Patent ID: 7735303
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for canning premium solid pack tuna fish comprising: first and second turrets adjacent each other and rotating around a common axis, wherein each turret has a plurality of aligned fish receiving pockets for receiving slugs of solid pack tuna fish, a pivotal divider knife for severing said slugs along a plane normal to said axis of rotation and between said first and second turrets whereby each slug is freshly cut into first and second cakes, each cake having a freshly cut surface and each cake adapted to be transferred into a can, first and second cans positioned on opposite sides of said plane, and first and second knock-out plungers for ejecting said first and second cakes into said first and second cans, wherein said first and second knock-out plungers are positioned on opposite sides of said plane between said first and second turrets and wherein each of said knock-out plungers moves in an opposite direction with respect to each other, but wherein each of said plungers moves perpendicularly to said plane and contacts said freshly cut surface of each cake to eject each cake into a can, whereby each cake ejected into a can has said freshly cut surface at the top of said can.