Patent ID: 6656032
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
A device for skinning and cutting leg parts of poultry with each leg part provided with a bone and meat extending laterally from the bone, comprisinga frame, a revolving conveyor. said revolving conveyor having a toothed profile with a double row of teeth for conveying said leg parts in sequence along an arcuate processing path with the bones of said leg parts extending parallel to the processing path and positioned between the rows of said teeth, means arranged on said frame for skinning the leg parts as the leg parts are conveyed along the processing path, cutting means arranged on said frame for cutting through the leg parts along the bones as the leg parts are conveyed along the processing path, said cutting means comprising two knives arranged for cutting through the leg part along the bone, on opposing sides of said toothed profile; so that the bones of the leg parts and teeth of the revolving conveyor pass between the cutting means and the cutting means cuts the meat extending laterally from the bone.