Processing of molluscs
AssigneeStevedore & Fishery Services Limited
InventorPeter Davy
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Abstract
A method of gutting a cephalopod, such as squid, the cephalopod having an outer mantle containing internal organs, and the method comprising retaining the outer mantle at a fixed distance from a central axis while rotating the mantle about the said axis whereby the internal organs are subjected to a centrifugal force sufficient to eject the organs outwardly through an open end of the mantle.
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A method of gutting a cephalopod, such as squid, the cephalopod having an outer mantle containing internal organs, and the method comprising retaining the outer mantle at a fixed distance from a central axis while rotating the mantle about the said axis whereby the internal organs are subjected to a centrifugal force sufficient to eject the organs outwardly through an open end of the mantle.
Apparatus for gutting a cephalopod, such as squid, wherein the cephalopod has an outer mantle containing internal organs, the apparatus comprising vacuum means for retaining the mantle by suction at a fixed distance from a central axis while rotating the mantle about the said axis whereby the internal organs are subjected to a centrifugal force sufficient to eject the internal organs outwardly through an open end of the mantle.
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