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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1988
Donald J Scheier, Kansas City, MO (US);
Jack L Hathorn, Springdale, AR (US);
Simon-Johnson, Inc., Kansas City, KS (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for fileting breast meat and removing tenders and wings from a front poultry section includes two pairs of rotary cutters which are mounted for swining movement in front of the path of the poultry carcass which is carried on a mandrel. The two pairs of rotary cutters provide slightly overlapping cuts to partially sever the connection between the wings and the carcass at precise locations consistent from bird to bird. Downstream of the rotary cutters, two pairs of depending peeling fingers incremently slice through connections between the tenders and the sternum and a pair of wiping elements mounted for pivotal movement swing inwardly around the severed shoulder joint to firmly engage the carcass and peel away the remaining connections and the tenders and the sternum.