Patent ID: 8678887
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. Holding apparatus for supporting gutted poultry bodies or parts thereof as material to be processed during processing thereof, including a supporting body for receiving the material to be processed and a clamping apparatus having at least one clamping lever movable by an actuating mechanism against the supporting body for fixing the material to be processed on the supporting body, the clamping apparatus being controllable in such a way that the clamping lever can be moved out of a standby position into a clamping position and vice versa, wherein, the holding apparatus includes a supporting element connected on the actuating mechanism which extends beyond a forward end of the holding apparatus in the direction of transport for supporting parts of the material which protrude beyond the holding apparatus in the direction of transport of the holding apparatus, in the clamping position in such a way that one or more measuring points on the material to be processed are freely accessible to a measuring means.