Method of and apparatus for shelling shellfish such as prawns or shrimps
AssigneeFirma Geba Geratebau GmbH
InventorKarin Schmidt
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Abstract
Prawns and like shellfish are shelled by holding them at the tail end, cutting the shell at a point between head and tail, drawing off the head which is discarded, and then drawing the flesh out of the tail part of the shell which is still clamped. Apparatus for performing the shelling comprises a prawn holder which moves sequentially past devices for clamping, cutting and applying suction to the prawns.
Claims15
Apparatus for mechanically shelling prawns, comprising a prawn holder, a feeder device for the continuous positioned supply of individual prawns to the prawn holder, a clamping device operative on the propelling tail of each prawn located in the holder, at least one guiding and spreading element for extending and straightening the clamped prawn, a cutter mechanism which at least partly cuts off the head, a first removal device for removing the head of the prawn, a second removal device for pulling the meat out of the beheaded prawn, and a third removal device for removing the empty shell of the prawn, the prawn holder being arranged to travel past the removal device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.