Patent ID: 7341505

Claim:
A cutting apparatus for cutting bird wings having a drumette segment, a midwing segment and a wingtip segment, the apparatus comprising: (a) a plurality of connected wing holders for receiving wings, each wing holder having a central support for seating in a crotch of a first joint between the drumette and midwing segments of a wing; (b) means for moving the wing holders through a path; (c) a first guide mounted adjacent the path and having a groove facing the path for receiving the first joint of a wing and restricting movement of the first joint away from the wing holder; (d) a pair of lateral guides mounted adjacent the path on opposing sides thereof, the lateral guides forming a tapered corridor for guiding the drumette and midwing segments of a wing toward one another, thereby pivoting the drumette and midwing around the central support, reducing an angle between the drumette and midwing and disarticulating the first joint; (e) a first blade mounted in the path adjacent the groove, and a gap positioned between the first guide and the first blade into which the first joint can be conveyed by a corresponding wing holder, the first blade separating the drumette and midwing segments of a wing.