US 12,458,034 B2
Shrimp processing apparatus and methods
Elliot D. Eid, Richmond, MN (US); Matthew R. Biel, Willmar, MN (US); Nathan A. Blum, Cosmos, MN (US); Jeff Deming, Spicer, MN (US); Roger Harkess, Willmar, MN (US); Jeremy Imdieke, Willmar, MN (US); Robert Johnson, Litchfield, MN (US); Dana Mathew Molenaar, Pennock, MN (US); Jacob Rooney, Belgrade, MN (US); Shaun Remmel, Willmar, MN (US); and Marc Zinda, Spicer, MN (US)
Assigned to Nova-Tech Engineering, LLC, Willmar, MN (US)
Filed by NOVA-TECH ENGINEERING, LLC, Willmar, MN (US)
Filed on May 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/651,798.
Application 18/651,798 is a continuation of application No. 17/795,574, granted, now 12,089,605, previously published as PCT/US2021/016779, filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Application 18/651,798 is a continuation of application No. 17/795,568, granted, now 12,029,222, previously published as PCT/US2021/016781, filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Application 18/651,798 is a continuation of application No. 17/795,587, granted, now 11,980,199, previously published as PCT/US2021/016786, filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/971,653, filed on Feb. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0276996 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A22C 29/00 (2006.01); A22C 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 29/026 (2013.01) [A22C 29/022 (2013.01); A22C 29/023 (2013.01); A22C 29/028 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mud vein severing apparatus comprising:
a vein severing module comprising a blade comprising a sharpened working edge and a blade actuator configured to move the blade between a stored position and a severed position; and
a controller operably connected to the blade actuator, wherein the controller is configured to activate the blade actuator to move the blade from the stored position to the severed position when a shrimp is in a selected severing location, wherein the blade actuator moves the blade along a severing path generally transverse to a length of a shrimp in the selected severing location.