Shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11612167-B2
Application number	US-202117487860-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2021
Priority date	Sep 29, 2020
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

A shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba comprises a hollow main body; a screening cylinder installed rotationally inside the main body and having a bottom installed with a filter screen; a stirring assembly provided rotationally inside the main body and comprising a cylindrical cam installed inside the screening cylinder, wherein a sleeve frame is sleeved over the cylindrical cam, stirring rods are provided on the sleeve frame in an array mode and rotationally installed on the sleeve frame through driving grooves, the driving grooves run through the sleeve frame and each have one end, which penetrates through the sleeve frame, rotationally installed in one driving groove of the cylindrical cam, and the sleeve frame is arranged in self-rotating manner; a feeding port installed fixedly on communicating with the main body; and a spray head arranged fixedly inside the main body for spraying water into the screening cylinder.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba , comprising: a main body, having an interior provided to be hollow;
a screening cylinder, installed rotationally inside the main body, and having a bottom installed with a filter screen;
a stirring assembly, provided rotationally inside the main body,
wherein the stirring assembly comprises a cylindrical cam installed inside the screening cylinder, a sleeve frame is sleeved over an outer side of the cylindrical cam, a plurality of stirring rods are provided on the sleeve frame in an array mode, the plurality of stirring rods are rotationally installed on the sleeve frame through driving grooves, the driving grooves are provided in such a way that the driving grooves run through the sleeve frame and each have an end, which penetrates through the sleeve frame, rotationally installed in one of the driving grooves on the cylindrical cam, and the sleeve frame is arranged in self-rotating manner;

a feeding port, installed fixedly on the main body and communicating with the interior of the main body; and
a spray head, arranged fixedly inside the main body and configured for spraying water into the interior of the screening cylinder.

2. The shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba according to claim 1 , wherein the spray head is externally connected with a high-pressure water source.

3. The shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba according to claim 1 , wherein an upper end of the screening cylinder is provided with an opening.

4. The shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba according to claim 3 , wherein a material guide section is provided at the opening, the screening cylinder is arranged in a self-rotating manner; the interior of the main body is further provided with a material guide plate, and a bottom of the material guide plate is provided with a shrimp discharge port, wherein the shrimp discharge port is installed on a side wall of the main body, and the material guide plate is provided below the bottom of the screening cylinder.

5. The shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba according to claim 1 , wherein one end of the cylindrical cam is fixedly installed with a support shaft, and the support shaft is rotationally or fixedly installed on a side wall of the screening cylinder; one end of the sleeve frame away from the support shaft is fixedly installed with a first rotating shaft, wherein the first rotating shaft is provided such that the first rotating shaft penetrates through the side wall of the screening cylinder, and is installed on the main body in a self-rotating manner.

6. The shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba according to claim 1 , wherein the main body is further provided with a third motor that is in transmission connection with a first rotating shaft.

7. The shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba according to claim 1 , wherein an outer side of one of side walls of the screening cylinder is fixedly installed with a second rotating shaft, and the second rotating shaft is provided such that the second rotating shaft penetrates through a side wall of the main body, the second rotating shaft is rotationally installed on the main body, wherein the second rotating shaft and the first rotating shaft are provided on two sides; and the main body is provided with a first motor that is transmission connection with the second rotating shaft.

8. The shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba according to claim 1 , wherein an output end of the first motor is provided with a first gear, and the first gear meshes with a fourth gear fixedly installed on the second rotating shaft.

9. The shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of self-rotating third rotating shafts are provided at the bottom of the screening cylinder, and brushes are provided on the third rotating shafts.

10. The shrimp shell separation and cleaning device for Euphausia superba according to claim 1 , wherein the main body is further provided with a plurality of second motors that are in transmission connection with a plurality of third rotating shafts.

Assignees

• Univ Shandong Technology

Inventors

• Zhu Lanlan
• Li Jiahuan
• Wei Xiuting
• Wang Zongmin

Classifications

• A22C29/021 Primary

  Cleaning operations on shellfish, e.g. evisceration, brushing · CPC title

• A22C29/026 Primary

  Mechanically peeling and shelling shrimps, prawns or other soft-shelled crustaceans · CPC title

• Y02A40/90

  in food processing or handling, e.g. food conservation · CPC title