Apparatus for decapitating fish
Patent 4635318 Issued on January 13, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 25, 2005. 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.
March 25, 2005. 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 ReferencesDevice for the beheading of fish Method and apparatus for transversely cutting fish Patent #: 4476610 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/715980 filed on 03/25/1985US Classes:452/170Carcass conveyed to cutter in horizontal positionExaminersPrimary: Abercrombie, Willie G.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA22C 25/14 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1984-03-28 DEAbstractThe invention concerns a decapitating apparatus for fish in which the fish to be processed is conveyed by entrainers essentially transverse to its axis and by fixing its longitudinal position by a holding element engaging the eye-hole and accompanying the fish. For adjusting the holding element a guide bar is arranged for engaging the holding element in a guiding manner in the region of a severing device performing a wedge-shaped decapitating cut and for displacing the holding element resiliently out of its path of movement. | |
