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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1993
Kenneth W Bullock, Seattle, WA (US);
Belvin L Graham, Seattle, WA (US);
Smith Berger Marine, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
The head of a fish is severed from the fish body in a two-stage operation, in the first stage the root of the fish head beneath the gill covers being cut partway through and in the second stage the severance of the fish head from the fish body being completed. The first stage cutting operation is effected by cooperating disk cutters converging toward the fish head at an acute angle, means for sensing the thickness of a fish, and means for adjusting the spacing of the disk cutters in accordance with the thickness of the fish sensed. The fish are transported unidirectionally, and the spacing of the cutting disks is adjusted while the cutters are being reciprocated in the same direction of the travel as the fish is transported, and the disk cutters are then reciprocated in the direction opposite the direction of transport of the fish to effect the first stage cutting operation.