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 invention relates to a device (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 an 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) and a control device for controlling of the cutting means (17), which is characterized in that the 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, and the 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. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding method.