Patent ID: 9532582
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A22C

Claim:
1. Apparatus, designed and adapted for machine processing of decapitated and at least substantially gutted fish, transported tail-first in transport direction T on a transport path, comprising a conveying means which conveys the fish along the transport path and a cutting device for removing the flesh from the flank bones of the bone structure of a fish after cutting free the ventral and dorsal spokes, wherein the cutting device comprises a pair of circular knives which can be driven so as to rotate about a point of rotation D and which are arranged on opposite sides of the transport path and are designed to be adjustable relative to the position of the fish and thus to the bone structure, characterised in that each circular knife is allocated a means that is designed and adapted to hold down at least some of the flank bones during the removal process of the flesh from the bone structure.