Apparatus and method for the complete release of at least a portion of the breast cartilage of a poultry carcass, which have been freed from the breast meat

摘要

The apparatus (10), formed and arranged for complete solution of at least a portion of the breast cartilage (14) of a freed from the breast meat poultry carcass (13), comprising at least one support body (12) for receiving and fixing of the poultry carcass (13) having a transport conveyor (11) for conveying the poultry carcass (13), in a transport direction t, a cutting means (17) for separating the breast cartilage (14) or parts thereof from the poultry carcass (13)characterized in thatthe apparatus also has a control device for controlling of the cutting means (17), whereinthe transport conveyor (11) with the or each support body (12) and is driven oriented in such a way that a to the support body (12) of poultry carcass (13) to be arranged with their connecting line between the breastbone (16) and the breast cartilage (14) parallel to the transport direction t is oriented,the cutting means (17), a double knife (18) for longitudinal incision of the poultry carcass (13) at least along a section on both sides of the breast cartilage (14) and / or on both sides of the breastbone (16) is formed and arranged andthe cutting means (17) a downstream of the double knives (18) separating element (27) for cross-cutting of a connecting area (19) between the breast cartilage (14) and the breastbone (16) under complete detachment of the breast cartilage (14) of the poultry carcass (13) is formed and arranged.