is simple.

The present disclosure relates to a system for performing a preliminary longitudinal incision on a poultry leg having a first bone and a second bone connected by an articulation and surrounded by meat, the system including a cutting unit having a knife and a conveyor for transporting the poultry leg along a conveying path aligned with the cutting unit, the system further including a drive mechanism configured to selectively operate in a first mode or a second mode, each mode configured to perform a different incision.

A cutting apparatus cuts a string in a workpiece by bringing a cutter into contact with the workpiece while rotating the workpiece supported by a clamper. The workpiece supported by the clamper is restrained by a holding member from the opposite side from the cutter. The holding member is elastically supported by a support part.

A poultry processing system for inline processing a poultry carcass front half. The system comprises a mandrel having a plane of symmetry in a vertical orientation for supporting a carcass front half having a neck end and a tail end with its skeletal structure including a keel bone on top of the mandrel with the keel bone aligned with the plane of symmetry of the mandrel. The system comprises a conveyor for conveying the mandrel in a horizontal conveyance direction. The mandrel is coupled to the conveyor in a fixed orientation relative to the conveyance direction in which the plane of symmetry aligns with the conveyance direction. The system comprises a poultry processing station in a conveyance path of the conveyor. The poultry processing station comprises a processing member for engaging the carcass front half as the carcass front half is conveyed on the mandrel in the fixed orientation along the poultry processing station. The processing member is movable relative to the conveyor along a trajectory within a vertical plane parallel to the plane of symmetry between a first position for allowing the carcass front half to pass the processing member, and a second position for engaging the carcass front half.

An apparatus and method for processing poultry leg or drum parts to form "Drum Tulip" products. A conveyer includes drum holder assemblies each configured to receive and carry a leg or drum part along a processing path through a cutting station and to a discharge. The cutting station includes cutting assemblies on opposite sides of the processing path for separating kneecap and knuckle portions from the leg or drum parts to form the drum tulip products. Each of the drum holder assemblies includes a base having a clamping recess and a pivoting clamp arm having a clamping portion adapted to cooperatively engage with the clamping recess to at least partially define a meat-stripping passage through which a portion of a leg or drum part is held. A meat scraper is configured to push at least a portion of the leg or drum part at least partially through the meat-stripping passage.