POULTRY TENDERLOIN EXTRACTION APPARATUS

摘要

Provided is a chicken-tenderloin extraction device which increases the ability to extract a chicken tenderloin, and does not entail any risk of bone fragments being mixed into the tenderloin. This chicken-tenderloin extraction device has: tenderloin extraction body sections positioned both to the left and right sides in the direction of transport of a fixing jig which holds and moves a chicken carcass; a first movement means for moving the tenderloin extraction body sections toward the moving fixing jig; and a second movement means for moving the tenderloin extraction body sections away from the moving fixing jig. The tenderloin extraction body sections are equipped with a sandwiching instrument for sandwiching a chicken tenderloin between upper and lower sandwiching plates, and provided with the lower sandwiching plate which, when approaching the fixing jig, is inserted below the chicken tenderloin from the widthwise direction relative to the lengthwise direction of the chicken tenderloin of the chicken carcass held by the fixing jig, and also provided with the upper sandwiching plate, which is positioned above the chicken tenderloin. While the chicken tenderloin is sandwiched between the upper and lower sandwiching plates, the chicken tenderloin is separated from the chicken carcass as a result of the movement of the fixing jig to the front in the transport direction, and the movement in the withdrawing direction of the tenderloin extraction body sections caused by the second movement means.