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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7467995 | Apparatus for positioning fish for heading A method and device for positioning a fish is presented. In an exemplary method, a fish is positioned in relation to a cutting plane. Pressure is applied to a rising area of the fish's head via a pressure part such that the fish is displaced in the direction of the ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7090574 | Method and device for filleting killed and headless fish, the abdominal cavity of which is opened up Certain farmed and/or breeding fish such as tilapia are filleted after the fish have been beheaded, slaughtered and had their ventral cavity opened. Cuts are made in the dorsal region and on the ventral side in the caudal region for exposing the dorsal spokes and ve... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7044847 | Apparatus and method for recovering neck meat from a fish A method and apparatus for recovering neck meat from a fish head that has been separated from the trunk of a fish comprises a pivoting device that receives and pivots the fish head into a chin-up position, followed by a synclinal chamber that holds the fish head, an... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033266 | Device and method for controlling the beginning of a tool operation in fish treatment machine In a device and method for controlling the commencement of operation of at least one tool in a fish processing machine, a guide element penetrates the interior of the fish so as to perform alignment of the fish before the tool begins its application. A monitoring de... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7004830 | Method and device for processing poultry In a method and device for carrying out at least one processing operation on a slaughtered bird which is hung by its legs, the bird is conveyed on a hook of a conveyor towards and into the processing area of a processing device in order for the at least one processi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994617 | Fish filleting machine A fish-cutting machine for cutting fillets from the backbone of fish (38), the machine comprising a fish support (6), a feed-line for feeding fish through the machine and two mutually adjacent band saws (46) arranged along the feed-line. The ban... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6322437 | Method for stripping the muscle meat from fish and device for carrying out this method A method for obtaining muscle flesh from beheaded fish by severing muscle flesh from dorsal and/or ventral spokes together with fins and fin holders as well as from ribs or lateral vertebral appendages and a vertebral column. The method uses an apparatus ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6200211 | Process for fileting fish and machine for performing this process In a fileting process for fish of the Siluridae species, for instance, catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), the bone plate present in the area of the dorsal fin of these species for supporting the dorsal spike is first undercut from the dorsal area without cutt... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5871395 | Method for removing the bones from fish and an apparatus for carrying out the method The invention concerns a method for deboning fish of the mackerel family such as the Thunnus genus, the scomboid type and the like, and an apparatus for performing this method. Fish of this family have belly spokes extending along the full length of the b... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5853321 | Fish processing machine having refrigerated wheels A fish processing machine that uses a large pair of refrigerated wheels to hold a fish for processing. The wheels rotate in a clockwise direction. A fish is introduced at the top of the wheels, where it is pressed against the refrigerated wheels. By the p... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5554069 | Apparatus and method for subdividing a fish into a loin-containing portion and a viscera-containing portion Apparatus and method for subdividing a fish body into a loin-containing portion and a viscera-containing portion. The apparatus includes a carrier, a cutting assembly, and a runway connecting the two. The cutting assembly and a fish body supported on the ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5520576 | Fish filleting machine A fish filleting machine makes an anal cut and a dorsal cut on opposite sides of the anal spine and dorsal spine, respectively, and then cuts through the ribs on either side of the backbone to split the fish into two individual portions each separate from... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5482502 | Flat fish filleting machine A machine for filleting flat fish. The machine includes two pairs of filleting knives that remove the majority of the fillets from the bones of the fish. The partially filleted flat fish then passes through a second set of knives that cooperate in order t... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5342236 | Meat cutter A food cutting machine for cutting food into strips or cubes has first and second rotatable shafts, each having an array of cutter discs thereon. The cutter discs on one shaft are offset from corresponding discs on the other shaft and form cutter pairs th... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5299974 | Method and apparatus for producing a whole fish product In a mechanical process for producing a fish product which may be described as a double fillet including head and tail, the intestines and the bone structure are removed completely and the gills at least partially. The processing is performed from the tai... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5205778 | Apparatus for chopping fish for chum bait and method A portable cutting apparatus for cutting fish into chum bait, including a vertically aligned housing having a fish inlet and a chum bait outlet; a series of circular saw blades mounted on a common shaft rotatably mounted on the housing for chopping the fi... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5149297 | Apparatus for severing the muscle flesh of fish It is suggested to modify a fish filleting machine in order to enable the gaining of fish sides which are different from fish fillets in that the ribs remain in the muscle flesh. In order to obtain such product at extremely favourable yield a conventional... