Patent ID: 9491952
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A22C

Claim Text:
1. A method for separating a viscera set eviscerated from slaughtered poultry, said viscera set including a gizzard, liver, intestines and gallbladder and being held by a viscera holder on a viscera conveyer in a manner wherein at least the liver, the intestines and the gallbladder are suspended below said viscera holder, said method comprising the steps of: arranging said viscera set in an elongate opening of a guide member in a manner wherein the intestines and the gallbladder are suspended below said guide member and the liver and gizzard are positioned above said guide member; and separating the intestines and the gallbladder from the remaining viscera set, moving the guide member during one or both of the above arranging and separating steps, separating the intestines and the gallbladder from the remaining viscera set while at least said liver rests on a separation support surface of said guide member, and arranging said separation support surface with an angle relative to a horizontal plane at least during the separating of the intestines and the gallbladder from the remaining viscera set.