Patent ID: 9706782
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A22C,B26D,G01B

Claim:
1. A shoulder-blade incision-making apparatus for separating a meat portion attached to a shoulder-blade of a poultry carcass from the shoulder-blade, comprising: a fixing jig on which the poultry carcass which is eviscerated and which has leg parts removed is to be placed and fixed; a conveyer forming a conveyance path of the fixing jig and configured to convey the fixing jig along the conveyance path; a first separating member disposed above the conveyance path movably upward and downward; and a first driving device for moving the first separating member in an upward and downward direction, wherein the first driving device is operated to move downward the first separating member and move the first separating member along a surface of the shoulder-blade of the poultry carcass in accordance with a timing when the poultry carcass fixed to the fixing jig reaches a meat-separation position below the first separating member so that the meat portion attached to the shoulder-blade is separated from the shoulder blade, wherein the first separating member includes a pair of scraper members disposed on opposite sides of a center line extending along the conveyance path and passing through a center of the fixing jig, across the centerline, and wherein the pair of scraper members are oriented so that a distance between the scraper members gradually decreases toward a downstream side in a conveying direction of the poultry carcass.