| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4564978 |
Crab body supporting means for a vibratory type machine for removing edible meat |
January 21, 1986 |
| In a machine for removing meat from a crab body by vibrating a core box having openings over each of which a crab body is supported, the invention provides a supplemental support substantially bisecting each opening to permit half bodies to be supported. |
| 4535507 |
Method and apparatus for removing lump meat from a Chesapeake Bay blue crab |
August 20, 1985 |
| The backfin lump of meat is removed from the prepared body of a cooked Chesapeake Bay blue crab by cutting the body along planes which are, respectively, outside the collar bones which internally bound the lump meat cavities and converge to the center line of the back thereby providi |
| 4494277 |
Crab holder for processing machine |
January 22, 1985 |
| A two-part crab holder is provided with specifically contoured surfaces for supporting a crab through various processing means. |
| 4479284 |
Crab processing machine |
October 30, 1984 |
| A machine for producing crab bodies ready for meat removal comprises means for transporting cooked hard crabs to a first station at which the carapace is centrally cut and the claws, walking legs and swimming legs are removed, then to a station at which the parts of the carapace are |
| 4380094 |
Crab processing machine |
April 19, 1983 |
| A machine for transporting cooked hard crabs to a plurality of successive stations at which the carapace pincers, walking legs, swimming legs and viscera are removed, and the remaining body is scrubbed and washed. An important feature is the provision of novel means for supporting each |
| 4321730 |
Core box supporting means for vibratory type crab processing machine |
March 30, 1982 |
| This disclosure is of a machine for removing edible crab meat from the prepared core bodies of hard crabs by subjecting the core bodies to rapid vertical vibratory movement. An improved support means for the core body and the core body holder is provided. |
| 4286356 |
Machine for removing meat from prepared crab bodies |
September 1, 1981 |
| The disclosure is of a machine for removing the meat from the prepared body of a crab, lobster or other crustacean by means of a jet of compressed air. |
| 4124920 |
Method for separating edible crab meat from non-edible portions of cooked crabs |
November 14, 1978 |
| Apparatus and method for vibrating edible crab meat from the core portion of a crab body that has been de-shelled, de-legged and de-fingered and the central core portion of which has been cleaned. The crab body is supported in a core box with the body cavity directed downwardly opposite |
| 4003103 |
Apparatus for separating edible crab meat from non-edible portions of cooked crabs |
January 18, 1977 |
| Apparatus for vibrating edible crab meat from the core portion of a crab body that has been de-shelled, de-legged and de-fingered and the central core portion of which has been cleaned. The crab body is supported in a core box with the body cavity directed downwardly opposite a discharge |
