Note thus in FIG. As the belt 96 continues to move in the same direction the peeled meat will pass through this gap or opening and be delivered over the discharge end of the belt 96. A conveyor 42 which is driven by conveyor drive roller 43, and a second drive roller (not shown) can be used, for example, to convey crawfish tails 31 to drive rollers 37, 38. FIGURE 6 is a sectional view taken on an enlarged scale on the line 6-6 of FIGURE 5 and showing a detail of the elastic pressure means applied to the roller. In operation the crustaceans are placed upon the table 56 as indicated in FIGURE 5 with the tails toward the peeling nip. 1. Robert Tomsho Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal. Shrimp Factories are now the primary direct market for the shrimp fisherman. US4524490A - Crawfish peeler - Google Patents A hand-held tool for removing the meat from a crawfish tail having a handle adapted to the human hand containing a pair of spring biased opposed. A fluid nozzle 44 is shown as directed across the belt 22 at a point preferably substantially above the idler roller 23* and pointing in a lateral direction. 4. ccc113 5 yr. ago. PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362. For this purpose the communication between the nozzle 40 and a source 46 of pressurized air or other fluid is controlled by a conventional solenoid valve 48 which is energized and opened at appropriate intervals be means of a microswitch 50 with which is is connected in circuit as shown in FIG. Crawfish are completely compatible with the operation of a rice field, and as a result many rice farmers raise crawfish as a second crop. It has thus become customary, in manually shucking crawfish tails 5, to attempt to squeeze the meat 7 out of the crawfish tail 5 in a manner much akin to squeezing a tube of toothpaste from the bottom. Louisiana fishermen have been harvesting crawfish commercially since at least the late 1800s. FIGURE 7 is also an isometric view, like FIGURE 5, but showing the roller in a subsequent position. 2 to the shaft 26' of the corresponding sprocket wheel 16' of the tail conveyer T. Thus, by virute of the universal joint 28, the drive which is imparted to the head conveyer H by the motor 22, is transmitted to the tail conveyer T. Each of the grippers 12-12 of the head conveyer H is formed of a suitable rigid angle member. At this point, the by now probably famished diner is reduced to attempting to piecemeal dissemble a shell structure as impervious as that found in a lobster tail but approximately 1/10th the size. The empty shell sections are thereafter discharged from the cooperating grippers on both conveyers upon completion of their operative runs. That would be fool-hearted," Minvielle said. It is the object of this invention to provide a hand-held tool which permits anyone to easily remove all the meat from the tail of a crawfish. Demand for peeled crawfish began to grow as more restaurants and supermarkets needed . Manifestly, the empty head section and tail section will be simultaneously and automatically discharged upon movement of their respective gripper pairs around the sprockets l6 and 16' at the discharge station E. Obviously, by suitable adjustments in the size of parts, the invention may be adapted for use with crustaceans other than crawfish, such as lobsters. A crawfish without a curved tail should not be eaten. Recipe | Courtesy of Sam Carroll|Cody Carroll. The crawfish peeler is inserted into the tail, the tongs passing around the crawfish tail meat within the lower shell; and the crawfish tail meat within and, by means of their differential shape, breaking the individual ligamentary connection between the crawfish meat and the crawfish tail, straightening the shell and encompassing substantially all the crawfish tail meat in a single piece. FIGURE 5 is an isometric view of a further modified form of the machine showing the roller in an initial position. FIGURE 14 is a similar View showing the split roller in the open-nip position permitting the meat to pass the same. No way you get a pound of tails from 3 pounds of whole crawfish takes way more. A suitable pan or receptacle 36 is positioned below the rotary brush 32 to receive and collect the removed fat. In the late 1940s, rice farmers developed a method to farm crawfish. . Dishwasher Safe. FIG. MACHINE FOR FEELING CRAWFISH AND THE LIKE Filed 001:. i. Thus, as registering pairs of grippers [2-12 and 12'-l2 move around the sprockets l4 and 14 at the loading station or end A of the