Marel Stork Poultry Processing B.v.

Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus Van Den Heuvel

Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens

Heinze Annema

Richard Gerard Johan Drabbels

Jan Willem Bos

Pascal Peter André Van Kempen

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 and a method for removing a thigh bone from a defeathered whole leg poultry product includes providing a leg product including a thigh, a drumstick and a knee joint. In the leg product, a transverse cut has been provided at the knee joint transverse to the thigh bone and the tibia bone, which extends from one side of the leg product to a cut end so that the thigh and the drumstick are connected to each other, by which transverse cut a drumstick side cut plane and a thigh side cut plane are created. While keeping the thigh and the drumstick connected to each other, changing the angle between the thigh and thereby exposing the thigh side cut plane, 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.

System and method for removing a thigh bone from a defeathered whole leg poultry product

A method and a corresponding system for harvesting knee meat and thigh meat from a whole leg poultry product are disclosed. The method includes providing a leg product having a thigh, a drumstick, a knee and a transverse cut at the knee. The thigh and the drumstick are connected to each other and the knee cap is intact, creating a drumstick side cut plane and a thigh side cut plane, with the leg product suspended from a poultry product carrier, arranging it adjacent to a counter element, with the drumstick side cut plane facing the counter element, bringing a knee cap scraper in engagement with the leg product adjacent to the knee cap and the counter element with the leg product at the rear of the knee cap, moving the knee cap past the knee cap scraper while the counter element engages the leg product at the rear of the knee cap, therewith scraping knee meat from the knee cap while leaving the knee meat connected to the thigh, after the scraping step the knee meat and thigh meat being present on a first side of the knee cap scraper and the knee cap on a second side.

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Oeffelt, Netherlands

Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus Van Den Heuvel