Title: Poultry leg/back processor

Abstract: A poultry leg/back processor wherein backs with legs and thighs attached are manually placed onto a conveyor, second conveyor means of displacing the thigh-legs outwardly from the back, severing means for severing the skin-tissue-tendon at the crotch between the thigh-legs and the back, displacing each thigh-to-back section crotch juncture point by a vertically rotary displacement of each thigh-leg section to an elevated position, and while maintaining the thigh-leg sections in said elevated position relative to the back, moving said back relative to said thigh-leg sections to effect progressive separation of said thigh-leg sections from said back without bone therein.

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Inventors: Martin, Eugene G. (New Holland, PA)

Application Number: 06/265636
Filing Date: 1981-05-20
Publication_date: 1983-05-31
Assignee: VICTOR F WEAVER INC

Primary Class(es): 452/170 17/52
Other Classes: A22C21/00; A22C21/00
US Patent Ref:

3675272	July, 1972	Schacht	METHOD OF CUTTING AND PACKING POULTRY
4016624	April, 1977	Martin et al.	Poultry cut-up machine
4019223	April, 1977	Baker	Apparatus for cutting poultry carcass
4118829	October, 1978	Harben, Jr.	Opening cut machine

Other Refs: GB1320958

June, 1973

Primary Examiner: Abercrombie, Willie G.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Learned Jr., Samuel M.

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