PRE-RIGOR AND FRESH FISH PIN BONE REMOVAL APPARATUS

• Main Authors: PETERSEN, Poul, BJERREGAARD, Chris, CHRISTENSEN, Thorkild Ellekrog
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.06.2019
• Subjects: BUTCHERING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH

Pre-rigor and fresh fish pin bone removal apparatus (8), for removing pin bones in fish flesh, where the pre-rigor and fresh fish pin bone removal apparatus (8) comprises at least a conveyor (5), a temperature manipulation unit (11) and a pin bone removal unit (12), where the temperature manipulation unit (11) is followed by the pin bone removal unit (12) and where the temperature manipulation unit (11) is configured to conduct a controlled heating of fish flesh where the temperature manipulation unit (11) is further configured to conduct a controlled heating of at least one selective area of the fish flesh and where the controlled temperature manipulation unit (11) comprises either a microwave unit (13) or an infrared unit (39) or a laser unit (14) or a steam injection unit (40) or a hot water inject unit (41), the advantage of which is adding individuality and targeted temperature manipulation to the process to bring the processing window from present up to 3 days maturing down to no maturing needed.