Patent ID: 6102790
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing a crustacean having a head, a shell, a fin, tail meat and an intestinal tract comprising:(a) at least one crustacean receiving device located on a first rotating member;(b) at least one crustacean clamping device located on a second rotating member;(c) a fluid nozzle in communication with a fluid source, said fluid nozzle directing fluid onto and straightening the crustacean shell:(d) a hollow shell piercing tubular projection located in the clamping device and having an end suitable for piercing the shell; and(e) a fluid reservoir in fluid communication with the hollow shell piercing tubular projection wherein the clamping device causes the hollow shell piercing tubular projection to puncture the shell of the crustacean and provides a blast of fluid from the fluid reservoir into the hollow shell piercing tubular projection to remove tail meat from the shell and intestinal track.