Apparatus and method for belly-cutting shrimp

Details Apparatus and method for belly-cutting shrimp Apparatus and method for belly-cutting shrimp

2007-05-31

2008-12-23

Price, Thomas (Department: 3643)

Butchering

Crustacean

Shrimp processing

Reexamination Certificate

active

07467992

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for mechanically belly-cutting shrimp to precise depths for shrimp of various sizes. The apparatus includes a motorized circular cutting blade; a curved guide channel adjacent the circular cutting blade for receiving a shrimp body and guiding the shrimp body to the circular cutting blade; and motorized flexible disks adjacent to the blade and the guide channel for gripping the shrimp body and propelling the shrimp body along the guide channel. The curvature of the guide channel longitudinally stabilizes the shrimp body while a V-shaped cross-section laterally stabilizes the body, ensuring that the body arrives at the blade in the proper orientation. The guide channel may be adjusted to provide belly-cuts to desired depths on shrimp of various sizes.

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