Patent ID: 8721404

Claim:
Apparatus which is designed and equipped for completely removing at least one part of the breast cartilage from a poultry carcass that is free of breast meat, comprising a transporting conveyor for conveying the poultry carcass in a transporting direction T having at least one support body for receiving and fixing the poultry carcass, a cutting means for separating the breast cartilage or parts thereof from the poultry carcass and a control device for controlling the cutting means, characterised in that the transporting conveyor is aligned with the at least one support body and driven such that a poultry carcass to be arranged on the support body, the poultry carcass having a connecting line between the breast bone and the breast cartilage, is oriented with the connecting line parallel to the transporting direction T, the cutting means comprises a double blade which is designed and equipped for longitudinally cutting into the poultry carcass at least along a sub-portion on both sides of the breast cartilage and/or both sides of the breast bone, and the cutting means comprises a separating element arranged downstream of the double blade, which is designed and equipped for laterally cutting a connecting region between the breast cartilage and the breast bone, thereby completely removing the breast cartilage from the poultry carcass.