| 摘要 |
An apparatus is described for automatically butchering crabs. The machine includes a conveyor for transporting successive crabs in an inverted condition past a series of spaced work stations. At a first work station the carapace is removed as the conveyor moves the crab past a carapace removing means. Side brushes at a second and third station rotate to remove the gills while jets of water are sprayed against the exposed bottom side to remove the viscera. The conveyor moves the crabs continuously along the prescribed path during this operation. Finally, a guillotine apparatus is positioned along the prescribed path at a fourth work station to successively sever the legs from the crab bodies. The eviscerated, legless bodies then drop into a receiving bin. The conveyor is controlled so as to move at a relatively slow rate while the crab carcasses move through each successive work station. The speed is then increased as the crabs move from one station to another.
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