US 12,290,077 B2
Shellfish meat extraction device
Eric Carlson, Scarborough, ME (US)
Filed by Eric Carlson, Scarborough, ME (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/130,289.
Prior Publication US 2024/0324614 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A22C 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 29/024 (2013.01) [A22C 29/025 (2013.01); A22C 29/026 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shellfish meat extraction device that is configured to extract meat from a shellfish part, the shellfish meat extraction device comprising:
one or more blow tubes and one or more first conduits, each of the one or more blow tubes connected to one of the one or more first conduits, the one or more first conduits connected to a blowing device;
one or more second conduits, each of the one or more second conduits connecting one of the one or more blow tubes to the blowing device and to a vacuum device, and wherein the second conduit is configured to provide either a vacuum effect or a pressurized effect on the interior of the blow tube;
a liner that fits inside the blow tube, the liner configured to retract outwards towards inner sides of the blow tubes when the second conduit provides a vacuum force from the vacuum device, the liner configured to press inwards towards a middle of the blow tube when pressure is applied through the second conduit to create a blow chamber inside the blow tube;
the blowing device adapted to deliver a burst of pressure to the blow tube, and wherein the burst of pressure forces meat out of the shellfish part.