Apparatus for shucking oysters
OwnerMichael Steven Siminisinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus (270) for shucking oysters includes a shucking head (272) adapted to be mounted on a mounting assembly. The shucking head includes means for supporting the oyster in a position so that a lower shell of the oyster is supported on a pair of arms (282, 284) of support members (274, 276). The shucking head also includes means for wedging the oyster in a position so that an end of the oyster is wedged against a selected wedging member (278, 280). The arrangement of support members and wedging members is such that the oyster is held in a stable position to allow a person to use a knife to shuck the oyster with one hand.
Claims17
An apparatus for shucking oysters comprising one or more shucking head adapted to be mounted on a mounting assembly, the or each shucking head including means for supporting the oyster in a position so that a lower shell of the oyster is supported on one or more support member, and means for wedging the oyster in a position so that an end of the oyster is wedged against one or more wedging member, the arrangement of supporting means and wedging means being such that the oyster is held in a stable position to allow a person to use a knife to shuck the oyster with one hand.
An oyster shucking apparatus substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A process of shucking oysters substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.