| 摘要 |
A high pressure and velocity water drive pipe is provided having inlet and outlet ends. The outlet end of the drive pipe extends and is secured horizontally through one side of a generally cylindrical tank and terminates between 2 and 31/2 inches from the inner surface of the opposite side of the tank. The tank includes a lower gravity outlet having an effective cross-sectional area appreciably more than the effective cross-sectional area of the drive pipe outlet end and the drive pipe includes structure defining a venturi zone therein into which the outlet end of a seafood meat supply line opens. Seafood meat is educted from the meat supply line into the drive pipe and accelerated therein for discharging from the outlet end thereof under high speed and pressure conditions for impacting with the inner surface of the opposing tank wall under the level of water within the tank, whereby impacting of the meat with the tank side wall may effectively substantially completely separate the bellies from the clam bodies and subsequent turbulation of water within the tank before its discharge therefrom together with the seafood meat will be operative to effect final separation of the clam bellies from the clam meats.
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