Patent ID: 6688962
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
Method for processing fish by aligning a dead fish (1, 2) whose head (13) is to be separated from its torso at a predetermined place (38) of the fish with a blade, a cutting edge of which runs traversely to an orientation of the fish in a cutting plane (39) relative to which the fish (1, 2) is aligned, the fish (1, 2) being engaged in form-locking relationship at a dimensionally stable part of the fish by a movable positioning device (4), displaced in a direction towards the cutting plane (39) until the predetermined place (38) concurs with the cutting plane (39), and decapitated in such position, characterised in that the positioning device (4) holds the fish (1, 2) fast in said form-locking and additionally frictional relationship along a functional distance (35) during which a) the positioning device (4) is lowered onto the fish (1, 2), b) the fish (1, 2) with its predetermined place (38) is displaced in a direction towards the cutting plane (39), and c) a cut is made for separating the head (13) and the positioning device (4) is lifted off the fish (1, 2) again, the displacement position of the fish being maintained throughout the cutting procedure.