Pin bone removal system
AssigneeMarel Iceland Ehf
InventorsKristjan Hallvardsson, Haraldur Gudlaugsson
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Abstract
A pin bone removal system involves automatically removing a pin bone area of a fish fillet when conveyed by a conveyor after undergoing a cutting process, and includes at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts extending from a first end for receiving a fish fillet to a second end. The internal arrangement of the side by side arranged conveyor belts is such that the spacing varies among first end the conveyor belts along their length. The transversal position of the fish fillet in relation to the first end is adjusted when the fish fillet arrives at the downstream position such that the position of the cut pin bone area is such that the cut pin bone area falls through the space while the remaining part of the fish fillet remains on the first and/or second conveyor belts.
Claims15
A pin bone removal system adapted to automatically removing a pin bone area of a fish fillet when conveyed by a conveyor after undergoing a cutting process, where the pin bone area has been cut from a remaining part of the fish fillet, the pin bone removal system comprises:
- a conveyor system comprising at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts extending from a first end to a second end, the first end acting as a receiving end where the fish fillet is received with the cut pin bone area, an internal arrangement of the at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts being such that at a position downstream from the first end the at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts are spaced apart;
- wherein a transversal position of the fish fillet in relation to the first end is adjusted such that when the fish fillet arrives at the position downstream from the first end a position of the cut pin bone area is such that the cut pin bone area falls through a space between the at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts while the remaining parts of the fish fillet remains on the at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts.
A method of automatically removing a pin bone area of a fish fillet when conveyed by a conveyor after undergoing a cutting process using a pin bone removal system which comprises:
- a conveyor system comprising at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts extending from a first end to a second end, the first end acting as a receiving end where the fish fillet is received with the cut pin bone area, an internal arrangement of the at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts being such that at the first end the at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts are substantially adjacent to each other and at a position downstream from the first end the at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts are spaced apart;
- wherein a transversal position of the fish fillet in relation to the first end is adjusted such that when the fish fillet arrives at the position downstream from the first end a position of the cut pin bone area is such that the cut pin bone area falls through a space between the at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts while the remaining part of the fish fillet remains on the at least two side by side arranged conveyor belts.
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