Crab meat expressing machine and method
US4004321A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C29/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Halves of cleaned crabs, claws off and fins on, are placed onto the upper run of a conveyor belt with the fins facing in the direction of travel. A cooperating belt disposed above the conveyor belt has a lower run converging towards the upper run of the conveyor belt to form a squeeze pass therebetween, which squeezes the meat from the shell onto the belt in the rearward direction of belt travel. Rollers spaced beyond the ends of the belt run grab the fins in their nip and pull the then empty shell away from the belt run and the expressed crab meat drops off the end of the conveyor belt run into a container.
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