19results about "Fish arranging" patented technology

The invention relates to an assembly (10) for beheading slaughtered fish (11), comprising a trough conveyor (12) for a transverse axial conveying of the slaughtered fish (11) abdomen-first in the transport direction T on a substantially horizontal transport plane E, a device (13) for securing and aligning the fish (11) in troughs (14) of the trough conveyor (12) before and during the beheading process, and a device (15) for completely separating the head (16) from the fish body (17). The trough conveyor (12) has a plurality of troughs (14), each of which is intended for receiving an individual fish (11), and each trough (14) comprises a head support (18) and a body support (19) at a distance to the head support (18). The trough conveyor (12) is associated with means (21), in the region of a gap (20) formed between each head support (18) and each body support (19), for positioning the fish (11) to be beheaded in the region of the root (22) of the pectoral fins (23), the device (13) for securing and aligning the fish (11) comprising at least one positioning element (24) which is designed and configured to be movable, perpendicularly to the transport plane E, downwards from above onto the fish (11) lying on its side in the region of the head (16) in order to secure the fish (11) in the trough (14) and upwards again and, in order to align the fish (11) in the trough (14), transversely to the transport direction T in such a way that the secured fish (11) can be pressed within the trough (14) in the direction of the tail against the means (21) for positioning the fish (11) to be beheaded in the region of the root (22) of the pectoral fins (23), the device (15) for separating the head (16) from the fish body (17) comprising a separating blade (25) which is situated, in the transport direction T, behind the means (21) for positioning the fish in the region of the gap (20) and is designed and configured to completely separate the head (16). The assembly is characterized in that at least parts of each positioning element (24) are designed and configured to carry out a rotational movement about a rotational axis D in addition to the up-and-down movement perpendicularly to the transport plane E and in addition to the transverse movement in the direction of the means (21) for positioning the fish, the rotational axis being oriented substantially perpendicularly to the transport plane E. The invention further relates to a corresponding method.

The utility model discloses a fish killing machine, and relates to the technical field of fish killing machines, the fish killing machine comprises a fish killing machine main body and a fish head adjusting device, the fish head adjusting device comprises a first rack, an adjusting table and a reciprocating driving structure; an adjusting cavity is formed in the adjusting table, a fish outlet is formed in the side, close to the fish killing machine body, of the adjusting table, one end of the fish outlet is communicated with the adjusting cavity, the other end of the fish outlet is matched with the fish killing machine body, the bottom face of the adjusting cavity is obliquely arranged, a fish pouring position is arranged at one end in the adjusting cavity, and a plurality of guide sliding grooves are formed in the other end of the adjusting cavity; the pair of sliding parts are arranged on the first rack in a matched mode, the adjusting table is arranged on the pair of sliding parts and is in sliding connection with the first rack through the pair of sliding parts, the driving part is arranged on the first rack and used for driving the adjusting table to reciprocate, and the problems that in the fish killing process of an existing fish killing machine, the position of a fish head cannot be automatically adjusted, manual adjustment is needed, and the fish killing efficiency is high are solved. And the fish killing efficiency is not high.

The invention relates to an apparatus (10) designed and configured to transport and separate and / or correct the positioning of products, comprising: a transport device (12) having a circulatingly driven conveying element (13), the conveying element (13) being designed and configured to transport at least one product stream formed by a plurality of products in a transport plane E in the transport direction T; at least one detection means (14) for detecting the products on the conveying element (13); at least one handling device (15) designed and configured to correct the positioning of the products on the conveying element (13) and / or to separate individual products in each case in the transport plane E, the handling device (15) being movable toward the conveying element from above perpendicularly to the transport plane E in order to establish an operative connection to the product and hold the product on the conveying element (13), which continues to run, and the handling device being linearly movable transversely to the transport direction T exclusively in the transport plane E of the conveying element (13) in order to correct the positioning of the product and / or in order to separate the products; and a control device (16) designed and configured to control the handling device (15) on the basis of the data from the detection means (14), the apparatus being characterized in that the control device (16) comprises a program component (17) programmed to generate a virtual image (100) of the conveying element (13) with the products lying thereon on the basis of the data from the detection means (14), namely at least the extent of each product on the conveying element (13) in the transport plane E and the coordinates of the products on the conveying element (13), and to determine from said virtual image, while the conveying element (13) is continuously driven, at least one movement path for the collision-free separation and / or correction of the positioning of the products. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.

