Automated washing system for shelled seafood
CA 2201803 C · Owner: Macdonald, Wendell · Inventors: Macdonald, Wendell
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A washing system for shelled seafood items comprises a frame having mounted thereon a conveyor belt apparatus adapted to transport the seafood, a nozzle apparatus for directing a high-pressure water spray towards a belt of the conveyor belt apparatus, and a spray shield for shielding from the water spray a portion of the belt on which a selected part of each seafood item is to be placed. The washing system is suitable for shelled seafood having a fragile portion that would otherwise be destroyed by the high-pressure spray such as, crab sections. When the crab sections are placed on the conveyor belt with their selected fragile portion under the spray shield, the fragile portion is protected …
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- Filed April 4, 1997 and granted July 28, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 4, 2017.
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