Shrimp peeling apparatus roller hold down assembly

摘要

A shrimp peeling apparatus includes a support frame upon which are mounted a plurality of larger diameter rollers and a plurality of smaller diameter insert rollers. Each smaller diameter insert roller is supported by two adjacent larger diameter rollers and is held in contact to the adjacent larger diameter rollers with a hold down assembly. The assembly includes a tension member and an adjustment for varying the load transfer between a selected smaller diameter insert roller and the pair of larger diameter rollers.