Patents by Inventor Dennis Charles Earnshaw

Dennis Charles Earnshaw has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Shellfish processing apparatus
    Patent number: 6110032
    Abstract: A shellfish processing apparatus (10) particularly intended for Scallop Processing, in which a gripped shellfish is partially opened initially by manipulator means (12) so as to enable meat to be removed from one shell half at a station (22), and then opened fully at a station (24) for evisceration at a station (28) removal of meat from the remaining shell half at a station (32). The evisceration means (113) preferably includes a backing plate (122) which serves to concentrate water around the shell half being eviscerated and to hold the adductor muscle in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: OCTA Technologies Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Dennis Charles Earnshaw