Fish interior organ inspection assembly (100) for anesthetized fish, wherein the fish interior organ inspection assembly (100) comprises a fish line-up unit (200) and a fish interior organ inspection unit (300), wherein the fish interior organ inspection unit (300) is configured to be movable in both the horizontal and vertical plane in relation to the fish line-up unit (200) and in relation to a fish (10) received therein for inspection of the interior organs of the fish (10), wherein the fish line-up unit (200) being movably arranged in transversal direction of a support structure (400).

The present invention relates to a trough (10) configured and adapted to receive fish (11) that can be transported laterally with respect to the longitudinal length of the fish (11) in a substantially horizontal transport plane E in the transport direction T using a trough conveyor (38), wherein the trough (10) comprises at least one head support (13) and at least one main support (14), each main support (14) comprising a body (15) having a support surface (16) parallel to the transport plane E and a contact surface (17) oriented substantially perpendicular to the support surface (16), wherein the trough is characterized in that the contact surface (17) is formed by a partition (18) oriented at an angle β≠0 with respect to the longitudinal axis L of the trough (10), the partition (18) divides the support surface (16) of the main support (14) into two separate regions, namely a body support region (19) and a tail support region (20). The present invention further relates to a trough conveyor (38) having such a trough (10).

A system and method for moving an irregular stream of arbitrarily oriented fish into a single instance stream of fish, wherein the fish are delivered from a first conveyor to a second conveyor having a plurality of dividing structures. To form the single instance stream, the system includes a singulation sensor configured to identify a plurality of slots containing a plurality of fish and to reject fish from the identified plurality of slots.

The present invention relates to a handling system (10) for handling fish (11), including a support structure (12) along which the fish is moveable. The support structure (12) is configured to support the fish, as the fish is moving along the support structure (12). The handling system (10) includes an opening (14) configured to allow the fish (11) to pass through the opening (14) to be dropped from a first location on the support structure (12) to a second location, and at least one deflection device (18) which is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the deflection device (18) extends into the opening (14) to apply a force to the fish (11) to cause the fish (11) to rotate. In the second position, the deflection device (18) is moved away from the opening (14) to allow the fish (11) to pass through the opening (14) to the second location without being rotated. The present invention further relates to a fish processing system and a method of handling fish.

A fish supply system automatedly conveys fish with defined head / tail and prone / supine alignment to a fish processing apparatus. A speed conveyor transverse axially conveys fish with defined alignments to the apparatus. Feeding apparatuses are arranged above the speed conveyor, each having a cascade conveyor for transverse axially conveying fish, having receptacles separated from by controllable flaps. A clocking flap controls output to the speed conveyor from the last receptacle. A supply device includes a first central conveyor belt, flow scales determining fish regulated mass throughput onto the belt. A speed regulatable second central conveyor belt follows the first conveyor belt. Conveyor strands continuously connect the second belt with the feeding, wherein control flaps separate fish from the second conveyor belt to the conveyor strands. A control device connects with and technically controls the first and second conveyor belts, flow scales, the flaps, conveyor strands, speed conveyor and feeding apparatuses.

This document describes an apparatus (10) for orientation of dead or stunned fish (16) comprising a first conveyer belt (12) and a second conveyor belt (14) for transport of lying fish. Fish (16) is arranged to be transferred from the first conveyor belt (12) and the second conveyor belt (14) via a side-mounted and inclined sliding plate (18). An inclined pusher plate (20) is arranged with a distance over the first conveyor belt (12) so that a space (a) is formed therebetween. The pusher plate (20) is arranged to push fish (16) that is transported head first on the first conveyor belt (12), over to the sliding plate (18) head first and further out an outlet (28) head first and to the second conveyor belt (14). The pusher plate (20) is arranged to catch the tail (16a) of the fish being transported with the tail (16) first on the first conveyor belt (12), in the space (a) below the pusher plate (20), wherewith the fish (16) is turned and pushed over to the sliding plate (18) with the belly or head first and further out an outlet (28) head first and to the second conveyor belt (14).

