Patent ID: 7335095
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for separating left and right wings from a breast part of poultry, the apparatus comprising: left and right shafts for supporting the breast part from left and right arm pits thereof, with the left and right wings positioned substantially aligned perpendicular to a moving direction of the breast part, which is moved by rotating the shafts; left and right first guides extending along and above the shafts for positioning left and right tendons at the arm pits for cutting; and left and right rotary blades disposed adjacent to outer sides of the guides, wherein the breast part is moved toward the rotary blades by rotating the shafts, and wherein the rotary blades cut the tendons to separate the wings from a breast meat thereof as the breast part is conveyed by the shafts toward the blades.