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Device and method for cutting into breast fillets connected to one another at least in the region of a breastbone of a carcass of poultry carcasses or parts thereof along the breastbone
Device and method for cutting into breast fillets connected to one another at least in the region of a breastbone of a carcass of poultry carcasses or parts thereof along the breastbone
The invention relates to a device (10) designed and set up for cutting in at least in the region of a breastbone (11) a carcass (12) of poultry carcasses (13) or parts thereof, comprising breast fillets (14) connected to one another along the breastbone (11) a transport device (15) with a circulating transport conveyor (18) for transporting the poultry carcasses (12) or parts thereof to be processed neck (29) ahead along a transport path in transport direction T which defines a transport plane E, at least one holding device arranged on the transport conveyor (18) (19) for picking up and holding the poultry carcasses (12) or parts thereof during transport along the transport path in the transport plane E, a knife arrangement (20) with a pair of cutting knives (21, 22) arranged along the transport path in the area of the transport conveyor (18) ) for cutting the breast fillets (14) along the breastbone (11), with the M In the middle axis K of the transport path, a separating knife (21, 22) is arranged in each case such that a gap A for transporting the poultry carcasses (12) or parts thereof to be processed with the breastbone (11) through the two separating knives (21, 22) opposing separating knife (11) is formed, which is characterized in that the knife arrangement (20) is assigned a centering means (32) which is designed and set up for pre-centering the sternum (11) of the carcass (12) and which has two centering elements ( 33, 34), each of which can be moved from a waiting position in which the centering elements (33, 34) are positioned outside the transport path to a centering position in which the centering elements (33, 34) are positioned on the transport path and back wherein the centering elements (33, 34) in their centering position in the transport direction T of the poultry carcasses (12) or parts thereof are at least partially in front of the two cutting knives (21, 22). The invention also relates to a corresponding method.
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