Device for decapitating fish by a cutting action
Patent 4599765 Issued on July 15, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date: 
August 29, 2003. 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.
August 29, 2003. 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 References 2961697 Device for the beheading of fish Patent #: 4389750 InventorApplicationNo. 06/527182 filed on 08/29/1983US Classes:452/170Carcass conveyed to cutter in horizontal positionExaminersPrimary: Abercrombie, Willie G.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA22C 25/14 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1982-09-11 DEAbstractThe invention concerns a device for beheading fish whose throat has been cut by opening the gill cavity from the belly side. To carry out the decapitating cut the fish is seized conveyingly by means of an entraining element engaging the gill cavity after alignment with respect to the gill cavity with the help of a pin-shaped support element and moved against the cutting device by displacement of a back support which supports the back of the fish resiliently. The cutting device may either comprise a plane cutting knife or a pair of wedge cutting knives. | |
