Device for processing a carcass-part of slaughtered poultry

摘要

Device for processing a carcass-part (1) of slaughtered poultry in a processing line, which carcass-part (1) is supported on a carrier that moves in said processing line and comprises wing-joints (8), coracoids (7), a wishbone (9) embodied with two legs (9',9'') that merge into each other at an acute angle (11), a keelbone (6), a membrana and/or ligament (13) that connects at least to the wishbone (9) and the keelbone, and naturally present meat including inner and outer fillets, which device comprises means (12,15,16) for cutting and/or removing of said wishbone (9) from the carcass-part (1). The device is arranged such that said means (12,15,16) for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone (9) is a knife (12) equipped to cut the wishbone and disconnect it from the membrana and/or ligament with an increased yield of meat that is retained on the carcass-part. Preferably the knife is arranged with cutting side-edges (12',12'') and is further shaped with an S-shaped contour to arrange that when same is introduced between the legs (9',9'') of the wishbone up to its eventual position wherein the arrow's point (14) of the knife approaches the part where the legs of the wishbone merge into each other, the cutting side-edges (12',12'') of the knife cut the legs (9',9'') of the wishbone (9) at a position immediately adjacent to the wing-joints (8) to which the wishbone connects.