Abstract: A shrimp processor removes the undesirable sand vein from a desirable shrimp meat portion and peels away a selectively cut shell. The shrimp processor includes a series of aligned conveyor roller pairs carried within its housing a spaced relation for conveying a headless shrimp from an entrance end of the housing to a downstream exit end. A high speed rotating saw tooth styled cutting blade having a knife edge is carried by the housing and positioned downstream the entrance end between adjacent conveyor roller pairs for cutting a {fraction (1/16)}″ wide strip into the dorsal side of the shrimp along the longitudinal axis for exposing the sand vein. In combination with the dorsal strip cut, a second cutting blade cuts through the ventral side of the shrimp for severing the shell into opposing shell sections. A brush positioned further downstream sweeps the sand vein from the cut shrimp.

Abstract: A shrimp processor removes the undesirable sand vein from a desirable shrimp meat portion and peels away a selectively cut shell. The shrimp processor includes a series of aligned conveyor roller pairs carried within its housing a spaced relation for conveying a headless shrimp from an entrance end of the housing to a downstream exit end. A high speed rotating saw tooth styled cutting blade having a knife edge is carried by the housing and positioned downstream the entrance end between adjacent conveyor roller pairs for cutting a {fraction (1/16)}″ wide strip into the dorsal side of the shrimp along the longitudinal axis for exposing the sand vein. In combination with the dorsal strip cut, a second cutting blade cuts through the ventral side of the shrimp for severing the shell into opposing shell sections. A brush positioned further downstream sweeps the sand vein from the cut shrimp.

Abstract: A shrimp deveining apparatus includes a housing with an entrance opening for receiving a shrimp and an exit opening for ejecting the shrimp from the housing after having the shell cut and deveined. Within the housing, a partition extends upwardly from a base and has an arcuate surface for slidably receiving a shrimp thereon. Opposing lever arms are rotatably attached to and carried on opposing sides of the partition for rotation about an axis. Each of the lever arms have their distal end radially extending beyond the arcuate surface of the partition for cradling the shrimp onto the arcuate surface. As the distal ends are rotated downstream the entrance opening, the distal ends are biased against the shrimp for securing the shrimp therebetween while the shrimp slides along the arcuate surface past dorsal and ventral cutting blades.