Crustacean meat extraction means
OwnerJames E. Rutledgeinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for extracting the edible meat from crayfish, shrimp, crabs and other like crustaceans is provided comprising a pair of rollers positioned adjacent to one another to form a nip for receiving the crustacean wherein the lower nip is provided with at least one groove for receiving the meat as it is squeezed from the crustacean shell.
Claims9
An apparatus for extraction of meat from a crustacean shell which comprises first and second rollers positioned adjacent one another to form a nip for receiving said crustacean shell, said first roller having at least one groove of sufficient size to hold said meat extracted from said crustacean shell when it passes through said nip, and a drive means attached to one of said rollers to cause said rollers to rotate in opposite directions.
An apparatus for extraction of meat from a crayfish which comprises:
- (a) a rotatable top roller;
- (b) a rotatable bottom roller positioned adjacent and below said top roller to form a nip for receiving said crayfish tail first, said bottom roller having at least one groove at said bottom roller's outer surface, said groove being of sufficient size to hold said meat extracted from said crayfish;
- (c) A drive means connected to said bottom roller for rotating said bottom roller;
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- (d) a conveyor assembly forward said rollers and positioned to direct said crayfish tail first to said nip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.