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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1991
Filed:
May. 16, 1990
Toshikatsu Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Isamu Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takeya Yoshioka, Fukuoka, JP;
Chuji Sarukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing a fibrous fish or shellfish neriseihin product comprised mainly of a bundle of fibrous filaments, each of which includes protein or the like being linearly aligned and a thin surface layer covering over the bundle of the filaments. The apparatus includes a twin screw extruder including two screws rotated in the same direction for kneading, pressurizing and thermally fusing a fish and shellfish material as it is forcibly fed by the screws and for extruding the thermally fused material from an outlet of the extruder. The apparatus further includes a plurality of branch tubes having inlets respectively connected to the outlet of the extruder for tentatively collecting and retaining the thermally fused material for a moment, feed pumps having inlets respectively connected to the outlet of each of the branch tubes for feeding at a constant rate the material from the extruder and a cooling zone having inlets respectively connected to the outlet of each of the feed pumps for gradually cooling the material continuously fed from each of the feed pumps.