Patent ID: 8231444

Claim:
A filleting system for poultry or poultry parts, the system comprising: a conveyor system incorporating carriers for the poultry or poultry parts, said conveyor system defining a conveying path; at least one processing station provided in or along the conveying path of the conveyor system and configured for processing the poultry or poultry parts: the processing station comprising: a cutting instrument that is placed following a fillet scraper, said cutting instrument including a cutting-edge or cutting edges for cutting loose tissue connections that have remained between the carcass of the poultry or poultry part and the inner and outer fillets after passing the fillet scraper, said cutting instrument positioned next to the conveying path of said carriers and having two cutting edges, each extending away from the conveying path of said carriers, said cutting edges converging towards and into each other at a far end from the path of said carriers.