Patent ID: 6372275
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A23B,A23L

Abstract:
A method for drying cooked seafood, comprising the steps of:a) selecting seafood for drying; b) inserting seafood into a dryer; c) spreading seafood over conveyor surface; d) activating the dryer; e) blowing hot air into the dryer; f) conveying seafood through the dryer using a conveyor system; g) blowing hot air over the seafood; h) having seafood reach an apex of the conveyor system and dropping into screened chute; i) removing by vacuum some seafood to peeling device where shells are removed and stored for disposal; j) returning remainder of seafood a beginning part of said conveyor system; and, k) repeating above steps until all seafood has been removed from the dryer to the peeling device where the shells are removed for disposal.