| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus of extracting the "belly" of a marine mullusk such as a clam from the remainder of the clam meat after the clam has been shucked and including the utilization and provision of an impact surface upon which the whole clam meat including the "belly" is directed at high speed for impact along a path disposed substantially normal to the impact surface. A first form of impact surface utilized in the instant invention comprises an imperforate rigid surface and a second form of impact surface utilized in the instant invention comprises an expanded metal panel. The whole clam bodies directed upon the impact surface are conveyed thereto in a high speed fluid jet defined either by a high speed column of liquid such as water or a high speed column of gas such as air and the high speed impact of the whole clam meat results in the "belly" of the clam being partially broken up and separated from the remainder of the clam body.
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