Shellfish claw cutter

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1993-12-20

1995-04-04

Little, Willis

Butchering

Crustacean

Hand tool

452 1, 301201, 30355, A22C 2902

Patent

active

054032300

ABSTRACT:
A device for opening the shells of crustaceans has an inner portion and an outer portion extending from a handle section at one end to a cutting section at the other end. In the cutting section, the inner portion has a sharpened end at the start of a cutting or fracturing edge that tapers upward toward the handle. The cutting section of the outer portion has sides that taper downward on each side of the cutting edge toward the handle, overlapping the cutting edge about halfway down. The outer portion fits loosely over the inner portion, to be removable for cleaning etc. The inner portion cutting edge thickens as it tapers upward for increased strength in cutting harder shells, and the sides of the outer portion cutting section become fulcrums when the handle is raised to lever the cutting edge of the inner portion through the crustacean's shell to expose the shellfish meat.

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