Patent ID: 8500522

Claim:
A device for separating a wishbone from a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, the carcass part comprising: a neck opening, bone parts, that comprise: a wishbone, said wishbone having an outer contour, and at least a part of the rib cage, and tissue parts, that comprise: at least a part of the meat that is naturally present on the wishbone and the rib cage, and at least a part of the tissue connecting said meat to the one or more of the bone parts, said device comprises comprising: a primary wishbone knife, for separating the wishbone from meat that is naturally present thereon in the plane of the wishbone, wherein the primary wishbone knife is adapted to be introduced into and removed from the carcass part via the neck opening, two secondary wishbone knives, each for separating the wishbone from meat that is present on an outside of a leg of the wishbone, and a secondary wishbone knives actuator assembly, wherein the secondary wishbone knives actuator assembly prescribes a secondary cutting path for each of the secondary wishbone knives relative to the carcass part, wherein each of said secondary cutting paths extend between a first position, in which said secondary wishbone knife is outside the carcass part and a second position, in which said secondary wishbone knife is arranged inside the carcass part, adjacent to the wishbone and outside of the leg of the wishbone, and wherein, the secondary cutting paths have a curved shape that substantially follows the outer contour of the wishbone.