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Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Ishida Europe Limited, Birmingham, GB;

Inventor:

Ulrich Carlin Nielsen, Birmingham, GB;

Assignee:

Ishida Europe Limited, Birmingham, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 21/00 (2006.01); A22C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 17/002 (2013.01); A22C 17/0073 (2013.01); A22C 21/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of processing poultry portions determines at a control unit a target weight of a cut poultry portion; inspects a poultry portion using an inspection unit to determine a mass distribution of said poultry portion and providing said mass distribution to the control unit; calculates a cutting plan of the poultry portion based on the target weight and the mass distribution using the control unit; uses a mechanical gripper so as to grip the poultry portion and arrange said poultry portion for execution of the cutting plan; and cuts the poultry portion using a cutting unit in accordance with the cutting plan so as to produce a cut poultry portion in accordance with the target weight. A system for processing poultry portions is configured to perform the foregoing method, among others.


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