The invention provides a method for cooling, transporting and storing food items without using ice for the transport and the storage using a new method of cooling the food items below zero to prolong shelf-life and quality of the product. Furthermore, the present invention provides a new method for delivering a fresh food items to the market with data collection for quality grading and batching.
A23B 4/023 - Conservation au moyen de sels inorganiques au moyen de sel de cuisine ou de ses mélanges avec des composés organiques ou inorganiques
A23L 13/00 - Produits à base de viande; Farine de viande; Leur préparation et leur traitement
A23L 13/50 - Produits à base de volaille, p.ex. saucisses à base de volaille
A23L 17/00 - Produits tirés de la mer; Produits à base de poisson; Farine de poisson; Succédanés d’œufs de poisson; Leur préparation ou leur traitement
The present invention relates to a method and a device for treating and/or transporting food items. The apparatus and method are designed to facilitate treating food items in liquid. The device of the present invention is designed as a spiral pump with a tubing that is wound around a frame structure which rotates around a horizontal axis. The apparatus of the present invention and the use thereof provides a method to treat food items in a spiral pump, where the food items are treated cycle by cycle in the pump.
A23B 4/16 - Conservation au moyen de produits chimiques non couverts par les groupes ou sous forme de gaz, p.ex. fumigation; Compositions ou appareils à cet effet
A23L 3/3409 - Conservation des aliments ou produits alimentaires, en général, p.ex. pasteurisation ou stérilisation, spécialement adaptée aux aliments ou produits alimentaires par traitement au moyen de produits chimiques sous forme de gaz, p.ex. fumigation; Compositions ou appareils à cet effet
A23L 3/00 - Conservation des aliments ou produits alimentaires, en général, p.ex. pasteurisation ou stérilisation, spécialement adaptée aux aliments ou produits alimentaires
The present invention relates to a method and a device for treating and/or transporting food items. The apparatus and method are designed to facilitate treating animals or food items in liquid. The device of the present invention is designed as a spiral pump with a tubing that is wound together with a rotating structure around a horizontal axis. The apparatus of the present invention and the use thereof provides a method to treat living or slaughtered animals or food items in a spiral pump.
A method and device for freezing food items in a controlled and homogeneous manner. The method and device use plate freezers to bring the food items in a regulated manner through the whole freezing process.
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p.ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
F25D 31/00 - Autres appareils de refroidissement ou de congélation
The invention provides a device and a method for conveying and treating food items in liquid in a tank. The device is designed for transferring and treating food items in liquid simultaneously, such as cooling, thawing or treating the food items with additives. The blade of the invention is a dual action blade as it both advances the food items along the container as well as creating repeated forward and backwards pushing of the items as the blade is rotated.
A22B 5/00 - Accessoires utilisés pendant ou après l'abattage
A22C 7/00 - Appareils à battre, façonner ou presser la viande, la chair à saucisse ou les produits à base de viande
A22C 9/00 - Appareils à attendrir la viande, p.ex. le jambon
A22C 25/08 - Maintien, guidage ou transport du poisson avant, pendant ou après son traitement
B65G 33/30 - Vis avec surface hélicoïdale discontinue
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p.ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
The present invention provides a new method, system and device to transport and treat or prepare food items, such as fish, for further processing. Furthermore, the new system also provides a solution for reducing the use of processing liquid or refrigerated sea water (RSW) or food processing or transfer fluid in order to reduce the environmental footprint comprising a water footprint and a carbon footprint of a food product.
F25D 9/00 - Dispositifs non associés à des machines frigorifiques et non couverts par les groupes ; Combinaisons de dispositifs compris dans plusieurs des groupes
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p.ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
F25D 15/00 - Dispositifs associés à des machines frigorifiques, non couverts par les groupes ou , p.ex. les dispositifs mobiles non autonomes
F25D 17/02 - Dispositions pour la circulation des fluides de refroidissement; Dispositions pour la circulation de gaz, p.ex. d'air, dans les enceintes refroidies pour la circulation des liquides, p.ex. de la saumure
F25D 25/04 - Introduction, port ou déchargement des produits à refroidir par transporteurs
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TRANSFER DEVICE FOR MOVING A STACK OF TUBS IN CARGOHOLD OF A VESSEL
The present invention relates to system for managing cargo tubs in a cargo hold of a vessel, such as a fishing vessel. The functional components of the present invention comprise means such as stacking devices for loading the cargo hold with tubs and forming stacks, rails and wagons and pushing and pulling structures as transport means for transporting the stack of tubs.
B63B 25/00 - Installations de chargement, p.ex. pour le rangement ou l'arrimage; Navires spécialisés à cet effet
B63B 25/04 - Installations de chargement, p.ex. pour le rangement ou l'arrimage; Navires spécialisés à cet effet pour chargement de marchandises solides
8.
LOCKING AND STABILISING SYSTEM FOR A STACK OF TUBS IN CARGOHOLD OF A VESSEL
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a system for managing and securing cargo tubs in stacks in a cargo hold of a vessel, such as a fishing vessel. The functional components of the apparatus and system comprise means such as rails or transport lanes, wagons and pushing structures as transport means for securely managing stacks of tubs in the cargo hold both during sailing and off-loading.
The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a system for generating vision information on food items in large quantities, such as fish, before the items are fed onto a grading device. Moreover, the present invention relates a method of generating information for authorities for catch control monitoring and to prevent throwaway of a catch.
