摘要 |
Parts of animals and edible fowl, such as poultry thighs (26) are deboned by loading the parts onto a series of carrier trays (55), with the thigh bones (27) extending transversely to the direction of movement of the carrier trays (55) along a processing path (43). Compound pusher assemblies (52) each engage one end of the thigh bones (27) and urge the thigh bones (27) longitudinally through apertures (64) formed in stripper discs (63) positioned adjacent the rear edges (57) of the carrier trays (55). As the thigh bones (27) pass through the apertures (64), the thigh bones (27) are engaged by stripper edges (66), which scrape the thigh meat (31) from the thigh bones (27) as the thigh bones (27) are progressively urged through the apertures (64) of the stripper discs (63).
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