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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2013
Marel Stork Poultry Processing B.v., Boxmeer, NL;
Erik Hendrikus Werner Peters, Boxmeer, NL;
Petrus Christianus Hendrikus Janssen, Wilbertoord, NL;
Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens, Nijmegen, NL;
Abstract
The invention pertains to a device for separating at least one leg part () from a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, wherein the device comprises: —a main conveyor, which main conveyor comprises a plurality of carriers (), each carrier being adapted to engage a carcass parts by or in the vicinity of the free ends of the leg parts, the main conveyor being provided with a drive for moving the carriers along a path, —a hip dislocator assembly, which is adapted to dislocate the hip joints in such a way that after said dislocation, a tissue connection remains between each leg part and the saddle, and adapted to disengage the leg parts from the carrier of the main conveyor, —a saddle support guide (), which is adapted for supporting the saddle of the carcass part after the carcass part has become disengaged from the carrier of the main conveyor, —a leg separator () comprising two leg grippers (), each leg gripper comprising a leg gripping slot that is adapted for engaging a leg part, wherein the leg grippers are adapted to induce a downward pulling movement of the leg parts relative to the saddle, thereby tearing loose the tissue connection between each leg part and the saddle such that the leg parts are separated from the saddle.