Method and apparatus for making a contoured opening cut in a pou

Details Method and apparatus for making a contoured opening cut in a pou Method and apparatus for making a contoured opening cut in a pou

1997-01-21

1998-10-06

Little, Willis

Butchering

Viscera processing

Venting or opening preparatory to eviscerating

A22C 2100

Patent

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058169040

ABSTRACT:
Poultry carcasses hanging by their legs from a moving overhead conveying line are presented to corresponding carcass processing fixtures moving in a closed loop of travel around an upright axis. As each carcass is presented to its fixture, a holder on the fixture takes control of the carcass and stabilizes it with the breast facing outwardly. Once the carcass is stabilized, a knife on the fixture moves down into a previously prepared vent hole to a position slightly inside the body cavity. The knife then swings quickly outwardly to and beyond the sternum along an off-center, generally arched cutting path that runs much closer to one leg of the carcass than the other. The contour cut thus produced creates a single, disproportionately large tissue flap under the arch of the cut and on one side thereof which facilitates inspection and keeps the entire fat pad attached to one flap.

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