28results 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The invention relates to a device for positioning tools for linearly conveyed articles (11) of the food processing industry while the tools are being moved, comprising a transport device (10) for transporting the articles (11) in a transport direction (10), said transport device forming a transport path and having a plurality of holding elements (13) designed to hold the articles; at least one processing station (14) which is situated along the transport path and has at least one processing tool (15) designed to process the articles; and a circulating positioning unit (16) designed to position the at least one processing tool (15), the circulating positioning unit (16) being designed to rotate the processing tool (15) such that the processing tool (15), in a respective working position, is designed to be advanced to the conveying path while being moved in the transport direction (12) in order to process the articles (11). The at least one processing tool (15) is mounted on the circulating positioning unit (16) by means of a transverse positioning unit (18), the transverse positioning unit (18) being designed to variably move the processing tool (15) transversely to the transport direction (12) relative to the circulating positioning unit (16) according to a control process.

The application is suitable for the technical field of poultry paw processing, and provides an automatic bone-picking device and method for poultry paw processing.The device comprises a rack and further comprises a conveying module, a cutting module and a bone-picking module.The conveying module comprises conveying rollers and a conveying belt.The cutting module comprises a cutting seat, the bottom of the cutting seat is provided with a positioning seat, the inside of the positioning seat is further provided with a connecting unit, the bottom of the positioning seat is provided with a profiling groove, and the inside of the cutting seat is further provided with a profiling cutter.The bone-picking module comprises a lower rubbing plate, an upper rubbing plate and a limiting column, the bottom surface of the upper rubbing plate and the upper surface of the lower rubbing plate are both inclined, a plurality of pressing edges are distributed between the upper rubbing plate and the lower rubbing plate, a sliding seat is installed on the limiting column, one side of the lower rubbing plate is installed in the sliding seat, and a reciprocating unit and a pressing unit are further arranged on the rack.The device can realize automatic bone-picking processing of poultry paw, has simple operation, high working efficiency and good use effect.

A slit forming device according to an aspect includes a clamper configured to pass through a plurality of stations arranged on a circumference, a slit forming blade disposed on an outer circumference side or an inner circumference side of a slit forming station among the plurality of stations, and a clamper rotating part capable of rotating the clamper about a vertical line such that a slit forming surface of a work faces the slit forming blade in the slit forming station.

A poultry leg meat slitting device includes: a hock holding portion (2) for holding a hock of a poultry leg meat M, a cutter unit (3) having a cutter (23), a stabbing drive portion (4) for driving the cutter unit (3), a leg meat pressing portion (5) for pressing a surface of the poultry leg meat (M), and a moving portion (9) for moving the hock holding portion (2), wherein the cutter unit (3) has: a cutter holding portion (22) holding the cutter (23) with a cutting edge peak in a slitting moving direction of the cutter (23) and toward a side opposite to the hock holding portion (2), and holding the cutter (23) so as to be displaceable in a surface-depth direction; and a coil spring (25) elastically applying a force to the cutter (23) in the surface-depth direction of the cutter (23) and toward a bone of the poultry leg meat (M).

The invention relates to a device for positioning tools (10) on linearly conveyed articles, comprising a conveying device which forms a conveying path and is designed to continuously convey the articles in a conveying direction (F) and which has a plurality of evenly spaced receiving elements (14) designed to hold the articles; a tool unit (12) which is provided along the conveying path and has at least one tool (10) designed to process the articles; and a positioning unit (13) which is designed to position the tool unit (12). The invention is characterized in that the tool unit (12) is pivotally mounted so as to rotate such that, in a respective working position, the at least one tool (10) is designed to be advanced to the conveying path while being moved in the conveying direction (F) in order to process the articles. The invention further relates to a corresponding method, to an assembly, and to a method for processing animal carcasses.

The invention discloses a chicken foot boning system, which belongs to the technical field of food processing, and comprises a pretreatment water tank, a chicken foot conveying device and a boning mechanism, the pretreatment water tank is formed by arranging a hot water tank and an ice water tank in a stepped mode, and chicken feet are blanched, cooled and conveyed through rotation of a filter plate; the chicken foot conveying device conveys chicken feet to the boning mechanism after directionally arranging the chicken feet through a material guide funnel, a direction recognition camera and an orientation adjusting mechanism; the boning mechanism comprises a workbench, a propelling mechanism, a lifting clamping mechanism and a robot arm, the robot arm positions the bone position through an image recognition camera, and a control system controls a mechanical arm and a sharp-nose pliers-shaped end effector to complete skin cutting and boning. Full-process automatic operation is achieved, boning precision is high, product integrity is high, production efficiency is remarkably improved compared with a traditional mode, the structure is modularized, maintenance is convenient, sanitation and safety are excellent, and the automatic boning machine is suitable for large-scale chicken claw processing scenes.