The present invention relates to a singulation stage and an automatic fish feeding machine for use in fish processing plants, wherein the automatic fish feeding machine comprises a singulation machine, the singulation machine comprising the singulation stage, a feedback loop and a monitoring stage.

The invention relates to a trough (10) constructed and adapted to receive fish (11) that can be conveyed by means of a trough conveyor (38) in a substantially horizontal conveying plane E in a conveying direction T transverse to its longitudinal extension, where the trough (10) comprises at least one head support (13) and at least one torso support (14), where each torso support (14) comprises a body (15), the invention relates to a trough (10) for conveying a torso support (14) having a support surface (16) parallel to a conveying plane E and a contact surface (17) oriented substantially perpendicular to the support surface (16), characterized in that the contact surface (17) is formed by a divider (18) oriented at an angle [beta] not equal to 0 with respect to a longitudinal axis L of the trough (10), in which the divider (18) divides the support surface (16) of the torso support (14) into two separate areas, in particular, the support is divided into a torso support region (19) and a tail support region (20). The invention also relates to a trough conveyor (12) having such a trough (10).

The application discloses a fish directional conveying water tank, which comprises a tank body, a water pressure impact device, a water circulation device and a fish output device arranged in the tank body, wherein the water pressure impact device comprises a water outlet pipe and a water suction pipe fixed to the upper edge of the tank body, a water pump with an output end and an input end connected to the water outlet pipe and the water suction pipe respectively, a water jet pipe vertically connected to the pipe opening of the water outlet pipe, and a plurality of water jet holes opened in the side wall of the water jet pipe and parallelly spaced; the water circulation device comprises high and low partition plates fixed to the inside of the tank body and a circulating water pipe fixed to the outside of the tank body; and the fish output device comprises a belt conveyor obliquely arranged in the tank body and a plurality of fish conveying channels parallelly arranged on the surface of the belt conveyor. The application has the advantages and effects of simple structure, convenient operation and the effect of realizing directional conveying of a large number of fish.

The invention relates to a device (10) configured and adapted to convey and separate and / or correct the position of products, comprising: a conveying device (12) having a rotationally driven transfer element (13) configured and adapted to convey at least one product stream formed from a plurality of products in a conveying direction T in a conveying plane E; at least one detection mechanism (14) for detecting the plurality of products on the conveying element (13); at least one handling device (15) configured and adapted to correct the position of the plurality of products on the conveying element (13) and / or to separate individual products in the conveying plane E, the at least one handling device (15) configured and adapted to establish an operative connection with the plurality of products, the conveying element (13) has a conveying plane E and holds the plurality of products on the advancing conveying element (13) perpendicularly to the conveying plane E from above towards the conveying plane E in a movable manner, and corrects the position of the plurality of products and / or separates the plurality of products only in the conveying plane E of the conveying element (13) transversely to the conveying direction T in a linearly movable manner; and a control device (16) configured and adapted to control the at least one handling device (15) on the basis of data from the detection means (14), characterized in that the control device (16) comprises a program module (17) programmed to control the at least one handling device (15) on the basis of data from the detection means (14). Generating a virtual image (100) of the transport element (13) on which the plurality of products lie, at least in the extent of each product on the transport element (13) in the transport plane E and the coordinates of the plurality of products on the transport element (13), when the conveying device (13) is continuously driven, at least one movement path for collision-free separation and / or correction of the positions of the plurality of products is determined. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.

This disclosure relates to a method and system for processing and / or inspecting a food item. The method comprises a leading conveyor conveying the food item in a first direction, towards and onto a trailing conveyor. The leading conveyor and the trailing conveyor are separated by a gap. The method comprises the trailing conveyor conveying the food item in a second direction at least a component of which extends in the first direction. The trailing conveyor conveys the food item faster than the leading conveyor herewith stretching at least a part of the food item when the food item bridges the gap. The method also comprises capturing an image of and / or performing a processing step on the stretched at least part of the food item.

