110results about "Poultry deboning" patented technology

The technology as disclosed herein includes a method and apparatus for deboning a meat item, and more particular for deboning a poultry item including performing an initial shoulder cut for removing boneless breast meat from the poultry carcass or frame. The technology as disclosed and claimed further includes a method and apparatus for removing a tender meat portion from a poultry item. The method and apparatus disclosed and claimed herein is a combination of a robotic arm including an ultrasonic knife implement and / or an annular blade knife implement and a vision system for varying the cut path based on the shape and size of the poultry item. The combination as claimed including the ultrasonic knife can perform a meat cut while penetrating the meat with less force than the typical penetration that occurs when using a traditional knife. The combination as claimed including the annular blade knife implement can remove the tender meat portion for the keel bone and posterior sheath.

To provide a poultry thigh meat incision device that can prevent remaining of a bone fragment to the deboned poultry thigh meat, and can improve the yield of the deboned poultry thigh meat, and provide a poultry thigh meat automatic incision method.SOLUTION: A poultry thigh meat incision device includes an ankle holding part 2 for holding an ankle of poultry thigh meat M, a knife unit 3 having an incision knife 23, a stabbing drive unit 4 for driving the knife unit 3, a thigh meat pressing part 5 for pressing the surface of the poultry thigh meat M, and a moving part 9 for moving the ankle holding part 2. The knife unit 3 includes: a knife holding part 22 for holding the incision knife 23 so that a blade edge may be directed in an incision moving direction of the incision knife 23 and in the side opposite to the ankle holding part 2, and holding the incision knife 23 in the front-back direction in a displacing manner; and a coil spring 25 for elastically biasing the incision knife 23 in the front-back direction of the incision knife 23, and toward the bone of the poultry thigh meat M.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A method is used in the production of principal products conveyed in plurality along a processing line, consisting of fish, poultry or other meat which contains, in addition to the principal products to be obtained, inedible components to be removed (removal components) and also contains edible by-products remaining on said removal components. The edible by-products remain on the removal components after removal. The method includes: loading a separating device with a batch of fish, poultry or other meat; separating the principal products of this batch from the removal components, comprising by-products, of said batch; separating the by-products from the removal components; producing a by-product brine from the by-products by comminuting the by-products and mixing with water and stabiliser; and injecting a defined quantity of the by-product brine into the principal products, wherein principal products and the by-products contained in the by-product brine come from the same batch.

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 a multi-station cascade type poultry leg bone and meat separating device which comprises an operation table, a conveying mechanism arranged in an inner cavity of the operation table and used for conveying poultry legs, an overturning mechanism arranged above the operation table and used for overturning the poultry legs and a separating mechanism used for separating bones and meat of the poultry legs. The invention relates to the technical field of poultry leg bone-meat separation. According to the multi-station cascade type poultry leg bone and meat separation device, the multi-station cascade structure and the flexible cutting system, efficient separation of poultry leg bones and meat is achieved through collaborative operation of feeding conveying, pneumatic clamping, mechanical overturning and intelligent cutting. The four groups of closed-loop cutting ropes form a dynamic cutting net under the driving of the rotating ring, and the dynamic cutting net is matched with tension sensing and PLC control, so that the device not only can adapt to shapes of poultry legs with different specifications, but also avoids the problem of broken bone residues of a traditional cutter. A double-gear driving structure and a guide wheel set guarantee the cutting stability, and the meat integrity is improved to 98.5% through the cutting rope blunt stripping technology.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a material multi-dimensional recognition cutting method and device and a medium, belongs to the technical field of material cutting, and solves the problems that the quality and efficiency of products are affected and the production cost is also increased in a traditional cutting and deboning mode. Acquiring an appearance image and a skeleton image of the to-be-cut bone-containing livestock and poultry by-product; determining a central point and a joint reference point of the appearance image based on a pixel point set corresponding to the appearance image, so as to obtain appearance feature information based on the central point and the joint reference point; based on a pixel point set corresponding to the skeleton image, comparing a joint reference point corresponding to the skeleton image with the appearance feature information to obtain skeleton feature information; key point matching is carried out on the appearance image and the skeleton image, and the to-be-cut livestock and poultry by-products with bones are divided to corresponding cutting production lines based on matching results; and carrying out cutting detection on the cut livestock and poultry byproducts so as to adjust the cutting production line division of the livestock and poultry byproducts with bones based on a detection result.

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 meat-attached matter removal device (1) includes a pair of gripping arms (11a) and (11b), an arm driving unit (10), and a circular blade body (6). The pair of gripping arms (11a) and (11b) grip a base of an attached matter (H), which is attached to a chicken thigh meat (M), from both sides and raises the attached matter (H) from the chicken thigh meat (M). The arm driving unit (10) drives the pair of gripping arms (11a) and (11b). The circular blade body (6) passes over the pair of gripping arms (11a) and (11b) to cut the attached matter (H) raised by the pair of gripping arms (11a) and (11b) from the base of the attached matter (H).

