Patent · US Expired

Device for raising fish into uniform, upright belly-back position

US4570784A · kind A · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventor

Werner Wenzel · Lübeck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 1984
Grant date	Feb 18, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 26, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA22C25/12
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for raising fish into uniform belly-back position. To improve the effect of an uprighting station comprising a guiding chute for the fish lying on their side and a controlling edge arranged above the longitudinal center of the guiding chute to yield resiliently, it is suggested to form the controlling edge as a periphery of a rotatingly driven circular disk. The repulsing effect realized under the conveying operation effects a secure aligning of the fish even when their quality is influenced by distortions and deformations or damages in the head area, and also makes it possible to raise headless fish.

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