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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364504 | Apparatus and method for producing controlled portions of meat products An apparatus for producing multiple portions of meat. A plurality of product mandrels having an open-top recess are mounted on a conveyor for travel along a selected path. The mandrels are selectively rotatable about a vertical axis. Two sets of parallel slots are p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7252584 | Fish processing machine with alignment devices and methods for realigning fish during processing Fish processing machines and methods for realigning fish during processing are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a fish processing machine in accordance with the invention includes a fish processing unit for use with a processing machine having a fillet assembly ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7226349 | Process to electronically automate the sorting of chicken feet in the category of edible or inedible Photoelectric and inductive sensors are placed along a picking and eviscerating chicken lines. The sensors detect the location of a chicken bird in a shackle and its associated feet, also in a shackle. The sensors communicate this information to a programmable logic... | 06/05/2007 |
| 6896608 | Method and apparatus for the preparation of alimentary soft granular caviar A method and an apparatus for preparing an alimentary granular soft caviar similar to black (granular) caviar. The method involves the preparation of a mixture containing an albuminous colloid, water, and alimentary gelatin to form the grains, exposing the grains to... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6688960 | Method and device for preparation of alimentary soft granular caviar An apparatus for preparing an alimentary granular soft caviar similar to black granular caviar is described. The grains of caviar are by supplying a mixture containing an albuminous colloid, water, and alimentary gelatin under pressure though gauged chann... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6533652 | Continuous roe separating apparatus A continuous roe separating apparatus includes a cylindrical rotary net which has a roe carrying surface formed into a meshed peripheral surface and which is disposed such that its cylindrical axial center is horizontal and which is rotatable around its a... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6419575 | Cutting method of salmon ovary and apparatus for carrying out cutting method When a salmon ovary is cut, the salmon ovary is held and transferred and in a whole state, the ovary is locally pushed at predetermined gaps, eggs in a membrane are divided into a plurality of clusters by this pushing operation, and the pushed portions of... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6306027 | Salmon roe selecting and washing machine The present invention relates to a salmon roe selecting and washing machine which can completely remove faulty roe and foreign substances from normal, mature roe, wherein the salmon roe selecting and washing machine has at least one salmon roe transferrin... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5413524 | Method of taking out viscera of fish and apparatus thereof A method and an apparatus for taking out the viscera of a fish. A fish, the head of which is cut off, is conveyed by conveying belts and the belly of the fish is incised with a cutting blade. The fish, the belly of which has been incised, is caused to ris... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5207610 | Apparatus for removing roe An apparatus includes a pressing device that elastically presses the abdomen of fish body which has been decapitated and which is conveyed in a downstream conveying direction, from the vicinity of a tail of the fish body to a neck thereof. The pressing de... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5112271 | Method and apparatus for gutting fish An apparatus for carrying out a method for gutting fish is provided, which comprises in combination a conveyor including a number of segments at given intervals in a direction substantially perpendicular with respect to its moving direction and operating ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5085613 | Apparatus for gaining single organs from the belly cavity of fish Single organs, such as the hard-roe sacks or soft-roe are removed from fish by placing decapitated fish in a coneyor having troughs that are advanced transversely to the longitudinal axis of the fish. The fish are conveyed with their belly leading and lyi... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4976011 | Apparatus for collecting roe and fish body processing machine using the same An apparatus for collecting roe comprises a conveyor for conveying a fish body such that a cut section of a decapitated fish body is downward. The tail of the decapitated fish body is held, and a roe collector is disposed at a position abutting against th... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4956894 | Apparatus for collecting fish eggs An apparatus for collecting fish eggs comprises a conveyor for transporting fish with the upper half of each fish inclined obliquely upward, a pair of upper and lower conveyor belts for holding the tail of each fish therebetween during transport, a pair o... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4955110 | Apparatus for collecting roe An apparatus for collecting roe has a conveyor which grips decapitated fish bodies in a lying position, with the tails of the fish bodies set in one common direction. A plurality of projections are provided on the conveyor for holding the fish bodies in t... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4800626 | Salmon processing machine A machine for processing fish, especially salmon, includes a base, a conveyor on the base for conveying fish along a longitudinal work path, a plurality of work stations for loading, locating, heading, gulleting and transferring the fish, and an indexing ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4663805 | Shellfish processing The specification describes a method and apparatus for processing bivalve shellfish, particularly scallops. The two shells are first parted by a small amount and a cutting tool is inserted to detach the shellfish from one of the shells. The two shells are... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4630335 | Fish processor A machine for precisely and predictably cutting the belly of a fish while preventing damage to the internal organs. The fish is placed upon a guide which closely parallels the interior of the belly and exits at the anal opening. As the fish is moved forwa... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4616381 | Ova harvesting system An ova harvesting system is provided as an adjunct to a poultry evisceration line to collect ova from slaughtered fowl. Ova are removed from the poultry carcass and placed in cups located immediately below the carcass to minimize loss. A cup conveyor carr... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4570299 | Ova collecting apparatus and method A method and apparatus for collecting ova removed from fowl moving along a poultry processing line. Ova are removed from the fowl shortly before inspection, and the removed ova are transferred to a separate ova conveyor. One or more ova-ejection stations ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4563793 | Fresh salmon-cleaning machine Horizontal conjointly moving endless belts have adjacent stretches disposed in parallel vertical planes to transport a beheaded fish clamped between them successively past a rotating circular belly slitter disc, an eviscerating gutter, a rotating kidney-s... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4332057 | Apparatus for mechanically extracting fish roe An apparatus for mechanically extracting fish roe utilized in conjunction with a continuous operation to butcher and clean fish, especially salmon. After head removal, each fish traverses along a V-shaped trough, tail first and belly up, through side comp... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4222151 | Apparatus for extracting fish roe An apparatus for extracting fish roe comprises a tail holder for holding a tail portion of a fish and a head holder for holding a head portion of the fish. There is a first blade and a second blade and a mechanism for moving the blades towards the fish to... | 09/16/1980 |
