Patent ID: 8956205
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. Method for removing blood, released during filleting, from the backbone of a fish and the indentations of the backbone of the fish in the region of the vertebrae of the fish, wherein the fish has a torso which is separated from the head, including the collarbone, and at least essentially freed of guts, the method comprising the steps of: feeding the fish head-first in a conveying direction with the belly of the fish facing downwards, guiding the fish freed of ray bones and rib bones through a cutting gap, cutting the backbone of the fish over the entire length of the fish on the belly side of the fish down to the dorsal fin roots of the fish thereby leaving a backbone stump, covering fillet meat of the fish by covering surfaces converging at the cutting gap, wherein at least two covering surfaces form the cutting gap, and spraying pressurised cleaning fluid on the backbone guided through the cutting gap between the covering surfaces while the backbone is cut clear, such that the removal of blood is performed at the same time and place as the cutting of the backbone.