Oyster splitter
OwnerJorge M. Ruizinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a safe, dependable, and simple device for splitting the shells of oysters and clams. The device comprises a support, and shell-splitting means pivotally connected to the support. This invention also provides a method for splitting the shells of oysters and clams. The method comprises the steps of (a) providing a device which includes a support and shell-splitting means pivotally connected to the support; (b) depositing an oyster or clam on the support in the path of the shell-splitting means; and (c) moving the shell-splitting means pivotally toward the support, thereby contacting and splitting the shell of the oyster or clam.
Claims1
A device for splitting oyster and clam shells, comprising:
- (a) a support, which includes a base and a frame, the base further including an enclosure for positioning the oyster or clam;
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- (b) shell-splitting means including a first bar pivotally connected to the frame, and a second bar substantially perpendicular to the first bar, one end of the second bar fastened to the first bar, the second bar including at its other end a hard, substantially conical edge;
- the first bar fastened to and substantially perpendicular to a third bar which is coaxial with a bearing fastened to the frame, whereby the first bar is capable of free rotation about the axis of the third bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.