Cephalopod filleting and cleaning apparatus
AssigneeCrossford Enterprises Py Ltd
InventorRodney Cross
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Abstract
There is provided an apparatus and method of filleting and cleaning a cephalopod, including squid. The apparatus for use in filleting a cephalopod including, a body having a first end being shaped for insertion into a cavity of a mantle of the cephalopod and a second end graspable by a user, a cutting member located at, or adjacent, the first end, for severing an internal membrane of the cephalopod, a guide located adjacent the cutting member, wherein upon insertion of the first end in through an opening of the mantle, the guide acts to constrain the movement of the cutting member such that it is directed along a junction between the internal membrane and an inner surface of the mantle, to thereby detach the internal membrane therefrom, wherein the mantle is inhibited from being perforated by the cutting member.
Claims14
An apparatus used for filleting a cephalopod including,
- a planar body having a first end being shaped for insertion into a cavity of a mantle of said cephalopod and a second end graspable by a user,
- a forwardly facing cutting member located at, or adjacent, said first end, for severing an internal membrane of said cephalopod, wherein the cutting member comprises at least one cutting face;
- said cutting member intermediate of spaced apart first and second guide portions, wherein upon insertion of said first end in through an opening of said mantle, the first and second guide portions act to constrain the movement of the cutting member such that it is directed along or adjacent a junction between said internal membrane and an inner surface of said mantle, to thereby detach the internal membrane therefrom, wherein at least a part of said first and/or second guide portions extend forward of said cutting member to inhibit the mantle or internal organs of the cephalopod from being perforated or ruptured by said cutting member.
A kit comprising an apparatus of a first size, the apparatus used for filleting a cephalopod including, a planar body having a first end being shaped for insertion into a cavity of a mantle of said cephalopod and a second end graspable by a user, a forwardly facing cutting member located at, or adjacent, said first end, for severing an internal membrane of said cephalopod, wherein the cutting member comprises at least one cutting face, said cutting member intermediate of spaced apart first and second guide portions, wherein upon insertion of said first end in through an opening of said mantle, the first and second guide portions act to constrain the movement of the cutting member such that it is directed along or adjacent a junction between said internal membrane and an inner surface of said mantle, to thereby detach the internal membrane therefrom, wherein at least a part of said first and/or second guide portions extend forward of said cutting member to inhibit the mantle or internal organs of the cephalopod from being perforated or ruptured by said cutting member for use in the filleting of a cephalopod of a first size range and said apparatus of a second size for use in the filleting of a cephalopod of a second size range.
A method of filleting a cephalopod, using an apparatus having a planar body, a cutting member including at least one cutting face located at, or adjacent, a first end of the body, and a first and second guide portions located adjacent and on opposite sides of said cutting member, at least a part of said first and/or second guide portions extend forward of said cutting member including the steps of:
- aligning the cutting member of said apparatus with or adjacent a junction between an internal membrane and an inner surface of a mantle of said cephalopod at an open end of the mantle;
- inserting the first end of said body in through said open end of the mantle whereby the first and second guide portions constrains the movement of the cutting member such that it incises or causes said inner membrane to be detached from said mantle;
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- removing the head and internal organs of the cephalopod from within the mantle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.