Patent ID: 8845402
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A device for removing breast cartilage from a poultry breast carcass, said device having a conveying device for moving the breast carcass along a straight, horizontal path of motion in a fixed orientation, wherein a median plane of the breast carcass is aligned perpendicularly with respect to the path of motion, a positionally fixed cutting device having a transversal blade for carrying out a transversal cut, which passes through the breast cartilage and extends in a transversal cutting plane arranged perpendicularly with respect to the median plane, wherein the transversal cutting plane encloses an angle of up to 30° with a transversal plane of the breast carcass which transversal plane is arranged perpendicularly with respect to the median plane, and having a frontal blade for carrying out a frontal cut which passes through the breast cartilage and extends in a frontal cutting plane arranged perpendicularly with respect to the median plane, wherein the frontal cutting plane encloses an angle of up to 30° with a frontal plane of the breast carcass which frontal plane is arranged perpendicularly with respect to the median plane and perpendicularly with respect to the transversal plane.