Patent ID: 8801508
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for automatically separating the wishbone from eviscerated poultry bodies, comprising a revolving conveyor with at least one holding apparatus with a support body for receiving and holding the poultry bodies during transport through the apparatus, and at least one processing station along a conveying line of the conveyor, wherein one of the processing stations is designed as a cutting unit for separating the wishbone from the poultry body, characterized in that the cutting unit has a rotational drive, a cutting means and a rotary arm connecting the cutting means and the rotational drive, said arm being designed to guide the cutting means in the rotational direction along a curved path, wherein the rotary arm and the cutting means form an at least essentially L-shaped arrangement and the cutting means has a main cutting edge interrupted by a recess which is oriented at least essentially parallel to the rotational axis of the rotary arm.