DEVICE FOR SEPARATING FILETS FROM THE SPINAL COLUMN OF BEHEADED, SLAUGHTERED FISH WITH OPEN ABDOMINAL CAVITY BY CUTTING THE BRIDGE LEFT BY ABDOMINAL AND BACK BLADES AROUND THE SPINAL COLUMN AND FILLETING MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE

摘要

An apparatus to separate a fillet attached to a backbone of a beheaded, slaughtered fish having an open abdominal cavity previously cut by an abdominal knife and a dorsal knife, by cutting through a web left round the backbone of the fish by the abdominal and dorsal knives. The apparatus includes a transport saddle to transport the previously cut fish in a direction of fish travel wherein the saddle includes an upper bone guide and a lower bone guide. The apparatus also includes a separating unit movable back and forth from a standby position into a working position. The separating unit has a separating device to detach the fillet from the backbone of the fish and a counter support associated with the separating device and arranged on the separating unit with the separating device.