Fish processing apparatus for extracting fish roe
CA 2451948 A1 · Owner: Therien, Luc M. · Inventors: Therien, Luc M.
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A fish processing apparatus for extracting fish roe. A pair of conveyor belts having pockets travel along a frame having infeed and outfeed locations. Fish are placed belly-up in the pockets at the infeed location and travel over a cutting instrument that severs the backbone after which, both the belts and, the two pieces of backbone (and the fish) are forced apart by a v-shaped separator. As the fish are torn into two pieces the pieces are held in the, pockets by way of a pair of parallel bars positioned above the belts. As the belts are forced to diverge by the separator the bars act to squeeze the roe, towards a central gap in the v-shaped separator and frame where it drops down a chute …
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- Filed December 3, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 3, 2023.
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