Method for mechanically removing the wings from poultry bodies and apparatus therefor

摘要

A method for removing wings from poultry bodies and an apparatus for performing the method are described, in which a poultry body held on a conveyor is supplied to a separating mechanism. The latter comprises either two successive separating tools or only a single one. In the first case, the first tool of the two comprises a pair of circular knives arranged symmetrically to the path of the conveyor and which can be moved from the back of the poultry body into the bend between the latter and the humerus of the wing and cuts through the skin and ligaments, as well as the large wing tendons in the region of the body joint. The second separating tool, which, in the second case forms the single tool, comprises a pair of triangular knife blades with rising cutting edges, which continue the previously described cuts, and, if necessary, take over the function of the first tool, said separating process taking place in the joint gap, because, during this action, the wing is held by guide means in the form of a conveyor equipped with clamping entrainers and is drawn away from the poultry body.