Patent ID: 6139415
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
A shrimp peeling apparatus comprising:a) a support frame;b) a first plurality of rollers supported by the frame, wherein the central longitudinal axis of each said roller of said first plurality lies in a common inclined plane;c) a second plurality of insert rollers supported by the first plurality of rollers;d) wherein the diameter of each of the first plurality of rollers is much greater than the diameter of each of the second plurality of insert rollers;e) a drive mechanism for rotating the first plurality of rollers in alternating rotational directions; andf) wherein the drive mechanism includes a cylindrically-shaped metallic shaft of each roller of said first plurality of rollers with a cylindrically shaped, smooth, gearless outer surface and a drive member that engages said shaft at said smooth surface.