Patent ID: 7824251

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, breast meat, bone parts of a body, and at least part of at least one of wing, wherein the carcass part has an interior and a longitudinal axis, the method comprising: a. fixing the carcass part to a product carrier, wherein the product carrier is moveable along a path and is adapted to engage the interior of the carcass part; b. positioning the carcass part so that the longitudinal axis of the carcass part is located substantially vertically and substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction of the product carrier, and the at least part of the at least one wing hangs downwards, substantially in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the carcass part; c. introducing the hanging at least part of the at least one wing between horizontal guides, wherein the horizontal guides extend substantially in the conveying direction of the product carrier; d. retaining the at least part of the at least one wing while the product carrier conveys the bone parts of the body of the carcass part onwards; e. making a first incision so that the at least part of the at least one wing remains connected to the breast meat of the carcass part; f. increasing the distance between the at least part of the at least one wing and the bone parts of the body of the carcass part by exerting a force on the at least part of the at least one wing so that a fillet, which comprises breast meat, back meat and shoulder meat, and the at least part of the at least one wing are pulled off the bone parts of the body of the carcass; g. conveying the fillet and the at least part of the at least one wing downwards; h. separating the fillet and the at least part of the at least one wing at a location below the level at which the processing of the products begins; and i. discharging the fillet and the at least part of the at least one wing at a location below the level at which the processing of the products begins.