Patent ID: 6533652
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A22C,B30B

Abstract:
A continuous roe separating apparatus comprising,a cylindrical rotary net having a meshed peripheral surface defining roe particle dropping holes sized to receive and pass roe particles therethrough and mounted such that its central axis is horizontal, said net being rotatable about its central axis, said meshed peripheral surface defined to receive and carry an ovary membrane with roe particles therewithin and having at least one open surface toward a squeezing roller assembly; a squeezing roller assembly mounted adjacent said cylindrical rotary net and comprising a plurality of rollers rotatable about roller axes substantially parallel to said rotary net central axis, and each rotatable in a rotary direction opposite to the rotation of said cylindrical rotary net, the first of said rollers spaced from the meshed peripheral surface to form a first gap therebetween, an adjacent second roller downstream from said first of said rollers spaced from the meshed peripheral surface to form a second gap therebetween, said second gap less than said first gap, and any additional roller downstream from said second roller being spaced from the meshed peripheral surface a gap distance less than the gap distance of the adjacent upstream roller, said plurality of rollers pressing the ovary membrane against the meshed peripheral surface to squeeze out the roe particles from the ovary membrane through the roe particle dropping holes in a direction into the interior of the cylindrical rotary net; and a roe particle scraper assembly positioned within the interior of the cylindrical rotary net adjacent the meshed peripheral surface and including a scraper for scraping off roe particles that are pressed and drooped through the roe particle dropping holes so as to fall within the interior of the cylindrical rotary net.