Patent ID: 11925185
Assignee: NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER GMBH + CO. KG
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method for cutting into breast fillets that are connected to one another at least in a region of a breastbone of a carcass of poultry bodies or parts thereof, the breast fillets being cut into along the breastbone, comprising the steps:
transporting, neck first, the poultry bodies or parts thereof to be processed in a transport direction along a transport path defining a transport plane, wherein the poultry bodies or parts thereof are transported by a revolvingly driven transport conveyor along the transport path to and through at least one knife assembly;
threading the breastbone of the carcass between a pair of separating knives of the knife assembly; and
cutting the breast fillets on either side of the breastbone along the breastbone using the separating knives;
wherein the breastbone, before the separating knives engage into the breast fillets, is pre-centred by a centring means, centring elements of the centring means being moved from both sides of the transport path out of a stand-by position outside the transport path into a centring position on the transport path, and the centring elements being moved back into the stand-by position as soon as a breastbone crest process of the breastbone of the carcass is situated between the separating knives.