conveyer, with the grippers of both pairs relatively separated, a crawfish or other crustacean may be manually positioned with its head section between a pair of grippers 12-12 of the head conveyer H and its tail section between the corresponding grippers l2-l2' of the tail conveyer T. As the grippers with the crawfish positioned therebetween are carried into the rectilinear operative runs -10', the pairs of grippers l2-l2 and 12l2 will be brought into operative gripping engagement, respectively, with the head section and tail section of the crawfish shell. Field of the Invention. "That could change. No. The difficulty of eating the crawfish, the small amount of meat that is obtained for a considerable amount of physical labor when hand shucking crawfish, have all combined to restrict the widespread acceptance of crawfish as an alternative to shrimp as in a seafood. Like the shrimp, the crawfish has almost all of its edible meat in the tail section; and the head of the crawfish must be removed. Selection of Seafood. 2), is brought into lateral alignment with a laterally directed nozzle 40 through which a pressurized fluid such as air is directed through said opening and into the shell to expell or eject the meat therefrom in the path indicated by the arrow in FIG. La, assignors to The Peelers Company, Houma, La.. a partnership Filed Oct. 25, 1957, Ser. The machine of claim 1 in which the last-mentioned means comprises spaced openings in the support. In the Ingalls U.S. Pat. Crawfish tails 31 are preliminarily fed to cutting blade assemblies 16, 17 by a pair of feed rollers 37, 38, including an upper cylindrical feed roller 37 and lower feed roller 38 having a concave annular surface 39 thereon. No. A better understanding of the invention can be had when the detailed description of a preferred embodiment set forth below is considered in conjunction with the drawings, in which: FIG. Like the lobster, the crawfish when cooked turns a bright red. It is another object of this invention to provide an individual crawfish meat remover which permits the unskilled user to obtain the meat of the crawfish tail in an intact form. 6. The machine of claim 9 in which the gap is created by a roller having a cutaway portion. The lower free end of the lever 50 is disposed in the path of a finger 52 carried around by a disc 55 which is mounted upon the follower or lower roller shaft 33. The bottom tong 13, has like the top tong 11, a spring based section 23 fixedly attached into handle 9, by for example, rivets 14 or the like. The upper shaft 14 carries a blade assembly 16 in the form of a cylindrical spindle that supports four upper rotary blades 18-21 each preferably circular in configuration having peripheral serrated edges including outer blades 18, 21 of larger diameter and inner blades 19, 20 of smaller diameter. oysters, lobsters; Devices therefor, e.g. Many crustaceans are edible food products that are typically consumed by removing the hard exoskeleton so that the softer meat product can be consumed. or trash is left upon the meat. The difficulties of this technique are manifold. The other interrupted gear 36 has afhxed thereto a pinion 36 Two idler pinions 41 and 42 in mesh with one another are respectively in mesh with a drive pinion 39 and the pinion 36 of the interrupted gear 36. Download Table | Frequency of Responses and Expected Adoption Rate, Crawfish Peeling Machine from publication: Processor Willingness to Adopt a Crawfish Peeling Machine: An Application of . 3:1 is common rule of thumb for pounds bought relative to pounds of tail meat. A central dry roller 22 can be manufactured of rubber, for example, and would preferably be of slightly smaller diameter than the diameter of blades 19, 20. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. 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Many of these prior art devices uses pinch roller arrangements which squeeze or attempt to squeeze the crawfish from the shell. (Cl. Thereupon the motion of the belt 22 is reversed to the direction shown by the arrow in FIGURE 3. Gently squeeze the sides of the tail until you hear the shell crack. Of 5 attributes considered, deveining was the most. Commercial Garlic Peeling Machine, 30KG/H Electric Stainless Steel Whole Garlics Peeler, Automatic Powerful Garlic Separator, Fast and Labor-Saving Peeled, Skin Remover Roller, for Restaurant. In recent years, crawfish have become increasingly popular as human food due to their attractive flavor and nutritive value. As the separated sections move past the station B, any fat clinging to the inner end of the head section is removed by the rotary brush 32 for eventual reception in the fat pan or container 32. Processors most likely to adopt are determined using ordered probit analysis. 