The invention relates to the technical field of boning devices, one embodiment of the invention provides a raw chicken leg boning device which comprises an ejector block, a collecting box and a scraping frame, the ejector block is arranged on the side face of a boning machine through an adjusting assembly, and the ejector block is located below a placing plate and used for ejecting out chicken clamped in a through hole of the placing plate; the collecting box is slidably installed on the side face of the boning machine through a sliding rail, the collecting box is located below the containing plate, a partition plate is fixedly installed in the collecting box, and the scraping frame is arranged above the containing plate through a pulling assembly and used for scraping chicken and bones into the collecting box. By means of the technical scheme, the technical problem that in the prior art, when bone and meat of chicken legs are separated, part of meat of the chicken legs is prone to being squeezed into the through grooves of the containing plates, and then workers need to take the meat is solved.

A carcass separation assembly may include a first blade assembly configured to separate a first breast muscle from at least one of wish bone, a rib bone, and a fan bone on a first side of a poultry carcass as the poultry carcass moves downstream passed the first blade assembly. The carcass separation assembly may further include a first tensioning assembly configured to support a first wing of the poultry carcass in a spaced apart relationship relative to the first breast muscle as the poultry carcass moves downstream passed the first blade assembly.

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.

Machine for deboning bones surrounded by cooked poultry meat (O) comprising a frame (1), a motor, an introduction chute (2) for bones surrounded by meat (O), a bone exit chute (3a) and a detached meat discharge hopper (3b) characterized in that the motor rotates three support rollers (10), drive rollers (20) and peeling rollers (30) along their respective rotation axis (A1, A2, A3) whose internal interstitial space forms a peeling jaw, the jaw is fed by the introduction chute (2), and spits out by the movement of its rotating rollers the detached meat into a meat discharge hopper (3b), by means of the grooves (21) of the grooves (21) drawn on the periphery of the drive roller (20) or of the teeth (38) present on the peeling roller (30) Figure for the abstract: Fig. 1

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 meat-attached matter removal device and a meat-attached matter removal method which can improve the commercial value of a meat while automating the removal process of an attached matter attached to the deboned meat.SOLUTION: A meat-attached matter removal device 1 includes: a detection unit that detects the posture of a chicken thigh meat M and the position of an attached matter H attached to the chicken thigh meat M relative to the posture of the chicken thigh meat M; a pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b; and an arm driving unit 10. The pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b grips a base of the attached matter H, which is attached to the chicken thigh meat M, from both sides and raises the attached matter H from the chicken thigh meat M. The arm driving unit 10 drives the pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b. The arm driving unit 10 includes: a block driving part 14 which moves the pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b closer and further away to / from the chicken thigh meat M; and an arm opening / closing driving part 13 which performs an opening / closing operation of the pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b by moving the pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b closer and further away to / from each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

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

To provide a leg meat detachment device and method capable of improving quality of leg meat of deboned poultry, improving a detachment yield of a meat part from a shank, and further improving a processing speed.SOLUTION: A leg meat detachment device 1 comprises: an ankle holding part 2 for holding an ankle A of leg meat M of poultry; a meat pressing part 3 for pressing a meat part Mp in the vicinity of the ankle A; a meat insertion part 5 which is inserted into a space between the meat part Mp pressed by the meat pressing part 3 and the shank, and detaches the meat part Mp from the shank; and a meat cutting part 6 for cutting the meat part Mp in the vicinity of the ankle A .SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To provide a meat-attached matter removal device and a meat-attached matter removal method which can improve the commercial value of a meat while automating the removal process of an attached matter attached to the deboned meat.SOLUTION: A meat-attached matter removal device 1 includes: a detection unit that detects the posture of a chicken thigh meat M and the position of an attached matter H attached to the chicken thigh meat M relative to the posture of the chicken thigh meat M; a pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b; and an arm driving unit 10. The pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b grips a base of the attached matter H, which is attached to the chicken thigh meat M, from both sides and raises the attached matter H from the chicken thigh meat M. The arm driving unit 10 drives the pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b. The arm driving unit 10 includes: a block driving part 14 which moves the pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b closer and further away to / from the chicken thigh meat M; and an arm opening / closing driving part 13 which performs an opening / closing operation of the pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b by moving the pair of gripping arms 11a and 11b closer and further away to / from each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

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.

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 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.

To provide a meat separator which can efficiently and stably peel a meat part from a bone part of meat with a bone and a meat part peeling device for meat with a bone.SOLUTION: A meat separator contacts a peripheral face of a bone part b of meat with a bone which is relatively moved, for peeling a meat part m adhered to the bone part b. The meat separator has a plurality of clamp blocks. The clamp blocks each has a chipping off and contacting part 15At, 15Bt for contacting the peripheral face of the bone part b, and the respective chipping off and contacting parts 15At, 15Bt cooperate for holding the peripheral face of the bone part b. At least one clamp block has an energizing function part for allowing at least a part of the chipping off and contacting parts of the clamp block, to be displaced in a plurality of directions along an outer shape of the bone part b, and elastically pushing back the displacement in a direction separated from the bone part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

A slicing device includes cutter device (12), workpiece holding part, relative movement device, and slicing position operating part. The cutter device (12) 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 (12) 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 (12) 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.