公开(公告)号：US20120214389A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-23

申请号：US13504213

申请日：2010-10-27

申请人： Gleb Sekretta ,  Ben Gärvey ,  Timothy Andrew Burke ,  Bruce Allan Stover ,  Andrew Neville Cormack ,  Gerard Murray Prinsen ,  Angus McLarty ,  Jacob MacKinnon ,  Nathaniel Bruce Tynes ,  Louis-Philippe Frederick Manuge ,  Tracy Rose ,  David Rose ,  Lee Babin

发明人： Gleb Sekretta ,  Ben Gärvey ,  Timothy Andrew Burke ,  Bruce Allan Stover ,  Andrew Neville Cormack ,  Gerard Murray Prinsen ,  Angus McLarty ,  Jacob MacKinnon ,  Nathaniel Bruce Tynes ,  Louis-Philippe Frederick Manuge ,  Tracy Rose ,  David Rose ,  Lee Babin

IPC分类号： A22C29/04

CPC分类号： A22C29/046 ,  A22C29/043

摘要： Mollusc processing apparatus and related methods are disclosed. Molluscs are held in holders by one of their shells, illustratively the bottom shells, and are moved between a series of processing stations. At a shell cut station, an opening is cut into one or both of the shells of each mollusc. The next processing station includes a cutting blade to cut the adductor muscle and viscera of each mollusc away from its non-held shell, illustratively the top shell, and a shell detach mechanism to detach the non-held shell from the held shell. One or multiple air blasts are directed toward the viscera to loosen it from the held shell, and at a vacuum station the loosened viscera is pulled from the held shell. A second muscle cut station includes another cutting blade to cut the adductor muscle from the held shell.

摘要翻译： 公开了软体处理装置及相关方法。 软体动物通过其中一个壳体（例如底部的壳体）保持在支架中，并在一系列处理站之间移动。 在壳切割站处，将开口切割成每个软体动物的一个或两个壳。 下一个处理站包括切割刀片，以切割每个软体动物的内收肌和内脏，远离其非保持的外壳，例如是顶壳，以及壳体分离机构，用于将未固定的壳从保持的壳分离。 将一个或多个气泡引向内脏，将其从被保持的壳体松开，并且在真空站将松动的内脏从保持的壳体拉出。 第二个肌肉切割站包括另一个切割刀片，以从被保持的外壳切割内收肌。