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Travis W Arterbury

Andrew C Estes

Jay Koch

A poultry breast fillet skinner includes a table, a lower conveyor supported on the table, an upper conveyor with means to allow the upper conveyor to be pressed down toward the lower conveyor so as to firmly grip the poultry breast fillet, and a wing disposed between the upper and lower conveyors which affects the separation of the skin from the poultry breast fillet. In the preferred embodiment the separation process is assisted by a pair of openings provided on the pointed ends of the projections of the wing. Pressurized air is expelled into natural pockets formed between the skin and the meat portion of the poultry breast fillet which assist in beginning the process of separating the skin from the meat portion of the poultry breast fillet.

Poultry breast fillet skinner

An ergonomically efficient knife and implement handle fits the natural curve of the clasped hand and efficiently aids repetitive cutting motions. The handle comprises a major longitudinal rib arcuately extending between spaced-apart integral anterior and posterior ends. The handle is tightly grasped by the curled fingers and palm of the user's hand. An arch integrally extends along and across the rib between the anterior and posterior ends to define an orifice which receives the user's thumb and a portion of the user's palm, and it facilitates comfortable twisting movements of the handle. An anterior hook shaped to coincide with the natural curve of the dorsal surface of the index finger aids in thrusting during repetitive cutting movements. A thumb rest defined at the top of the anterior end of the rib fits the distal phalanx of the thumb. The thumb rest transfers the force of the thumb to the implement. A posterior hook at the rib posterior end engages the naturally curved surface of the hand to ease repetitive retrieval motions. The anterior hook, the anterior thumb rest, the arch, and the posterior hook enable the user to periodically relax his hand between cutting motions without dropping the handle.

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Russellville, AR, United States of America

Travis W Arterbury