System for placement of a supply of poultry front halves in an ordered sequence in a processing line

摘要

System (1) for placement of a supply of poultry front halves (3) in a processing line (10) equipped with a train of movable carriers (11) for the poultry front halves (3), which system comprises a train of receptacles (5) provided and movable in a conveyor line (6), wherein the receptacles (5) are equipped to receive the front halves (3) at an input station (4) of the system, and the conveyor line (6) is equipped to move the receptacles (5) with the poultry front halves (3) received therein from the input station (4) towards and along the processing line (10) with the carriers (ll), and wherein the receptacles (5) are equipped to transfer the poultry front halves (3) onto the carriers (11) in the processing line (10), wherein each receptacle (5) is equipped with a breast support plate (12), a bottom plate (13) and upstanding inserts (14, 15) rising up from the bottom plate (13) distant from the breast support plate (12) and defining a first slot (16) between the inserts (14, 15) for receiving a backbone of the poultry front half (3) received in the receptacle (5), and wherein between each of the inserts (14, 15) and the breast support plate (12) second slots (17, 18) are provided to provide room for breast meat of the poultry front half (3) received in the receptacle (5).