Patent ID: 8986080
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A22B,A22C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for removing fat from a first face of a meat cut, said meat cut having a length and a width, and said first face extending along said length and said width, the method comprising: estimating the shape and position of a fat-to-lean interface between lean and fat in said meat cut, pressing said first face of the meat cut against a support ex-tending in a direction transverse to a transport path, moving the meat cut in its lengthwise direction along the trans-port path and past a knife tool having a cutting edge, whereby the knife tool cuts a layer of fat and possibly skin from said first face, the knife tool being adapted to cut across the entire width of said meat cut so as to allow the trimming of the fat with possible skin from the rest of the meat cut as one single piece of fat, wherein the method further comprises determining, based on said estimated shape and position of a fat-to-lean interface, a desired trimming interface extending along the length and width of said meat cut, providing a knife tool comprising at least two controllable blade parts, each blade part having a cutting edge, the blade parts extending between said first face and said fat-to-lean interface without intersecting said first face, and continuously adapting, by controlling said at least two controllable blade parts, a position of each of said cutting edges and an angle of each of said blade parts with respect to said support to cut following said desired trimming interface, whereby the fat with possible skin is trimmed from said lean as said one single piece of fat.