Marel Stork Poultry Processing B.v.

Stork Pmt B.v.

Pascal Peter André Van Kempen

Jan Willem Bos

Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck

Erik Hendrikus Werner Peters

Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens

Adrianus Josephes Van De Nieuwelaar

Heinze Annema

Richard Gerard Johan Drabbels

Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus Van Den Heuvel

Jenneke Antonia Christina Lankhaar

Eric Henricus Werner Peters

The invention pertains to a method for processing a defeathered whole leg poultry product, wherein the method comprises the following steps: &#x2014;providing a leg product which comprises: &#x2014;a thigh, &#x2014;a drumstick, &#x2014;a knee joint, &#x2014;while the leg product is suspended from a carrier of a conveyor, making a transverse cut at the knee joint, which transverse cut is made from the rear side of the leg product towards the knee cap, said cut having a cut end which is located adjacent to the rear of the knee cap so that the thigh and the drumstick remain connected to each other and the knee cap remains intact, by which cut a drumstick side cut plane and a thigh side cut plane are created, &#x2014;while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, removing the thigh bone from the thigh meat via the thigh side cut plane of the transverse cut, &#x2014;while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, severing the knee meat from the knee cap while keeping the knee meat and the thigh meat connected to each other, and subsequently severing the still interconnected knee meat and thigh meat from the drumstick.

Method and system for processing a defeathered whole leg poultry product

A system for skin removal from defeathered whole leg or drumstick poultry products, includes a poultry products conveyor including a track including a circle arc track portion, and a series of poultry product carriers which are spaced apart from one another in the direction of the track and which are movable along said track. Each poultry product carrier is adapted to hold at least one defeathered whole leg or drumstick poultry product at the ankle joint thereof such that the poultry product is conveyed hanging from said carrier. A carousel skin removal device is arranged along the track of the poultry products conveyor at the circle arc track portion and adapted to remove skin from whole leg or drumstick poultry products held and conveyed by the poultry products conveyor.

System, method, and carousel device for skin removal from defeathered whole leg or drumstick poultry products

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Boxmeer, Netherlands

Pascal Peter André Van Kempen