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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Calvert B Tolley, Wingate, MD (US);
Andrew T Tolley, Wingate, MD (US);
Assignee:
Sea Savory, Inc., Cambridge, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
17 71 ; 17 48 ;
Abstract
A machine for producing crab bodies ready for meat removal comprises means for transporting cooked hard crabs to a first station at which the carapace is centrally cut and the claws, walking legs and swimming legs are removed, then to a station at which the parts of the carapace are loosened and then removed laterally of the crab body as trash, and then to a final processing station at which the crab body is held and cleaned by water jets and specially formed brushes.