Patent ID: 7044846

Claim:
Apparatus for trimming of fish fillets comprising two complimentary trimming lines for trimming of undesired tissues from, respectively, the right-hand and left-hand fillets of a filleted fish, each of said trimming lines comprising: a. a first conveyor ( 20 ), b. a camera ( 28 ) mounted above conveyor ( 20 ) having image analysis software capable of identifying and mapping the coordinates of undesired tissues from a fish fillet and communicating said coordinates to a control unit ( 32 ) connected to a camera ( 28 ), said undesired, tissues being located along the dorsal edge, the ventral edge, the tail, the dorsal (meat side) surface and the ventral (meat side) surface of the fillet, c. a second conveyor ( 22 ) located immediately downstream of said first conveyor ( 29 ), and d. a plurality of cutting mechanisms sequentially located downstream from said camera ( 28 ), said cutting mechanisms being in connection with, and controlled by, a control unit ( 32 ), such that the cutting mechanisms follow the coordinates as recorded by said camera ( 28 ) and remove the undesired tissues.