The invention relates to a device (10) comprising a transport conveyor (13), which has a plurality of transport troughs (12), and a positioning device (14), said positioning device (14) comprising a carousel conveyor (16) having a plurality of sliding cassettes (18) which are provided on a carousel carrier (17) and, by means of the carousel carrier (17), can be rotated so as to circulate about an axis of rotation D of the carousel conveyor (16) along an arc-shaped movement path and can be moved at least partly parallel to the axis of rotation D of the carousel conveyor (16) transversely to the transport direction T of the fish (11) along a linear functional path (19) of the transport conveyor (13), said functional path extending in the transport direction T, such that the sliding cassettes grip the fish (11) at a specified dimensionally stable part of the fish (11) by means of a form-fitting and / or frictional connection and align the fish (11) by means of a sliding movement in the direction of the tail until the specified location of the fish (11) engages with a fin catcher (20) associated with the transport trough (12) located in the region of the functional path (19). Each sliding cassette (18) comprises at least one main part (21) secured to the carousel carrier (17), a sliding element (22) which can be moved relative to the main part (21), an engagement means (23) which can be moved relative to the sliding element (22), at least one guide roller (24) associated with the sliding element (22), and means (25) for moving the sliding elements (22) in the longitudinal direction of the fish (11), tail (15) first, in the region of the functional path (19) from a starting position, in which the engagement means (23) are above the dimensionally stable part of the fish (11), into an aligned position, in which the specified location of the fish (11) rests against the fin catcher (20). The means (25) for moving the sliding elements (22) together with the engagement means (23) mounted thereon are characterized by having at least one control track (26) and a connecting link region (27) located at the end of the control track (26), the guide rollers (24) of the sliding elements (22) being guided in the control track (26) and the connecting link region (27) comprising, in an extension of the control track (26), at least one resiliently mounted guide rail (28) which is oriented, in a guiding position as the starting position, towards the transport conveyor (13) in the direction thereof. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.

The invention relates to a trough (10), configured and designed to receive fish (11) which are able to be transported transversely to their longitudinal extent in a substantially horizontal transport plane E in the transport direction T by means of a trough conveyor (38), wherein the trough (10) comprises at least in each case a head support (13) and a main support (14), wherein each main support (14) comprises a main body (15) with a support surface (16) parallel to the transport plane E and a contact surface (17) oriented substantially perpendicularly to the support surface (16), characterised in that the contact surface (17) is formed by a divider (18) oriented at an angle β≠ 0 to a longitudinal axis L of the trough (10), wherein the divider (18) divides the support surface (16) of the main support (14) into two separate regions, namely in particular into a body support region (19) and a tail support region (20). The invention also relates to a trough conveyor (12) having such troughs (10).

The utility model discloses a marine fish shaping mechanism, and belongs to the technical field of food processing.The marine fish shaping mechanism comprises a clamping jaw, a camera and a control system, the clamping jaw comprises a mounting part and a clamping part, the clamping part is rotationally connected with the mounting part, and the clamping part comprises a first driving part and a clamping assembly; the first driving piece is used for controlling the clamping assembly to clamp or release the marine fish; a second driving piece is further arranged on the mounting part and used for driving the clamping part to rotate relative to the mounting part; the camera is used for obtaining images of the marine fish on the conveying belt, the control system is connected with the camera, and the control system is connected with the first driving part and the second driving part and can obtain the current placement state of the marine fish according to the images of the marine fish on the conveying belt. The first driving part and the second driving part are controlled to work, so that the clamping jaw grabs the marine fish and adjusts the marine fish to a target state; the marine fish shaping device is simple in structure, small in size and capable of automatically finishing marine fish shaping, the production efficiency is improved, and the production cost is reduced.

A fish bleeding treatment method includes an insertion step of inserting a tubular instrument, which is a member in a tubular shape, into a circulatory system of a fish; and a gas press injection step of injecting gas for freshness preservation into the circulatory system of the fish through the tubular instrument inserted in the insertion step.

The invention relates to an apparatus (10) designed and configured at least for storing and transporting products of the food processing industry, in particular whole fish (11) or parts thereof, comprising a frame (12) and at least one trough-shaped receptacle (13) arranged on the frame (12), wherein each receptacle (13) is designed and configured for storing separated products and for cyclically forwarding the separated products in transport direction T to a downstream receptacle (13) or to a removal means (14) arranged downstream of the last receptacle (13) in transport direction T, wherein all of the receptacles (13) and the removal means (14) are arranged substantially vertically one over another, in such a way that the stored products are able to be transported cyclically from the top downwards. The invention further relates to a corresponding transport unit and a corresponding method at least for storing and transporting products of the food processing industry.