DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING AT LEAST ONE TENDON THAT CONNECTS A BREAST FILLET OF A GUTTED POULTRY BODY, OR A PART THEREOF, TO A CARCASS OF THE POULTRY BODY, OR A PART THEREOF, AND A TOOL UNIT THEREFOR

摘要

The invention relates to a device (10) which is designed and adapted to separate at least one tendon that connects a breast fillet of a poultry body, which was gutted and freed of wings, or a part thereof, to a carcass of the poultry body, or a part thereof, comprising a transport device (11) having a transport unit (12) driven in circulation, and at least one holding device (13) fastened thereto, which holding device is designed and adapted to hold the poultry body, or the part thereof, during processing, and a means (14) for separating the tendon. The means (14) for separating is movable from a standby position to a separating position and back. The transport unit (12), together with the or each holding device (13), is designed and adapted to transport the poultry body, or the part thereof, in the transport direction T, while forming a transport path, with the anus side first, in the direction of the means (14) for separating. The device is characterized in that the means (14) for separating the tendon comprises at least one combination tool (15 or 16) that is designed and adapted in such a way that it has a segment displacing the breast fillet and a segment separating the tendon. The invention also relates to a corresponding method and to a tool unit (37, 38) for carrying out the method.