Processing fish including rotation thereof
AssigneeSeafood Innovations Pty Ltd
InventorBruce Goodrick
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Abstract
A fish processing system comprising a first fish guide having an entrance for receiving the fish. A striker coupled at one end of the first fish guide, the striker having a first holder that holds and releases the fish and is configured to apply a blow to the fish. A channel coupled at another end to the striker, the channel having an internal passage that rotates the fish substantially about a longitudinal axis of the channel. A bleeder coupled at an opposite end of the channel, the bleeder having a second holder that holds and releases the fish and is configured to sever a throat blood vessel and/or a gill arch of the fish, and a second fish guide coupled to the bleeder, the second fish guide includes an exit for delivering the processed fish.
Claims20
A fish rotation device, the device comprising:
- an entrance for receiving a fish;
- an intermediate section adjacent the entrance for rotating the fish;
- and
- an exit adjacent the intermediate section for delivering the fish;
- wherein the intermediate section has a cross-sectional shape that substantially conforms to a cross-sectional shape of the fish.
A fish rotation device, the device comprising:
- a channel having an entrance for receiving a fish;
- the channel includes an intermediate section having an internal passage which causes a rotation of the fish substantially about a longitudinal axis of the channel;
- the channel includes an exit for delivering the rotated fish;
- wherein the entrance, the exit and the internal passage having a cross-sectional shape that substantially conforms to a cross-sectional shape of the fish.
A fish processing system, the system comprising:
- a first fish guide having an entrance for receiving a fish;
- a striker coupled to the first fish guide, the striker having a first holder that holds and releases the fish and is configured to apply a blow to the fish;
- a channel coupled to the striker, the channel having an intermediate section that rotates the fish substantially about a longitudinal axis of the channel;
- a bleeder coupled to the channel, the bleeder having a second holder that holds and releases the fish and is configured to sever a blood vessel of the fish;
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- a second fish guide coupled to the bleeder, the second fish guide having an exit for delivering the fish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.