Method and system for processing a defeathered whole leg poultry product

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PATENT NO 9883680
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15319708

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The invention pertains to a method for processing a defeathered whole leg poultry product, wherein the method comprises the following steps: —providing a leg product which comprises: —a thigh, —a drumstick, —a knee joint, —while the leg product is suspended from a carrier of a conveyor, making a transverse cut at the knee joint, which transverse cut is made from the rear side of the leg product towards the knee cap, said cut having a cut end which is located adjacent to the rear of the knee cap so that the thigh and the drumstick remain connected to each other and the knee cap remains intact, by which cut a drumstick side cut plane and a thigh side cut plane are created, —while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, removing the thigh bone from the thigh meat via the thigh side cut plane of the transverse cut, —while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, severing the knee meat from the knee cap while keeping the knee meat and the thigh meat connected to each other, and subsequently severing the still interconnected knee meat and thigh meat from the drumstick.

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MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B V5831 AV BOXMEER

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Annema, Heinze Gemert, NL 4 2
Bos, Jan Willem Haps, NL 7 84
Claessens, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Nijmegen, NL 19 15
Drabbels, Richard Gerard Johan Venray, NL 4 9
Van, Den Heuvel Stefan Christianus Wilhelmus Martinus Oeffelt, NL 3 2
Van, Kempen Pascal Peter André Boxmeer, NL 2 6

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