ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,968, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MAYEKAWA MFG. Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Poultry processing apparatus" was invented by Noriyuki Takahashi (Tokyo), Koji Takanashi (Tokyo) and Sayaka Iwaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A poultry processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a scraper part for separating a meat part around scapula bones of a poultry carcass held by a holder from the scapula bones; and an incision blade with a cutting edge for incising a skin between the scapula bones of the meat part that rides up on the scraper part. The cutting edge extends in a direction away from the holder as the cutting edge ex...