James Charles Dawson

US Patent:

58139044, Sep 29, 1998

Filed:

Apr 4, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/627420

Inventors:

Konstantinos Aslanis - Milton MA
Thomas Joseph Parenteau - Brockton MA
James Robert Dawson - Peabody MA

Assignee:

Aslanis Seafoods, Inc. - Quincy MA

International Classification:

A22B 516

US Classification:

452133

Abstract:

Disclosed is an improved method and apparatus for removing tough, inedible skin and underlying fat from a frozen fish such as tuna, marlin, shark, and swordfish. The apparatus includes a high speed, contoured rotary cutter disposed in a housing with a tailored aperture through which is exposed a limited sector portion of the cutter. The apparatus is manually applied to the frozen fish and traversed across the fish in a series of passes to effectively and efficiently denude the fish of substantially all of the skin and fat. A depth of cut guide precludes burrowing of the cutter into the comestible flesh thereby maintaining high yield.