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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Marel Stork Poultry Processing B.v., Boxmeer, NL;
Inventors:
Erik Hendrikus Werner Peters, Boxmeer, NL;
Marc Johan Halfman, Zeddam, NL;
Bastiaan Wilhelmina Johannus Elizeus Josephus Drabbels, Vierlingsbeek, NL;
Assignee:
MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V., Boxmeer, NL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 21/06 (2006.01); A22B 5/00 (2006.01); A22C 21/00 (2006.01); A23L 13/50 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 21/06 (2013.01); A22B 5/0005 (2013.01); A22B 5/0023 (2013.01); A22B 5/0094 (2013.01); A22C 21/0023 (2013.01); A22C 21/0038 (2013.01); A22C 21/0046 (2013.01); A22C 21/0053 (2013.01); A23L 13/50 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for cutting open a slaughtered animal, in particular fowl, which is suspended with its legs from a suspension hook of a conveyor, in particular, but not limited to, making an incision in the belly of a slaughtered bird, wherein the method comprises the step of making a first incision in the skin of the slaughtered animal, which first incision extends substantially in a first direction of the slaughtered animal.