Shrimp processing system, processing apparatus and methods

US12029222B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nova-Tech Engineering, LLC · US

Inventors

• Elliot D. Eid · Richmond, US
• Matthew R. Biel · Willmar, US
• Nathan A. Blum · Cosmos, US
• Jeff Deming · Spicer, US
• Roger Harkess · Willmar, US
• Derek Gramstad · New London, US
• Jeremy Imdieke · Willmar, US
• Robert Johnson · Litchfield, US
• Dana Mathew Molenaar · Pennock, US
• Jacob Rooney · Belgrade, US
• Shaun Remmel · Willmar, US
• Christopher J. Stark · Willmar, US
• John Steckelberg · Sauk Centre, US
• Joseph Thiel · Litchfield, US
• Marc Zinda · Spicer, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2021
• Grant date: Jul 9, 2024
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A22C29/028
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A shrimp processing method and system, the system comprising a plurality of clamps, wherein each clamp is configured to hold a shrimp proximate a tail of the shrimp, a plurality of processing stations comprising at least one data collection station capable of collecting data regarding a shrimp held in a clamp and at least one functional station capable of changing the shrimp held in a clamp, a conveying system connecting the plurality of processing stations, the conveying system configured to move the plurality of clamps between the processing stations, and a controller operably connected to the conveying system and the processing stations, the controller configured to operate the conveying system and to selectively activate each processing station.