Patent ID: 8517805

Claim:
A poultry wing segmenting system to segment the poultry wing into segments, a drumette having a shoulder joint, a flat having an elbow joint and a tip joint, and a tip, said system comprising: a drive mechanism; a conveyor having a plurality of spaced shackles configured to vertically hold the poultry wing suspended by its shoulder joint; a segmented wheel configured with a plurality of contoured troughs circumferentially disposed laterally therearound said segmented wheel, said wheel configured to receive the vertical hung poultry wing from said shackles, and wherein said segmented wheel is configured with one or more annular slots wherein at least one cutting blade is positioned, and wherein said segmented wheel is further configured with a pivotable wing tip cup; at least one guide bar disposed adjacent said segmented wheel to bias the at least one segment of the poultry wing against said contoured trough of said segmented wheel and to draw said cutting blade through said annular slots to sever the poultry wing into one or more segments.