Abstract: The invention pertains to an apparatus for gutting fish which serves for preventing flaws that reduce the quality e.g., colon and blood residues or damage to the walls of the abdominal cavity, and for attaining a highly aesthetic product. The invention proposes that the rectum is initially supported by inserting an element through the anus in order to separate the rectum within the region of the anus, and that the lateral and dorsal connections between the rectum and the abdominal walls are subsequently separated.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 12, 1998
Date of Patent:
November 9, 1999
Assignee:
Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Bader GmbH + Co. KG
Inventors:
Werner Grosseholz, Ulrich Gutte, Andreas Holzhuter, Conrad Torkler, Ralf Neumann