Fish mincer pump

摘要

A fish mincer pump which includes a conventional chopper plate and cutter knife associated with the inlet of a centrifugal pump and a novel and unique mincer plate and a cutter knife or cutter knives associated with the mincer plate in the inlet of the pump and in inwardly spaced relation from the chopper or shear plate and cutter knife in order to chop fish parts such as fish heads and internal components that are to be discharged into the ocean into a 1/2 inch maximum solid size in order to comply with regulations which require that fish waste to be discharged into the ocean must not include components exceeding a maximum dimension of 1/2 inch. The mincer plate has a plurality of openings extending therethrough and oriented substantially throughout the entire area of the plate with each of the holes being not greater than 1/2 inch in diameter with the cutting knives associated with the mincer plate being on both sides of the mincer plate and having sharpened edge components in the form of bevelled edges to provide a cutting edge which moves along the surfaces of the mincer plate to assure that all fish waste passing through the mincer plate will not exceed 1/2 inch in maximum dimension.