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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Marel Stork Poultry Processing B.v., Boxmeer, NL;
Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck, Bemmel, NL;
Johannis Anthonie Vroegop, Nijmegen, NL;
Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens, Nijmegen, NL;
Guido Johannes Antonius Kusters, Boxmeer, NL;
MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V., Boxmeer, NL;
Abstract
A system and method for measuring a shoulder joint position of a carcass part of slaughtered poultry are disclosed. The system includes a position measurement device, having a mechanical contact member which is adapted to engage at least one shoulder joint during a measurement of the shoulder joint position, and a product carrier which is adapted to support the carcass part during movement of the product carrier along the conveying path past the position measurement device. The position of the product carrier during the measurement of the shoulder joint position is such that the carcass part is arranged relative to the position measurement device with the left shoulder joint and right shoulder joint one behind the other as seen in the transport direction so as to allow the mechanical contact member to engage a shoulder joint bone structure of a shoulder joint.