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5106335 | Method of deboning fish and apparatus for carrying out this method A method for deboning fish is performed by means of an apparatus in which the fish rumps, with their head end leading, pass tools which initially cut free the belly spokes and ribs, the cutting free of the latter occurring up to the back spokes. These bac... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5088958 | Apparatus for filleting fish An apparatus for severing the fillets from fish rumps comprises cutting tools each composed of pairs of circular knives for cutting free the belly spokes, the back spokes and the ribs or vertebral appendages, respectively. The last mentioned cutting tool ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4985965 | Fish processing unit A fish processing unit for longitudinally quartering a fish during a single pass through the unit. A fish is laid on its side and longitudinally oriented in alignment with the direction of travel of a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt passes over the top s... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4967447 | Fish slicer and method of frying fish A new device and method for preparing bony fish for safe consumption by human beings is presented. The device comprises an endless belt which transports a fillet underneath a series of closely spaced vertical circular slicer blades. A small distance is ma... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4825510 | Apparatus for filleting fish The invention relates to an apparatus for filleting fish rumps/bodies, particulrly fish with a short abdominal cavity. This apparatus is characterized by the arrangement of a vertical guideway formed from belly and back guides, along which are provided be... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4748721 | Method for gaining skin-free belly flaps of fish and apparatus for performing such method The invention relates to a method for gaining skin-freebelly flaps of fish and an apparatus for performing such method. In a fish filleting machine which processes the fish being conveyed tail first and comprises a belly and back filleting tool, a rib sev... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4748723 | Apparatus for gaining pinbone-free fillets of fish The invention relates to an apparatus for gaining boneless fish fillets. In a fish filleting machine which processes the fish being conveyed tail first and comprises a belly and back filleting toot, and a severing tool for releasing meat bands on either s... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4542559 | Method for filleting fish A fish filleting machine using the anal fin for guiding fish over belly cutting blades, a belly cleaning wheel and past backbone and rib removal blades. The machine includes a spring loaded belly positioning assembly at the belly cut area for ending the c... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4484375 | Apparatus for filleting fish A fish filleting machine using the anal fin for guiding fish over belly cutting blades, a belly cleaning wheel and past backbone and rib removal blades. The machine includes a spring loaded belly positioning assembly at the belly cut area for ending the c... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4336634 | Apparatus for the severing of the fillets from the skeleton of fish In a fish filleting machine with one pair each of circular belly filleting knives, back filleting knives and severing knives as well as belly and back guides arranged on the one hand between the former and on the other hand between the latter, the fish is... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4286355 | Method of filleting fish and a filleting machine for performing this method A fish filleting machine comprises a conveyor for transporting the fish tail forwards, belly filleting knives, back filleting knives, rib knives, first severing knives for the severing through of the flesh strip, and second severing knives for the severin... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4236275 | Process for the filleting of fish A process for filleting unbeheaded fish, or beheaded fish with the collar bones still adhering to the body to be filleted conveyed tail forward comprises performing belly filleting cuts, back filleting cuts and rib cuts. The fillets are cut free by severi... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4151629 | Method and device for gaining fish meat This invention is concerned with the gaining of high quality fish meat from parts which remain on the skeleton of the fish after it has been filleted. The method according to the invention consists in that those parts of the skeleton including the dorsal ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4112547 | Automatically adjustable cutting apparatus for purposes such as filleting fish The apparatus disclosed relates to the fishing industry and incorporates a means of aligning the fish and a pair of circular knives mounted in hubs on a shaft with provision for their displacement along said shaft. According to the invention, the possibil... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4084294 | Fish processing machine In a fish processing machine comprising an endless loading conveyor adapted to convey fish lying on their sides in fish troughs transversely to their longitudinal axis, a feed section having opposed walls forming a V-shape and adapted to advance the fish,... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4056866 | Fish processing machines A machine for filleting fish of various species comprising belly filleting knives for making belly cuts, bone knives for separating the vertebral appendages from the vertebrae without separating the flank fillets from the fish, rib knives for cutting the ... | 11/08/1977 |
| 3964132 | Apparatus for separating the fillets of a flatfish Apparatus for separating the fillets of a flatfish comprising a backbone path on the back and belly sides of which are provided one pair each of circular filleting knives, conveyor disks, and backbone guides, and a separating tool with scraping edges, whe... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3955242 | Process and apparatus for filleting fish A method and apparatus for filleting fishes is disclosed. The fish are cut on their underside by pairs of belly knives and pairs of rib knives, and by pairs of back knives on their dorsal sides. Between the belly knives and the rib knives are pairs of gui... | 05/11/1976 |
