Laitram, LLC

Joseph F Scamardo, Jr

James M Lapeyre, Iii

Ronald H Burch

Mark E Sutton

John P Farrell

Brent A Ledet

Scott J Sirgo

Ben Rosow

A shrimp peeling apparatus includes a support frame upon which are mounted a plurality of larger diameter rollers and a plurality of smaller diameter insert rollers. Each smaller diameter insert roller is supported by two adjacent larger diameter rollers and is held in contact to the adjacent larger diameter rollers with a hold down assembly. The assembly includes a tension member and an adjustment for varying the load transfer between a selected smaller diameter insert roller and the pair of larger diameter rollers.

Shrimp peeling apparatus roller hold down assembly

A processing apparatus for use in the processing of transverse fish body sections includes a support frame and a video camera for providing a video image of a transverse fish body section to be processed when aimed at the fish body section along a preselected line of sight. A fish section support is provided for supporting the transverse fish section substantially over its area. The support can be invisible on the video photo image and preferably includes a plurality of spaced apart beams which are of a small dimensional width so that they do not appear on the video photo image that contains the fish body sections. A fluid jetting knife is movable with respect to the transverse fish body section for cutting the section with a pressurized fluid stream and positioned to traverse both the fish section and the support means during the cutting operation.

Support apparatus for use in video imaging and processing of transverse

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Metairie, LA, United States of America

Joseph F Scamardo, Jr