POULTRY NECK MEAT HARVESTER AND METHOD FOR MECHANIZED HARVESTING OF POULTRY NECK MEAT

摘要

A poultry neck meat harvester for mechanized harvesting of neck meat from a poultry body is adapted to be arranged along the path of a poultry body conveyor having at least one product carrier for supporting a poultry body and conveying the poultry body in a direction of conveyance. The harvester includes one or more neck positioning devices, each adapted to receive and position the poultry neck portion of a poultry body that is supported by a product carrier, a neck conveyor with neck positioning devices adapted to convey each neck positioning device in a manner that is synchronized with a product carrier so as to allow receipt of the poultry neck portion while the poultry body is supported by the product carrier, a neck meat cutting member adapted to cut loose the neck meat from the neck vertebrae while the neck portion is received and positioned by the neck positioning device.