Device for the mechanical processing of fish and introducing the same into cans

US4546520A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Werner Wenzel · Lübeck, DE
• Reinhard Ollik · Lübeck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 9, 1984
• Grant date: Oct 15, 1985
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A22C25/00
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a device for processing fish and introducing the same into cans. It is characterized in that the fish are placed in alternating alignment in threes or fours in troughs of a conveyor which comprises one middle trough element flanked by two outer ones and whose support surface comprises a base plate raisable and lowerable by the force of a spring. The fish brought onto the base plate are guided to a cutting device which cuts out the rump pieces of the fish and which is adjustable with regard to the desired fish length. Subsequently they are gutted by the use of low pressure. The transfer of the fish into the cans held ready in time with the troughs occurs in the lower run of the conveyor, maintaining the packing pattern predetermined by the introduction into cans by lifting the base plate. In that process the can supply is monitored such that each can is only confronted with a full trough.