Patent
1980-02-25
1982-01-12
Abercrombie, W.
17 51, 17 53, 17 71, A22C 2902
Patent
active
043097936
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and process of treating a mixture of shellfish meat particles and shell halves is revealed and wherein the mixture is treated by elutriation in an elongated, narrow upright zone. At the upper end of the zone the meat particles are removed while at the lower end of the zone the shells are withdrawn. The shells gravitate through a region of the zone and where the water is agitated by a device for admitting air to the elutriation zone and which accelerates the shell movement toward the lower end of the treatment zone. The meat particles, on the other hand, pass through yet another region and which the passage is diminished by the admission of air so as to accelerate the upward movement of the particles toward a lateral meat discharge opening from the zone. Here the meat particles are assisted in their discharge through the opening by an appropriately positioned baffle. The shells are received in a conveyor containing receptacle and embodiments using a screw conveyor and a belt conveyor are illustrated.
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Abercrombie W.
Martin Roger L.
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