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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7967667 | Automatic apparatus and process for shedding superficial adherent substances off creature An automatic apparatus includes an input platform, a creature shaking mechanism, a flushing unit and an output platform. The input platform has a transporting unit. A creature container containing at least one creature is placed on the input platform. The creature s... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7618308 | Power operated fish scaling apparatus A fish scale removal apparatus (100) utilizes a rotary motor, which is encased in a cylindrical housing and rotates a blade coupling member (104). The apparatus (100) is designed to rotate at a speed of 1,500-2,500 RPMs. A scale removing blade a... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7270052 | Fruit skin peeling device A fruit skin peeling device is disclosed. The device comprises a base, a driving means, a rotating disc, a plurality of lateral plates and a top cover, the base having a top and a lower cavity, wherein the base is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber an... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261628 | Dual operation tripe washing and refining machine A tripe washing and refining apparatus (10) includes a base (20), a vessel (14), and a motor (16). The vessel (14) includes a selectively reversible rotatable disc (30) and two baffles (32,34) extending from an annula... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7241213 | Open top meat skinning device A roller assembly for a meat skinning device having a frame, a drive shaft rotatably mounted to the frame and having a female groove, and an elongated roller having a male prong frictionally received within the female groove, a bearing housing secured to the drive s... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7081048 | Apparatus and a method for skinning fish A method for skinning a piece of fish using a supporting surface (1) for a piece of fish (13) and a knife (10) with an active portion (11) for separation of the skin (15) from the fish meat by a mutual movement of the supporting su... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7037185 | Fish scaling system A housing has an interior with first and second ends and top and bottom faces. The housing has an air flow aperture in the top face. The housing has a debris aperture in the bottom face. The bottom face rests upon adjustable legs. Blades with cutting edges are provi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6508699 | Apparatus for rinsing and scraping bi-valve mollusks An apparatus for mechanically rinsing and scraping bi-valve mollusks and the like. The mollusks are placed into a perforated drum that is rotated by a motor, the drum having a plurality of agitation protrusions for churning, lifting and dropping the mollu... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6210262 | Method and apparatus for processing fish A method and apparatus for processing fish prior to canning to increase yield. The method includes the steps of first preparing the fish body for further processing by: removing (12) the tail, pectoral, and thoracic fins from a frozen fish body, removing ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5518444 | Apparatus for shelling dried shrimp An apparatus for shelling dried shrimp comprising an outer container and an inner container for receiving a quantity of dried shrimp for shell removal. The inner container is positioned within the outer container so as to leave a shell collecting space be... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5318472 | Fish scaling device A fish scaling device which is characterized by a flat support designed to receive a fish for scaling, a tail clamp adjustably mounted on one end of the support for clamping the tail of the fish to the support and a head clamp located at the opposite end ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5306201 | Fish scaler and method thereof A fish scaler (10) includes a cylindrical fish scaling barrel (11) having a cylindrical grate wall (19) and two conically shaped end walls (20a,20b). A flipper protrusion (63) extends inwardly from the cylindrical grate wall for catching the fish and flip... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5230652 | Fish cleaning device A fish scaling device having a dual cutting blade for alternately removing scales of a fish and thereafter removing the inner visceral tissues of the fish. The device preferably includes a pair of upper sharp surfaces having mutually opposite end points, ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5197916 | Fish skinner A process and apparatus for skinning fish, particularly tuna fish, which comprises passing a precooked and cooled fish along conveyor belt means and the like while a series of rotating brushes above one side of and adjacent to the belly and back of the fi... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5129855 | Fish scaler apparatus A fish scaler to include an exterior cylindrical container mounting an interior cylindrical insert radially positioned within the exterior container by a matrix of positioning blocks directed to an exterior surface thereabout. A central axle is directed c... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4945608 | Fish scaler A device for scaling a quantity of fish is disclosed which includes a hollow, rotatable drum provided with a plurality of spike elements arranged in a predetermined pattern or array about the entire circumferential surface of the drum, and projecting radi... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4875255 | Fish scaling apparatus and process A fish scaling apparatus and process is disclosed wherein a vertical stand 11 supports a pair of elongated, concentrically spaced, perforated drums 20,22 (FIGS. 1-7). An access door 23 is provided along the length of the outer drum 20 to permit loading an... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4839942 | Fish scaling apparatus A portable fish scaler includes an open top tank with a drum unit rotably mounted to the top of the end walls. A motor is directly coupled to drive the drum, either with a small AC motor having an integrated gear reducer or a small 12 volt DC motor direct... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4763386 | Fish scaling apparatus A fish scaling apparatus includes a container having a bottom and an upstanding side wall, and a cylindrical insert including a plurality of inwardly-extending projections. The projections in the insert into the interior of the insert, and are provided wi... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4761856 | Apparatus for processing fish A fish eviscerating apparatus employs at least one rotating brush for removing viscera from a beheaded, belly-slit fish. Bristles of the at least one brush have a length and stiffness which, when combined with a predetermined brush holddown force, are eff... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4726095 | Bucket fish scaler The specification discloses a portable fish scaling device which is simple and easily used and cleaned. The device includes a water-tight bucket, an abrasive continuous surface within the bucket, and an agitator for agitating water within the bucket. As t... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4624031 | Descaler roll for fish scaling machine In a fish scaling machine having a framework, a power source, a conveyor supporting one side of a fish and a hold down assembly yieldably engaging the other side of the fish, a descaler roll mounted on a drive shaft journaled upon the framework and connec... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4510644 | Fishing scaling apparatus A fish scaling means include a pair of coil spring scalers, an entry guider and a scaled fish belt conveyer. The entry guider is formed of a pair of coil springs of elliptical cross section mounted upstream of the coil spring scalers. The belt conveyer is... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4485526 | Fish scaling apparatus Fish-scaling apparatus comprising a frame, a hollow elongate fish-scaling drum mounted on the frame, mechanism for rotating the fish-scaling drum, the fish-scaling drum including axially-spaced abrasive portions separated by relatively non-abrasive portio... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4226004 | Fish scale remover A device for removing scales from a fish. A drum is mounted to a tubular main body which in turn is mounted to a rotatable drive shaft. A plurality of helical springs are pivotally mounted to the outer cylindrical wall of the drum with the coils of each s... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4106193 | Rotary scraper with non-gouging finger array A rotary scraper including a spool with fingers integral therewith and projecting radially therefrom, with the fingers striking the work surface as the wheel rotates, thereby to impact the work surface; the fingers are arranged in a plurality of comb-like... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4008510 | Fish scaler A fish scaler having a housing with front input opening, a rearwardly declining bottom ramp, and a scaling rotor journalled within the housing. A series of adjacently positioned flexible scaling arms are secured intermediate their ends to and extend radia... | 02/22/1977 |