Process and an apparatus for heading and eviscerating fish
Patent 4307491 Issued on December 29, 1981. Estimated Expiration Date: 
November 9, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
November 9, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesApparatus for cleaning marine animals of the mollusk type Device for nobbing and gutting fish Patent #: 4215452 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/092691 filed on 11/09/1979US Classes:452/108Removal of head with visceraExaminersPrimary: Abercrombie, Willie G.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA22C 25/14 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1978-11-10 SEAbstractThe invention relates to a process and an apparatus for heading and eviscerating fish in which the head and the entrails are integrally removed from the body of the fish. According to the invention, only the neck of the fish is cut, after which the head is turned down through approximately 90° in relation to the axis of the body and, finally, the head undergoes a relative displacement along the body of the fish towards the rear thereof. As a result, the fish is completely eviscerated. The apparatus for carrying out the process essentially comprises a cutter for cutting the neck, a guide for turning down the body of the fish and two holders, one for the head and the other for the body of the fish, which receive different movements responsible for the above-mentioned displacement. | |
