POSITIONING DEVICE FOR POSITIONING FARM POULTRY LEGS MOVED ONE BY ONE IN MOVEMENT DIRECTION ALONG MOVEMENT SECTION, AND METHOD INCLUDING POSITIONING FOR REMOVING MEAT FROM THIGH PIECE OF FARM POULTRY LEG Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A22C21/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: positioning device (1) for positioning farm poultry legs (9) moved in a row in the suspended way, has a bending device (4) designed to bend and position the poultry legs, as well as a stationary retaining and guiding device (5). The bending device (4) forms a leading device designed to suspend the leg (9) in the region of its knee joint (93) in the retaining and guiding gap (51) of said device (5). The positioning element (7) of the joint movement is formed by drive compression elements, which provide gripping the leg (9) from below, from its axial part (940), for bending and lifting the leg. Each positioning element (7) forms, together with the fixed positioning element (6), a functional pair of the positioning elements (6, 7). One of the two positioning elements (6, 7) interacts with the popliteal space (95) of the leg (9), while the second positioning element (6.2; 7.1) is made with the possibility to abut in the thigh (92) from the front side (941) of the leg. Along the retaining and guiding gap (51), processing stations (56) can be located. According to the method of removing meat from the thigh part of poultry legs (9) moved in a row during their movement, the legs are directed transversely in the first positioning device (1.1). The lateral side (950) of the leg faces forward, and axially in the second positioning device (1.2). The axial side (940) of the leg, on which the patella is located, faces forward. Along the first stationary retaining and guiding gap (51.1), cuts are made on the front side (941) of the leg and on the back side (942) of the leg. Cuts are made along the lateral sides (950) of the leg along the second stationary holding and guiding gap (51.2), and the meat (922) from the thigh part is pulled to the proximal end of the femur (921).

EFFECT: improving the device operation reliability.

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