摘要 |
A shrimp deheading apparatus consisting of an arcuate rockable inclined trough having upstanding pins and a rocker bar carrying depending prongs which extend between the upstanding pins. The bar rocks coaxially with the trough and both are rocked simultaneously in opposite directions by a common motor. Water jets are applied to the interior of the trough. The spacing between the upstanding pins and the depending prongs is such that shrimp delivered into the trough are engaged simultaneously by the pins and prongs and are thereby bent in a manner to break the heads of the shrimp away from their edible body portions. The lower end of the trough is open to allow the deheaded shrimp to be washed into a receiving container.
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