Gutting machine and a method for gutting fish in a gutting machine
AssigneeKnuro AS
InventorsKnut Inge Seim, Ronny Solberg
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Abstract
Gutting machine for fish, comprising a conveyor belt to receive fish, where the fish is placed with the abdomen facing a number of cutting and cleaning tools for gutting and cleaning of the fish when it is transported on said conveyor belt, in which said conveyor belt is equipped with a number of holding devices where respective holding devices are adapted for firmly holding the fish, and that one or more barriers arranged adjoining said conveyor belt are adapted to slow down the movement of the fish until the fish is firmly held in a respective holding device and is brought by the conveyor belt in its direction of movement. Also described is a method for gutting the fish in a gutting machine.
Claims17
A machine (10) for gutting fish (50) having a head and a tail, comprising
- a conveyor belt (20) for receipt of fish (50) and a number of cutting and cleaning tools (14,16), where the fish is placed with the abdomen facing said cutting and cleaning tools (14,16) for gutting and cleaning of the fish (50) when it is transported on said conveyor belt (20) in a direction of movement of the conveyor belt (20);
- a plurality of wedge-shaped holding devices (24) on the conveyor belt (20), each holding device (24) configured to receive and wedge a head or tail section of the fish (50),
- one or more barriers (30) arranged adjoining and above said conveyor belt (20), the one or more barriers (30) being a downward extending and rotatably stopping unit configured for acting on the fish (50) and adapted to slow down movement of the fish (50) until the fish (50) is wedged in one of said holding devices (24) and is brought by the conveyor belt (20) in the direction of movement of the conveyor belt (20) and to the cutting and cleaning tools (14,16).
A method for gutting of fish (50) having a head and a tail in a gutting machine, said gutting machine (10) comprising a conveyor belt (20) to receive fish (50) and a number of cutting and cleaning tools (14,16) for gutting and cleaning the fish (50) when it is transported on the conveyor belt (20) in a running direction, comprising the steps of:
- dropping fish (50) one-by-one arbitrarily onto the conveyor belt (20) with the abdomen facing said cutting and cleaning tools (14,16),
- slowing and holding back the fish (50) via one or more barriers (30) positioned above the conveyor belt (20) after the fish (50) is received and lying on the conveyor belt (20),
- wedging the fish (50) in a holding device (24) on the conveyor belt (20) and bringing the fish (50) along on the conveyor belt (20) in the running direction for subsequent gutting and cleaning by said cutting and cleaning tools (14,16).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.