H.j. Heinz Company

Thomas A MacMurray

Anthony A Boiarski

Glen R Green

William T McComis

James R Proffitt

Skin is removed from an edible material by passing the edible material through a skin removal zone of an ablative removal apparatus. In the skin removal zone, skin is ablatively removed by the action of a continuous wave carbon dioxide laser beam which rapidly traverses the skin removal zone in a direction substantially transverse to the edible material movement. The edible material may be skinned regardless of whether it is fresh, frozen, thawed, or cooked. Skin vaporized by the laser light beam generates a gaseous plume which is removed from the skin removal zone by causing a current of air to traverse that zone.

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Sewickley, PA, United States of America

Thomas A MacMurray