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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079896 | Shrimp-cutting machine for cutting intermediate joints An apparatus for cutting a shrimp body, the shrimp body having a tail portion that includes a plurality of tail sections connected by joints. A motorized driving mechanism mounted inside a housing drives a cutting mechanism mounted outside the housing. The cutting m... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7467992 | Apparatus and method for belly-cutting shrimp An apparatus and method for mechanically belly-cutting shrimp to precise depths for shrimp of various sizes. The apparatus includes a motorized circular cutting blade; a curved guide channel adjacent the circular cutting blade for receiving a shrimp body and guiding... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7367876 | Shellfish tool A cutting tool for cutting the outer shells of shellfish such as crabs, shrimp, and the like. The tool includes an elongated handle and one or more longitudinally-outwardly-extending ends that include V-shaped openings. The openings include inner, angularly-opposed ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7264001 | Guidewire exit tool A guidewire exit tool includes a pin that is insertable into a guidewire channel of a rapid exchange-type catheter. The pin has at least one tapered end that urges a guidewire out of a slit in guidewire channel. In one embodiment the exit tool has an oval handle tha... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261626 | Crab meat extracting apparatus A crab meat extracting apparatus for extracting the meat from a boiled or cooked crab. The crab meat extracting apparatus includes a base including a tray having a top side; and also includes a crab support member being attached upon the top side of the tray; and fu... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7229111 | Tweezer, kit, method, and package The present disclosure relates to a tweezer comprised of a handle and a detachably engageable tweezer component that engages with the handle and is detachable from the handle, a kit containing the handle and the detachably engageable tweezer component, point-of-sale... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7217182 | Deer eviserating protective tool and method A protective tool for assisting in field dressing a deer, the tool having a protective shield of a convenient width and contour to be slid thru an incision made thru the belly skin of a deer just forward of the pelvic crest and hence into and thru the pelvic cavity ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7169032 | Crustacean shelling tool and process for use thereof A crustacean shelling tool is employed to quickly and easily crack the underside of the tail shell of a crawfish, for example, to expose the meat contained therein for removal without damage and without loss of the associated succulent juices. The key-like tool incl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7134206 | Combination utensil A combination utensil for preparing and eating crustaceans comprising an elongated handle portion having opposing longitudinal ends; a crustacean shell breaking tool extending integrally from one of the longitudinal ends; and a fork extending integrally from a remai... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125329 | Shellfish eating tool Exemplary embodiments provided herein may include a system and method for opening shellfish shells and extracting items therefrom, including a body having a first end, a second end and a middle portion therebetween, wherein the first end includes a first and second ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7052387 | Apparatus for portioning a piece of food A device and procedure for portioning a piece of food in portions with a predetermined weight or predetermined thickness. The device has a pivotable insertion drum (1) arranged in a rotatable manner around its axis with at least one oblong insertion chamber (... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7014551 | Crustacean shelling tool and process for uses thereof A crustacean shelling tool is employed to quickly and easily crack the underside of the tail shell of a crawfish, for example, to expose the meat contained therein for removal without damage and without loss of the associated succulent juices. The key-like tool incl... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6533651 | Adjustable timing mechanism for shrimp processing machine cutter assembly A timing mechanism for a shrimp processing machine including a cam wheel having a recess therein adapted to receive an end of a cutter bar to which a cutting blade is rotatably mounted. Rotation of the cam wheel causes the cutter bar, and the cutting blad... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6488576 | Shrimp processing apparatus and method A shrimp processor removes the undesirable sand vein from a desirable shrimp meat portion and peels away a selectively cut shell. The shrimp processor includes a series of aligned conveyor roller pairs carried within its housing a spaced relation for conv... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6485363 | Shrimp processing machine and method of processing shrimp A shrimp processing machine and method of processing shrimp are described. A reciprocating meat picking assembly powered by a main drive wheel of the machine rotates a cam wheel to cause a cam arm of the meat picking assembly to reciprocate relative to th... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6450871 | Multi-purpose knife with vein-removal brush A cutting implement particularly useful for manually deveining shrimp or other crustaceans includes a blade with a cutting edge, a handle attached to the cutting implement, and a vein-removal brush mounted on the cutting implement. The user exposes the in... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6273807 | Shrimp deveining apparatus and method A shrimp deveining apparatus includes a housing with an entrance opening for receiving a shrimp and an exit opening for ejecting the shrimp from the housing after having the shell cut and deveined. Within the housing, a partition extends upwardly from a b... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6200209 | Shrimp processing apparatus and method A shrimp processor removes the undesirable sand vein from a desirable shrimp meat portion and peels away a selectively cut shell. The shrimp processor includes a series of aligned conveyor roller pairs carried within its housing a spaced relation for conv... