Apparatus for cleaning marine animals of the mollusk type
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorZeki Berk
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Abstract
An apparatus for eviscerating a marine animal of the mollusk type, such as a squid, wherein the head region of the squid is appropriately held and a gradually increasing pressure is applied to the body thereof as the head and body are relatively moved in opposite directions from each other, whereby the head and attached viscera are readily and cleanly removed from the body. The marine animals are held to the conveyor during the time of removal of the head and viscera by power driven pressure rollers. The power driven rollers advance the marine animals in the direction of movement of the conveyor.
Claims16
Apparatus for cleaning marine animals of the mollusk type comprising
- means for holding said animal at the head region thereof;
- means for applying pressure to the body of said animal;
- means for relatively moving said head region and said body in opposite directions substantially simultaneously with the application of said pressure;
- whereby the head portion and internal organs of said marine animal are substantially completely removed from the body thereof, said pressure applying means including at least one pair of rollers between which said body is inverted;
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- wherein said moving means includes means for rotating said rollers so that said body is moved in a direction away from said holding means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.