Apparatus and procedure for fish pin boning
AssigneeProintech S.A.
InventorChistian Garcia Schneidedr
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Abstract
An apparatus and procedure for extracting pin bones from fish. The procedure comprises detaching the pin bones from the meat using vibrations, and then, extracting the pin bone using only enough traction force in order to pull out the pin bone, thus preserving its integrity, without damaging the interior and exterior of the meat. The apparatus comprises a vibrations generator, a pin boning device, and a device for transmitting vibrations from the generator to the pin boning device. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a torque generator including a maximum output torque controlling device.
Claims9
An apparatus to extract fish bones from a fish fillet that comprises a generator of torque and vibration to generate traction forces that incorporate mechanical vibrations, a fishbone removal device, and means for transmitting said vibrations and torque from the generator to the fishbone removal device that transforms said torque and vibrations into vibratory traction forces that allow extracting the fishbone from the fillet, wherein the generator of torque and vibrations comprises a driving source capable of varying the torque to be delivered and a torque controller acting on said driving source to generate a principal sequence of torque pulses controlled in their frequency, period, amplitude and magnitude, and secondary sequences of torque pulses with a lower period and a higher frequency, also controlled in their frequencies, periods, amplitudes and magnitudes, wherein the controller, independently of the type of generated pulses, limits the maximum magnitude of delivered torque by filtering those pulses that could cause a breakage of a fishbone.
A process to remove fish bones from fish meat, said process comprising positioning an apparatus to remove fish bones from fish fillets over a fish fillet to be freed from fish bones, capturing the fish bones with a fishbone removal device of the apparatus and applying traction forces that incorporate mechanical vibrations and extracting a fishbone without damaging the fishbone nor the fish meat, wherein said apparatus generates torque and vibrations to generate traction forces that incorporate mechanical vibrations, and transmits said vibrations and torque from the generator to the fishbone removal device that transforms said torque and vibrations in vibratory traction forces that allow extracting the fishbone from the fillet without damaging the fishbone or the fish meat, said generator of torque and vibrations having a driving source capable of varying the torque to be delivered and a torque controller acting on said driving source to generate a principal sequence of torque pulses controlled in their frequency, period, amplitude and magnitude, and secondary sequences of torque pulses with a lower period and a higher frequency, also controlled in their frequencies, periods, amplitudes and magnitudes wherein the controller independently of the type of generated pulses, limits the maximum magnitude of delivered torque by filtering those pulses that could cause a breakage of a fishbone.
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