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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7077738 | Apparatus for and method of processing meat An apparatus for and method of cleaning cutting residue from one or both sides of cut meat. Meat, after being cut, for example with a band saw or the like, is passed through a curtain of fluid to impinge fluid on to at least one side of the meat for removing a subst... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063609 | Apparatus for peeling crustacea such as crawfish A crawfish peeling device provides a post that can be mounted on a tray. The post has first and second end portions, the first end portion having a slotted passageway, appointed tip, a pair of tapered flanges that are spaced apart on opposite sides of the slotted pa... | 06/20/2006 |
| 5429546 | Processing whole crayfish to simulate finger lobster serving Whole crayfish is processed to derive a food serving resembling in appearance a small lobster by deheading the crayfish, making a U-shaped incision around the belly shell encompassing the anal opening of the crayfish, and peeling away the belly shell incl... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5405287 | Method and apparatus for processing shrimp A method and apparatus (10) are disclosed for deheading shrimp. The apparatus has grasping means (18) for grasping shrimp positioned upon a support plate (17) and rotating the shrimp to an upright position adjacent a deheading station (14). The deheading ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5195921 | Apparatus for deheading and cleansing shrimp Apparatus for deheading and cleansing shrimp in a continuous-flow product transport system for more efficient storage or peeling. The apparatus transports food product having weakly attached appendages, such as crustaceans and especially shrimp, along con... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4941233 | Method and apparatus for processing shrimp Shrimp are conveyed in upright orientation upon a pair of spaced rails that revolve in upright planes and which strike bumpers. The shrimp may be size sorted by orienting the rails such that their spacing changes. The shrimp are deheaded by conveying then... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4934028 | Apparatus for deheading and grading shrimp A shrimp deheading and grading mechanism which incorporates a shrimp deheading structure forming a shrimp deheading station. A shrimp conveyor and orienter is operative for conveying shrimps oriented in head-up, body down position to the shrimp deheading ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4916776 | Method and apparatus for processing shrimp Shrimp are conveyed in upright orientation upon a pair of spaced rails that revolve in upright planes and which strike bumpers. The shirmp may be size sorted by orienting the rails such that their spacing changes. The shirmp are deheaded by conveying then... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4692965 | Shrimp processing method and device A combination which in sequence utilizes a singulator, an orientor, a decapitator, and a separator. The singulator is a vibratory scoop-like device which causes shrimps delivered to the processor to begin to move single file towards the exit of the singul... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4553287 | Device and process for cleaning shrimp and the like A device for cleaning crustaceans having slender, elongated bodies includes an elongated body having a tapered portion at one end, a deheading portion at another end, and a handle adjacent to the deheading portion. The tapered portion has an arcuate secti... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4531261 | Apparatus for scraping off heads of fish and crustacea Apparatus for scraping off heads of fish and crusts of crustacea, wherein the portions to be scraped off are delivered parallel by means of a feeding device, and then the portions are hitched by a scraping-off pawl plate, the body portions of the fish and... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4262389 | Prawn/shrimp heading A prawn/shrimp heading machine comprising a first pair of endless belts arranged with one run of one belt substantially parallel to but spaced apart from one run of the other belt and travelling in the same direction to enable the bodies of the prawns/shr... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4054970 | Apparatus for deheading shrimp The present invention is a mechanical device used to remove the head and anterior exoskeleton from the posterior exoskeleton and musculature of crustaceans belonging to the genus peneus, commonly called prawns or shrimp. The apparatus comprises a holding ... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4016625 | Apparatus for sizing and deheading shrimp Apparatus for sizing and deheading shrimp is illustrated wherein an open, elongated trough has a pair of sides which diverge laterally outwardly from adjacent one end of the trough toward the other with a conveyor for moving shrimp along the trough permit... | 04/12/1977 |
