Patent ID: 7614941

Claim:
A method for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, wherein the carcass part comprises at least part of a rib cage, meat which is naturally present on the rib cage, a neck opening, and a wing-joint, and wherein the carcass part has an interior the method comprising: fixing the carcass part on a product carrier in a turret machine, wherein the product carrier is moveable and engages the interior of the carcass part; moving a wing-joint positioning member via said neck opening into the interior of the carcass part, wherein the wing-joint positioning member comprises at least one wing-joint positioning surface for holding the wing-joint in a predetermined position when the wing-joint positioning member assumes a defined position relative to the carcass part; and exerting an internal pressure on the carcass part, in such a manner that the wing-joint is supported in the predetermined position by a wing-joint positioning surface.