Patent · US Expired

Solid pack tuna canning machine

US4116600A · kind A · utility

10Cited by
10References
31Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 1, 1976
Grant dateSep 26, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 1, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B25/061
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fish-canning machine having two adjacent parallel rotary turrets each having a fish-receiving pocket in the periphery thereof. The turrets are positioned to align the pockets with each other to form a single combined pocket which is then filled with fish from a corresponding large size feed chute of increasing cross-sectional area. The fish in the pockets is severed between the turrets and the turrets are rotated by different amounts to move the filled pockets laterally out of alignment with each other. The fish in both filled pockets is formed into the shape of a can and ejected endwise from the pockets into two separate cans.

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