Patent ID: 9375019
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A22C

Claim Text:
1. Method for harvesting saddle meat parts from a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, which carcass part is a back half or a part thereof, wherein the carcass part initially comprises two legs parts and a saddle, the leg parts being connected to the saddle via the hip joints, wherein the carcass part further comprises two saddle meat parts, which saddle meat parts are located in the groin area of the carcass part, which method comprises: separating the leg parts from the saddle meat parts and the saddle, leaving the saddle meat parts connected to the saddle, arranging the saddle in a saddle meat harvester, such that one saddle meat part is on the left side of the saddle and the other saddle meat part is on the right side of the saddle, making the saddle meat parts come to extend from the carcass part, while the saddle meat parts remain connected to the saddle on one side of the saddle meat part via a tissue connection, positioning the tissue connection between the left saddle meat part and the saddle in alignment with a left cutter and positioning the tissue connection between the right saddle meat part and the saddle in alignment with a right cutter, moving the saddle with the saddle meat parts towards the left cutter and right cutter, and during this moving, providing a resistance force to the saddle meat parts such that the tissue connections between the saddle meat parts and the saddle become taut, cutting through the tissue connection between the left saddle meat part and the saddle with the left cutter and cutting through the tissue connection between the right saddle meat part and the saddle with the right cutter, therewith separating the saddle meat parts from the saddle, said cutting being initiated while the tissue connections between the saddle meat parts and the saddle are taut, collecting the separated saddle meat parts.