Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership

Tracy Rose

Ben Garvey

Gleb Sekretta

Timothy Andrew Burke

Lee Babin

Louis-Phillipe Frederick Manuge

Jacob MacKinnon

Mike McDonald

Elizabeth J M Dickson

William A Nauss

Fanel Vasile

Keith Lohnes

David Rose

Nathaniel Bruce Tynes

Angus McLarty

Gerard Murray Prinsen

Andrew Neville Cormack

Bruce Allan Stover

Angus Mclarty

Jacob Mackinnon

Mollusc processing apparatus and related methods are disclosed. The molluscs have a first shell, a second shell and an adductor muscle attached to the shells. Multiple holders hold a respective mollusc by the first shell of the mollusc. A conveyor is coupled to the holders to move the molluscs between processing stations. One processing station is a shell cut station to cut an opening into the shells of each respective mollusc. Another processing station is a muscle cut station to cut the adductor muscle from the second shell through the opening in the shells of each mollusc. A further processing station is a shell detach station to detach the second shell from the first shell of each respective mollusc.

Apparatus and methods for mollusc processing

Mollusc processing apparatus and related methods are disclosed. Molluscs are held in holders by one of their shells, illustratively the bottom shells, and are moved between a series of processing stations. At a shell cut station, an opening is cut into one or both of the shells of each mollusc. The next processing station includes a cutting blade to cut the adductor muscle and viscera of each mollusc away from its non-held shell, illustratively the top shell, and a shell detach mechanism to detach the non-held shell from the held shell. One or multiple air blasts are directed toward the viscera to loosen it from the held shell, and at a vacuum station the loosened viscera is pulled from the held shell. A second muscle cut station includes another cutting blade to cut the adductor muscle from the held shell.

Mollusc processing apparatus and related methods

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Middle Sackville, Canada

Tracy Rose