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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader Gmbh + Co. KG, Lübeck, DE;
Adrian Schulze, Lübeck, DE;
Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG, Lübeck, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically recovering breast fillets from poultry bodies or parts thereof has a conveying device to continuously convey the poultry bodies in a conveying direction. The conveying device has receiving elements to hold and convey the poultry bodies along a processing path. Processing stations are arranged on the processing path and the stations include at least a furcula-removal station and a breast fillet detaching station. At least one measuring device is arranged on the processing path downstream of the breast fillet detaching station. The poultry bodies held by the receiving elements are conveyed past the measuring device such that the sternum of the poultry bodies is oriented at least substantially transversely to the conveying direction with the breast side facing the measuring device. The measuring device has a scanning element to mechanically scan the poultry bodies on the breast side. A corresponding method is also provided.