Patent ID: 6033298
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
An automated apparatus for filleting a breast piece of a slaughtered bird wherein the breast piece is defined by the keel bone, clavicles, coracoids, and cervical and thoracic vertebrae, said apparatus comprising:a carriage device for conveying the breast piece on a conveyor; andat least two sets of scraping plates disposed on opposite sides of said conveyor,wherein a first set of scraping plates comprise edges disposed to contact and fillet a first part of said breast piece, said plates having a contour adapted to the shape of said first part of the breast piece,wherein a second set of scraping plates comprise edges disposed to contact and fillet a second part of said breast piece, said plates having a contour adapted to the shape of said second part of the breast piece; andwherein one said set of scraping plates extend generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said conveyor with edges having a contour adapted to a part of the breast piece between the cervical and thoracic vertebrae and the coracoids.