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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1997
Takeo Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Hayakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuji Kodama, Tokyo, JP;
Shouzou Kouzu, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuaki Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimitsu Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for separating bone and meat of the upper half of a poultry carcass with a variety of the sizes are provided, wherein first cutting is effected in the neighborhood of a shoulder joint to disconnect tissues under influence of a separation force applied between the upper half of a poultry carcass and the head of a humerus, second cutting is effected along the surface of the front side of a furcula, and then breast meat is efficiently separated by a conventional device with a higher recovery rate and an auto-loading system comprising a plurality of buffer conveyors is provided, wherein the upper halves of poultry carcasses are continuously loaded to as many apparatuses for the separating without downtime. In the first cutting of the method and an apparatus for the separating, an inserting position and depth of an obliquely moving cutter blade (116) is properly determined with accuracy by the help of a guide bar with reference pieces, which is selected according to the size of the upper half of a poultry carcass and put inside the shoulder joints for setting reference planes, vertical and horizontal.