DEVICE FOR ALIGNING FISH WITH REGARD TO THE POSITION OF THEIR PLANE OF SYMMETRY

摘要

A device for aligning fish to be handled in fishprocessing machines is shown. The object of the invention is to lead fish, especially those with approximately circular cross-section to the processing tools so exactly that the processing can be carried out most economically, i.e. with a high yield without any danger of undersirable parts, e.g. the skeleton, remaining in the product to be used. The device according to the invention handles fish whose abdominal cavity is opened. The device comprises, in a known manner, a saddlelike guide element which supports the fish in its abdominal cavity, conveying means which engage the flanks of the fish being arranged on both sides of the guide element. A support surface which is formed with a concave cross-section carries knives extending into the fish path and lying flush with the support edges. These knives serve to provide slots at the end of the abdominal cavity to reach into the tail part so that an aligned guiding in particular of this part of the fish becomes possible.