84 8% MEAT EJECUON CRAWFISH PEELER This invention relates to a machine for automatically removing the edible meat from the shells of crawfish and other crustaceans.. At this point, the transverse concave curved sections of upper tong 11 and lower tong 13 have caused the two tongs to fully envelop the body of the meat 7. As will be later described, these tong members have a differing shape, and the orientation of the two with respect to the crawfish is significant for the most appropriate use of the crawfish peeler. i i I. Adoption. "When you have larger volumes of smaller crawfish, it's not that the market isn't there, it's just that you can't process them and get them out there.". 2, it will be apparent that the operative runs and 10' of the respective conveyers move in a common preferably horizontal plane, in adjacent but relatively divergent paths so that cooperating pairs of grippers such as 12-12 and 12'-12' carried by the respective conveyers H and T will be gradually moved apart by the divergent movement of the operative runs of the conveyers. As earlier noted the withdrawal of the meat from the head section of the crawfish will normally leave a certain amount of fat adhering to and projecting from the head section. The upper tong member 11 and lower tong member 13 are affixedly attached into the handle by any of the standard means; and in the preferred embodiment by riveting using rivets 14 to provide a strong reinforced holding means. The present invention relates to peeling devices for use in removing the tail meat from a crustacean such as a crawfish wherein a lance penetrates the exoskeleton and fluid under pressure flows from a tool body through the lance into the crawfish exoskeleton interior, forcing the meat therefrom and wherein the lance has a conduit for . BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH, Processing shellfish or bivalves, e.g. Order) 4 YRS CN Supplier 4.9 (20) | "good service" Contact Supplier 1/6 Size classifier crayfish grading machine with stainless steel roller $1,000.00-$9,000.00/ Set 1.0 Sets (Min. It is the essence of the invention that the particular shape of the two spoon members comprises all the work of removing the crawfish meat and almost no skill is required on the part of the user. oysters, lobsters; Devices therefor, e.g. One example of a prior crawfish peeling machine is disclosed in U.S. Pat. The platform offers a . In order to promote a clear and rigid understanding of the invention, the preferred embodiment thereof is hereinafter described in detail with reference to the accomapnying drawings in which: FIG. Thirty crawfish processors' preferences for hypothetical crawfish peeling machines are evaluated using conjoint analysis. By reference to FIG. World record speed for eating crawfish. No. SPECIFICATION: Include: 2 x Shrimp Peeler Deveiner 2 x Seafood Scissors Material:---Shrimp Peeling Machine: Plastic ---Seafood Scissors: Food Grade Stainless Steel and PP HSandle Colour:---Shrimp peeling machine: Red ---Crab Leg Crackers and Tools: Red handle Size: As shown WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS: Shrimp peeler and seafood scissors are the . This Shrimp and Crawfish Roll makes great parade or boat food. 12. The meat however is slick and slimy and when removed from the shell it slides away from the convergent walls of the nip and when the following slot 24 of the belt arrives at or approaches the nip, the peeled meat 32 falls into the fiume 28, which may be inclined laterally if desired in order to convey the recovered meat out laterally of the machine to a suitable receptacle or destination. Acadia Crawfish has a full-capacity workforce of about 160-170 employees. Quick view *PURGED* Live Crawfish Party Packs . After such passage the lever50 will fall by gravity to the position of FIGURE 3. FREE delivery Wed, Nov 2 . Referring more particularly to FIGURES to 12 inelusive, one or more peeling rollers 20 and 20 are employed in connection with an endless conveyer belt 78 which moves continuously over rollers 79 and 80 journaled in the frame 81. 7. 