US 12,256,748 B2
Fish processing systems and methods
Erik Murphy, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US)
Assigned to Ryco Equipment, Inc., Mountlake Terrace, WA (US)
Filed by Ryco Equipment, Inc., Mountlake Terrace, WA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/511,601.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/384,209, filed on Nov. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0164392 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. A22C 25/08 (2006.01); A22C 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 25/142 (2013.01) [A22C 25/08 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fish processing system, comprising:
a structural frame;
a first conveyor device coupled to the structural frame configured to convey a fish received on the first conveyor device along a transport path including a measurement location and a cutting location;
a measurement sensor coupled to the structural frame configured to measure a distance across a head of the fish conveyed by the first conveyor device at the measurement location;
a blade movably coupled to the structural frame configured to move across the transport path of the fish conveyed by the first conveyor device at the cutting location; and
a drive mechanism coupled to the structural frame and mechanically coupled to the blade, the drive mechanism in communication with the measurement sensor and configured to move the blade between a standby position and a cutting position in irregular intervals in accordance with the measured distance across the head of the fish to sever a portion from the fish conveyed across the cutting location based on the measured distance.