Butchering – Crustacean – Hand tool
Patent
1999-03-17
2000-02-01
Little, Willis
Butchering
Crustacean
Hand tool
452 17, 301201, 81 944, A22C 2902
Patent
active
060196734
ABSTRACT:
A utensil for cracking the shells of crabs, lobsters, and other shellfish. A pair of handles are pivotally connected, each handle having a jaw with a tapered cutting edge for cracking the shells without severing the meat which the shells contain. The handles are bent in such a way as to prevent complete closure of the jaws, so that the shell is cracked while leaving the meat of the shellfish intact. This construction also facilitates using the bent ends of the handles for extracting the meat from the cracked shell. For this purpose the bent ends of the handles are bevelled, and taper from wide to narrow in a direction away from their jaws and toward their free ends. When the crab cracker is ready for storage, the bent handles are locked by forcing them apart and placing them in a parallel position. This enables the crab cracker to be easily and neatly stored in a minimum of space.
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