Patent ID: 8986077
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A fish processing system, comprising: a blade to incise a belly of a fish when the fish is transported from an upstream location across the blade; and a gutting device positioned downstream of the blade to receive the fish with the belly cut open, the gutting device including an extractor positioned to enter a head end of the fish below a backbone and above a gullet of the fish to assist in severing the gullet from a collar of the fish, the extractor including a leading tip, sharp edges located at opposing sides of the extractor near the leading tip and being positioned to assist in severing the gullet from the fish, and at least one cutting member projecting downwardly aft of the leading tip in a central region between the sharp edges to cut select membranes of the fish when the fish moves past the extractor during a gutting operation.