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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernest M. Reimer, St. John's, CA;
Paul Hearn, St. John's, CA;
Assignee:
Canpolar East Inc., St. John's, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 2/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 2/904 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning the shells of crabs and other crustacean and shellfish for removal of barnacles and other encrusted debris. A conveyor carries the shells through a cleaning station. The cleaning station features a rotating flail, having chains or other like flexible members for impacting against the shells with hard, smooth members for selectively shattering the barnacle shells while permitting the relatively softer crustacean shells to remain intact.