Patent ID: 8535123

Claim:
A device for removing meat from filleting or deboning leg parts of poultry, the leg parts including a leg bone terminating in an ankle knuckle, a hip bone terminating in a hip knuckle, and a joint connecting the leg bone to the hip bone, comprising an ankle knuckle holder for positioning the ankle knuckle, a hip knuckle holder defining a hip knuckle opening configured for receiving the hip knuckle, means for moving said ankle knuckle holder and said hip knuckle holder toward each other so that the hip bone passes through the hip knuckle opening, first stripping means movable along the leg bone from adjacent said ankle knuckle holder toward said hip knuckle holder for stripping meat from the leg bone toward the joint, second stripping means aligned with said hip knuckle opening and configured for stripping meat from the hip bone toward the joint as the hip knuckle passes through said hip knuckle opening of said hip knuckle holder, a cutter movable from said ankle knuckle holder about the leg bone toward the joint for cutting the meat from the leg bone and the hip bone at the joint, and a tube surrounding said ankle knuckle holder, said tube defining a laterally facing recess for exposing said ankle knuckle holder, a cylindrical cutter extending about said tube, and means for moving said cylindrical cutter telescopically about said tube for closing said laterally facing recess and confining the ankle knuckle in said ankle knuckle holder.