| 摘要 |
A mollusk shucker suitable for use in shucking bivalve mollusks such as scallops, comprises a conveyor which is continuously driven through a loading station, a shell opening station, a first half-shell removal station, an eviscerating station, an edible muscle removal station and a second half-shell discharge station. A plurality of carriers are mounted on the conveyor and are adapted to support mollusks for movement through the shucker. A shell opening mechanism is located in the shell opening station. The shell opening mechanism includes a heater for heating the shell and suction nozzles for engaging the half-shells and moving them apart. The carriers are adapted to clamp the second half-shell after the shell has been opened. The first half-shell is separated from the second half-shell and thereafter the eviscerating mechanism is introduced to the second half-shell to eviscerate the mollusk leaving the edible muscle attached to the second half-shell. The edible muscle is then removed by means of a heater which is applied to the outer face of the second half-shell to relax the bond between the second half-shell and the edible muscle and thereafter a suction conduit is introduced to the second first half-shell to extract the edible muscle portion.
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