Patent ID: 8387522

Claim:
Apparatus for trimming the surface of meat, in particular fish fillets, comprising a knife head for trimming products to be processed, a transport element for the continuous conveying of products to be processed in a transport direction T into a region of the knife head, an element for recognizing a position of the products, and a control system for moving the knife head depending on data and information determined by the element for recognizing the position of the products, characterized in that the knife head comprises a rotating circular blade and a cutting counter-surface located above the cutting edge of the circular blade, the cutting counter-surface having a detection element associated therewith for recognizing a contour of the products, and wherein the knife head is constructed to be movable in at least three axes A, B and D for automatic execution of free trimming cuts following individual surface contours of the products whereby a surface of the product is trimmed, and wherein the knife head is arranged via a flange element on a lever element that is pivotably movable up and down about the axis B which is a horizontally extending axis, the lever element is arranged on a rocker which for its part is rotatable horizontally about the axis A which is a vertical axis, and the knife head is constructed to be tiltable from side to side about the axis D transverse to the transport direction T.