Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to maintaining horizontal alignment of peeling and cleaning rolls in a shrimp peeler and cleaner by restricting rotary movement of the posts without inhibiting up and down movement of adjacent posts at the base of which are journalled the peeling rolls. This is accomplished by molding flat walled projections at the base of the posts over which are received a locking member having a plurality of openings therethrough the walls of which are complemental to the flat walls of the projections in one direction and which are slightly greater in the other direction to permit relative vertical movement between adjacent posts.
Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to a shrimp feeding and cooking apparatus in which the feed tank has a frame assembly pivotally mounted at an upper discharge end and which frame is positioned to support at an inclination an endless conveyor, a feed paddle over the conveyor and a cooker over the conveyor upstream of the feed paddle. The frame assembly and the elements carried thereby are swingable about the pivot to remove everything clear of the feed tank.
Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to holddown devices for insert rolls on shrimp peeling machines and embodies an upright member subject to being spring-loaded at its base and carrying a cross-beam member proximate its top which is retained in the loose fit by a plastic filler material which will permit the cross-beam to rock relative to the upright member. Each end of the cross-beam member is hooked downwardly to pass through and restrain insert roll holddown straps.