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US 4,048,696 AGranted
Shrimp sheller
AssigneeMaster Machine & Manufacturing Co.
InventorJoseph Maschio
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Abstract
A shrimp sheller having a probe for insertion into the body of a decapitated shrimp between the shell and the flesh, to be moved toward the tail; a sharp offset portion perpendicular to the probe slices through the shell from end to end as the probe is advanced through the tail, enabling the shell to be easily stripped off the body.
Claims4
A shrimp sheller device comprising
- a. a first portion of a device defining a probe having a generally uniform cross-sectional area from one end to the other, dimensioned to be inserted into the body of a shrimp toward the tail, between the shell and the flesh,
- b. a second portion of the device extending generally perpendicular to the first portion,
- c. an integral sharp edge on the second portion of the device facing toward the first portion, and generally perpendicular thereto,
- d. a third portion of the device defining a handle extending from the second portion in the opposite direction to the first portion and disposed in general parallelism to the first portion.
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