4,385,422, issued to Ingalls et al., entitled "Crayfish Peeler," provides an apparatus for both de-heading and peeling crayfish comprising pairs of gripper assemblies for operative engagement with the head and tail sections of a crayfish supported for movement in synchronized relation through separate but tangentially related orbits wherein the pairs of grippers simultaneously move in a common direction through or past the point of tangency of their respective orbits wherein the tail holding gripper assemblies each comprise a lower crayfish pan constructed from flexible rubber or plastic having an arcuate cross-section greater than 180 and a top arm member pivotly mounted above the lower pan to hold the crayfish in the pan during the de-heading cycle, the pivoting of top arm member being actuated by a simplied cam assembly. "By April, as soon as the Bell River crawfish start coming in, prices go down, and once they get down around $1 per pound, we can't make money anymore," said Jimmy Cantrelle, who maintains several crawfish ponds in Raceland. U.S. Pat. In practice the tool permits the removal of intact crawfish tail meat at a considerably higher rate than hand shelling the crawfish. Rollers 37, 38 are rotatably mounted upon shafts 40, 41 respectively. 1. As the rollers descend in their revolving movement against the belt the springs 94 will be gradually compressed, as indicated by the positions of the pins 92 of the rollers 20 in FIGURE 10. When the roller rocks back to the position of FIGURE 5 the valve 73 is shifted to the position of FIGURE 8 closing the port to the pipe 70 and opening communication from the source 75 to the pipe 71 communicating with the jet nozzle 69. The entire shell structure 5 is a unitized construct. The machine of claim 6 in which the peeling membets are respectively a roller and a substantially flat support, with said discharge means being dual, one for the trash at one end portion of the support and one for the peeled meat at the other end portion of the support, with associated activating means connected to the roller and dual discharge means to activate the latter alternatively in relation to the positions of the roller. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein rotary shafts carry both the feed means and cutter means. Kids and grown-ups alike will love these Craw-dogs. About 100 work in the peeling operation. In operation, the peeling position is shown in FIGURE 15 in which the resilient pressure of the spring 110 aids the gravity weight of roller 20 in imposing requisite pressure at the peeling nip upon the crustaceans, the shells being pulled through the nip and the meat rejected in front thereof. The roller 20 may be rolled back and forth across the table 56 by means of a rocking yoke 57 composed of yoke arms 58 and a cross bar 59. . 12. The cutter includes preferably a pair of spaced apart rotary blades, each pair overlapping in a scissoring fashion so that longitudinal edge cuts can be made along the left and right sides of the crawfish tail and extending substantially the full length of the crawfish tail. Bottom tong 13 is provided with a slight transverse inner curve significantly less extensive than the inner curve of top midsection 17. Quick view *PURGED* Live Crawfish By the Pound $7.29 - $13.79. Over the past decade, the peeling segment of the Louisiana crawfish industry has faced the challenge of remaining competitive in an increasingly global market. This is easiest when you're grabbing the very middle of the tail (the thickest part). The grippers of the two conveyers . The crawfish peeler 1 is seen to have two opposing tong members an upper tong 11 and a lower tong 13. 3 is a rear view of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention; FIG. Abstract and Figures Crawfish processors ex ante adoption rates of three hypothetical crawfish peeling machines are assessed using a polychotomous-choice elicitation format. Owner name: As can be seen from the above description this is a very simple process requiring limited skill and experience; it becomes a very rapid, two step, insert and withdrawal method of removing the meat from the tail of a crawfish. claw locks, claw crushers, grading devices; Processing lines, Processing shrimps, lobsters or the like ; Methods or machines for the shelling of shellfish, Mechanically peeling and shelling shrimps, prawns or other soft-shelled crustaceans. Whether the machine is owned or leased is the least important attribute. No. Lens wee June 13, 1961 F. s. LAPEYRE ETAL 2,987,759, MACHINE FOR FEELING CRAWFISH AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 25, 1957 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 June 13, 1961 F. s. LAPEYRE ETAL 2,987,759.