Patent ID: 8777701

Claim:
A shrimp peeling machine operable in stationary land based production facilities and in mobile maritime production facilities including fishing boats such as shrimp trawlers comprises: a closed chain having a number of joints which contain a plurality of cylindrical rollers, a longitudinal axis of each cylindrical roller being displaced 90 degrees in relation to a shrimp peeling process direction, at least one cylindrical roller being turned by activation of a toothed wheel engaged therewith, the closed chain being operated by at least one toothed wheel engaged therewith, which is driven by a motor unit, at least one roller having a metallic surface and at least one other roller having a polymeric surface, wherein the chain joints contain friction bearings forming seats which receive ends of at least one cylindrical roller, position regulation guides engaged with the friction bearings for adjusting a position of the at least one cylindrical roller.