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6129621 | Shrimp deveining apparatus and method A shrimp deveining apparatus includes a housing with an entrance opening for receiving a shrimp and an exit opening for ejecting the shrimp from the housing after having the shell cut and deveined. Within the housing, a partition extends upwardly from a b... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5613903 | Shrimp deveining apparatus A powered shrimp deveining assembly includes a motor coupled to an output and a secondary shaft both housed in a removable enclosure, the output shaft and the secondary shaft extending through an adapter to turn a cutter against the rotation of a pair of ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5569065 | Shrimp deveining machine having precision cutting control A shrimp deveining machine for cutting and deveining shrimp comprises a motorized driving mechanism inside a housing and a cutting mechanism outside the housing. An upper pair of rotating flexible disks grasps the top side of shrimp bodies and propel them... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5435775 | Shrimp tray with visual and tactile shrimp sensing means A shrimp tray adapted for use in a shrimp processing machine has a stripe located contiguous to one end of the tray that allows an operator to visually orient a shrimp in the tray by locating the first segment of the shrimp in the tray relative to the str... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5290199 | Apparatus for deveining shrimp An apparatus for cutting and deveining shrimp comprises a motor driving means inside a housing and a cutting mechanism outside the housing. A pair of rotating flexible disks grasp shrimp bodies and propel them past a cutting disk which slices the sand vei... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5035670 | Cutter height adjustment means Adjusting apparatus for a shrimp processing machine to adjust the depth of a rotary cutting blade relative to a shrimp clamping assembly in which a plurality of different width shims, each adapted to be moved independently of the other shims, are rotatabl... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035669 | Cutter cam adjustment assembly A cam adjusting assembly for a rotary cutter blade in a shrimp peeling machine. The assembly includes a retention member disposed for movement in a slot in a retention gear with a cam means being selectively positioned along the length of the slot and mai... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4996744 | Shrimp processing machine A shrimp processing machine provides an apparatus to shell and devein a fresh (headless) shrimp. The machine comprises a motor housing, a carrier wheel bearing a plurality of tine elements, a guide member, a feed member, a blade member, and a shrimp extra... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4967446 | Shrimp deveining device A hand manipulable device for removing the intestine or "vein" from the tall of crustaceans such as shrimp or the like. The device includes means to pierce the body or "tail" of the shrimp, blocking means to prevent overpenetration, pressing means, grippi... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4816276 | Process for preparing shrimp An improved shrimp peeling, deveining and blanching process that is effective in removing the entire vein from the shrimp and that ensures that the entire exterior surface of the shrimp undergoes a desired color change. The vein is removed by making a lon... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4785503 | Shrimp peeler A device for peeling shrimps, of any reasonable size, that comprises a reservoir and a cover with one or more openings where tubular knife assemblies are positioned. Cooperating opening in the cover align with the tubular knife assemblies and allow the pe... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4771512 | Tool for peeling and deveining shrimp A shrimp peeler and deveiner provides a hooked handle that fits over the hand of the user and further provides an upwardly angled, pointed cylindrical probe that is inserted into the shrimp to perform the peeling and deveining process. The probe is attach... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4769871 | Shrimp peeling machine and method There is disclosed an improved shrimp processing machine which employs a constant speed conveyor feed means which permits the utilization of a reduced number of clamp assemblies for clamping and transporting shrimp to be processed to various processing st... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4759126 | Knife for de-veining, peeling and butterflying shrimp In one exemplar embodiment, a knife for de-veining, peeling and butterflying shrimp is disclosed having a handle and an elongated arcuate knife blade secured to the handle and extending forwardly thereof, the knife blade having an intermediate toothed bla... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4745660 | Universal shrimp peeling machine A machine for peeling a shell from shrimp comprising a movement device, a plurality of clamp assemblies mounted on and moved by the device past a number of processing stations. In the first style of processing wherein the entire shell is removed, the oper... | 05/24/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4472858 | Guide and cutter depth control apparatus A guide and cutting assembly for shrimp processing equipment in which a rotary cutting blade is adjustably positioned to enter a slot in a biased guide means. The guide means includes a one-piece guide bar having a pair of spaced guide legs each having ta... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4439893 | Spring cam for shrimp clamp There is disclosed a shrimp processing machine which includes a new and improved cam arrangement for splitting the shrimp shells open to thereby expose the sand vein of the shrimp to facilitate the deveining of the shrimp and ultimate separation of the sh... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4393543 | Shrimp processing and handling apparatus An eviscerating apparatus uses a belt conveyor for transporting preoriented shrimp through an uncurling mechanism, a cutting mechanism and a washing device for removing the digestive tract from the shrimp body parts. The curled body parts are preoriented ... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4281436 | Shrimp processing machine A shrimp processing machine wherein conveyor means transports shrimps past a serrated cutter wheel, severing the abdominal shell while disrupting the swimmerets and the musculature interconnection between the swimmerets and the shrimp body, said shrimp th... | 08/04/1981 |
