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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357706 | Method and a plant for preparing shrimps A method of preparing shrimps includes boiling them at a pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure, at a temperature exceeding the boiling temperature of water at atmospheric pressure, for keeping the meat of the shrimps in a compressed state while causing the meat to... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7282665 | Method and apparatus for processing articles with a laser beam A method for joining workpieces by welding with laser light, in which a plurality of workpieces are arranged between a lower pressure plate and a translucent upper pressure plate on a multiplicity of supporting segments movable in a vertical direction, whereby the w... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7179160 | Automated apparatus and system for cooking, drying and peeling shellfish products A fully automated apparatus and system for processing shellfish such as shrimp and crawfish including the cooking, drying and peeling thereof. The present invention utilizes excessive heat generated by boilers to heat the dryers. The product is cooked in a brine mix... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7086940 | System for preventing carcass scorching The present invention is a system and method for rapidly cooling the exposed lean surfaces of a beef carcass. The system is adapted to reach important muscle regions, including the interior muscles located in the cavity of the carcass side. The system includes at le... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6537601 | Process of elimination of bacteria in shellfish and of shucking shellfish The invention relates to a process for eliminating pathogenic organisms and other bacteria from raw food products, such as raw shellfish, whereby the molluscan shellfish is exposed to hydrostatic pressure of relatively high value, for example between 10,0... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6086468 | Method and apparatus for peeling-off bivalve, as well as bivalve before-separation heating device A bivalve peeling-off method and apparatus and a before-separation heating device are disclosed. The bivalve peeling-off apparatus includes a heating means 6 for heating the surface of one of shells 2A of a starting bivalve 2, so that an edible part 2a in... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6010397 | Methods of processing bivalve molluscs A method of processing bivalve molluscs comprises filling a basket-like container (11) with the bivalve molluscs and vibrating the bivalve molluscs within the container (11), thereby inducing them to close tightly under stress and compacting them together... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5059151 | Method and apparatus for opening a mollusk Method and apparatus for opening a mollusk (e.g., oyster) by rapidly cooling said mollusk to a surface temperature of about -100° F. followed by mechanically agitating said mollusk whereby the mollusk shell opens and at least one eye of the mollusk meat ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4951356 | Process and installation for opening shellfish The invention comprises subjecting shellfish (2) to infrared radiation (4,6) for a time preferably between 30 seconds and 3 minutes and involves three phases during which the shellfish (2) are exposed to radiation firstly from above, then over the entire ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4924555 | Water cooled roller shucker for shellfish A water cooled roller shucker having a pair or plurality of pairs of parallel rollers which rotate in opposite directions and are driven from one end thereof by any suitable power mechanism to drive the rollers at a desired adjustable speed with each roll... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4916775 | Harvesting, shucking and eviscerating clams at sea A sea-going vessel has mounted on its deck a clam processing plant which includes in sequence a steamer, a clam crusher, a seawater washer, a brine separator, an eviscerator and a chill tank. Special valves are constructed to feed and discharge clams from... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4897896 | Harvesting, shucking and eviscerating clams at sea A sea-going vessel has mounted on its deck a clam processing plant which includes in sequence a steamer, a clam crusher, a seawater washer, a brine separator, an eviscerator and a chill tank. Special valves are constructed to feed and discharge clams from... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4887333 | Harvesting, shucking and eviscerating clams at sea A sea-going vessel has mounted on its deck a clam processing plant which includes in sequence a steamer, a clam crusher, a seawater washer, a brine separator, an eviscerator and a chill tank. Special valves are constructed to feed and discharge clams from... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4691412 | Bivalve mollusk shucker A mollusk shucker suitable for use in shucking bivalve mollusks such as scallops, comprises a conveyor which is continuously driven through a loading station, a shell opening station, a first half-shell removal station, an eviscerating station, an edible ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4505004 | Process for shucking and eviscerating scallops In the shucking and eviscerating of scallops, the yield is increased by treating the scallops, prior to the heat treatment, with a sodium or potassium hydroxide solution, as this results in a more effective loosening of the contents of the scallops from t... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4330904 | Apparatus for shucking scallops Apparatus for shucking scallops by subjecting scallops while moving them along a directed path of travel to an elevated temperature zone to heat the scallops, and moving the scallops to cause them to release their meats from their shells while removing th... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4255834 | Method for shucking scallops Apparatus and method for shucking scallops by subjecting scallops simultaneously to heat and vibration to remove scallop meats from scallops progressively and reducing prolonged exposure of the scallop meats to an elevated temperature before evisceration ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4236276 | Bivalve mollusk shucking apparatus and method Clams are conveyed in support cradles first past liquid nitrogen applying nozzles then through high intensity flame to effect opening of the shells of the clams which are then dumped into a tumbler and then into a flotation tank for final flesh-shell sepa... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4141114 | Mollusk shucker The shell of a mollusk is caused to open as the mollusk is being conveyed through a heated rotary tube. The conveyor in the tube and spaced radially inwardly from the inner periphery of the tube moves the mollusk along the tube while enabling the mollusk ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 3988805 | Method for shucking shellfish A method for shucking and cleaning raw uncooked shellfish of the bivalve type including the steps of opening the bivalve by feeding the shellfish between a moving belt and a stationary plate in order to provide a shearing force. Other steps in the method ... | 11/02/1976 |
