Holder for various items, including, for example, a combined catfish holder & killer
US5376043A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C25/06
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A holder usable to hold various food items, such as ham, chicken, etc., but particularly efficacious as a combined catfish killer and holder for skinning. The device includes a longitudinally extended, base platform (1); an upwardly extended, fish positioning, holding plate (2) at one end of the platform having a "V" shaped opening into which the fish's head is positioned; a killing spike (4) carried by a sleeve (5), which is carried by a laterally extending, "floating" top bar (6) slidingly mounted on the exterior sides of the diverging "V" legs (21); a laterally extended, stop railing (7) provided at the other end of the platform extending below its bottom (11); and a lateral trough (8) across the top (12) of the platform. In use, the head (H) end of the catfish (C) is positioned in the "V" shaped opening, while applying backward pressure on the fish, causing the fish's pectoral fins (F) to rest back against the distal sides of the "V", properly aligning the fish so that, when the top plate (2) is placed down on the "V", the fish's brain is in "perfect" alignment with the spike. The spike is hit with a mallet, and the fish is instantly killed, while the fish is held in triangulat…
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