摘要 |
A machine for filleting flat fish. The machine includes two pairs of filleting knives that remove the majority of the fillets from the bones of the fish. The partially filleted flat fish then passes through a second set of knives that cooperate in order to cut the fillets away from the backbone of the flat fish. The flat fish is positively pushed and/or pulled through both sets of knives by a series of drive belts and drive gears that engage and push or pull the flat fish through the filleting machine. At least one of the second set of blades moves in and out with respect to the backbone of the flat fish in response to the thickness of the backbone. The resulting flat fish fillets are fed onto a conveyor that may transport the fillets to additional processing equipment. |