Patent ID: 6572466
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
A method for the skinning of fish of a species selected from a group consisting of tuna, bonito, swordfish and shark which is used by the canning industry and having as its aim the achievement of mechanised skinning to a highly automated level, in the removal of skin from said fish, comprising the ordered steps of:freezing the fish; securing the frozen fish by its head and its tail and a longitudinal axis extending through said head and tail is placed in a vertical orientation, laterally to the fish, situating at least one knife to press on the surface of the fish at a certain angle of inclination and with certain elastic tension, rotating said fish about said longitudinal axis, moving said knife in the direction of the longitudinal axis in such a way that the combination of the two aforementioned movements the linear movement of the knife and the rotation of the fish, generate a spiral action of the knife on the periphery of the fish affecting the entire surface thereof, and when the skinning itself has been completed, stopping he movement of the fish, separating the knife from the fish and detaching the fish from its fastenings.