Method and device for freezing food items in a gradual process, where the food items are first put through under-cooling before the food items are placed in a container or receptacle for freezing. The method and device are particularly suitable for freezing freshly slaughtered and bled fish for later processing.
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p.ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
The present invention relates to a method, a system and an apparatus for treating food items. Such method and device may, for instance, be used to cool down food items, bleed freshly slaughtered fish and treat live fish against parasites. The device and method of the present invention further uses temperature differences and agitation to tread food items. A method for reducing or eliminating sea lice from salmon fish, said method comprising: a) transporting the salmon fish from a reservoir and the feeding salmon fish in liquid into the tubing of a first pumping device, said liquid being at a temperature from +15 to +28°C, b) transporting the salmon fish in liquid through the tubing of the pumping device at a first set time period for treatment in said liquid, c) feeding the salmon fish out of the first pumping device, d) separating the liquid from the salmon fish, and e) transporting the salmon fish back to the reservoir, wherein the liquid media from the pumping device is redirected after separation from the salmon fish in step d) through a heat exchange element back into the pumping device for continued treatment of further salmon fish, and wherein the temperature difference between the liquid used in steps b) and the reservoir is more than 15°C.
A01K 61/13 - Prévention ou traitement des maladies des poissons
A22B 5/04 - Appareils pour recueillir le sang; Dispositifs agitateurs de sang
A22C 25/08 - Maintien, guidage ou transport du poisson avant, pendant ou après son traitement
A22C 25/14 - Enlèvement de la tête, enlèvement des viscères ou nettoyage du poisson
A23L 3/22 - Conservation des aliments ou produits alimentaires, en général, p.ex. pasteurisation ou stérilisation, spécialement adaptée aux aliments ou produits alimentaires par chauffage direct des produits en vrac non emballés déplacés progressivement à travers les appareils à travers des tubes
B65G 53/30 - Transport des matériaux en vrac par des tuyaux ou des tubes par pression de liquide
The present invention relates to a method and a device for treating and/or transporting food items. The apparatus and method are designed to facilitate treating food items in liquid. The device of the present invention is designed as a spiral pump with a tubing that is wound around a frame structure which rotates around a horizontal axis. The apparatus of the present invention and the use thereof provides a method to treat food items in a spiral pump, where the food items are treated cycle by cycle in the pump.
A22C 25/08 - Maintien, guidage ou transport du poisson avant, pendant ou après son traitement
F28D 7/02 - Appareils échangeurs de chaleur comportant des ensembles de canalisations tubulaires fixes pour les deux sources de potentiel calorifique, ces sources étant en contact chacune avec un côté de la paroi d'une canalisation les canalisations étant enroulées en hélice
13.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FREEZING AND PACKING FOOD ITEMS
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for freezing fish or processed fish items in trays. The invention provides a system where the items are frozen in plate freezers and in an automated manner providing packings for universal storing and transport systems. The apparatus comprises: a plurality of trays for the holding and transferring food items to be frozen tray, a plate freezer for vertical freezing the food items in the trays, a device for transferring the trays into the plate freezer, a device for transferring the trays out of the plate freeze, a device for transferring the trays to a packing station, a device for gripping and turning/rotating the tray for ejecting the content from the tray at a packing station, wherein the tray holds the food items through the process of freezing and packing in a fully automated process.
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p.ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
An apparatus and a method for grading sensitive products. The apparatus and a method treat the objects to be graded gently and is accurate and may be constructed so as to handle extremely large quantities. The grading device (1) has grading channels that are wider at the outlet than at the intake. A belt machine draws the objects forward between two inclined belts (6) which form the channel. The device and the method make possible to make corrections in the grading process and to fine-tune the grading unit during the grading process.
The present invention relates to a method, a system and an apparatus for tracing fish through batching, bleeding and cooling fish for later processing. Such apparatus and method may, for instance, be used to facilitate the bleeding process of freshly caught fish after slaughtering in a batch on board a fishing vessel and providing a cooling process of a batch as a whole.
The present invention relates to a method, a system and an apparatus for rinsing, cooling, bleeding and adding substances to food items. Such method and device may, for instance, be used to cool down and add anti-bacterial substances to food items during the cooling process. The device of the present invention is designed as a spiral pump with a tubing that is helically wound and rotates around a horizontal axis.
The present invention relates to a method and a device for bleeding fish. Such apparatus of method may, for instance, be used to facilitate the bleeding process of freshly caught fish after slaughtering in a processing line on board a fishing vessel. For instance, the bleeding method may be used to increase the value of the fish.
The invention provides a method for cooling, transporting and storing wet food product without using ice for the transport and the storage using a new method of cooling the food products below zero to prolong shelf-life and quality of the product. Furthermore, the present invention provides a new method for delivering a fresh food product to the market with reduced water footprint and carbon footprint.
A23B 4/09 - Congélation; Dégel ultérieur; Réfrigération avec addition de produits chimiques avant ou pendant la réfrigération avec contact direct entre l'aliment et les produits chimiques, p.ex. N2 liquide, à des températures cryogéniques
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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELAYING RIGOR MORTIS IN FISH
The invention provides a method and an apparatus for bringing fish to and under-cooled state. The invention provides an improved method where fish is brought to an under-cooled state by a sub-chilling process before processing, which prolongs rigor and allows processing of the fish in rigor providing better quality fish products.
A23B 4/08 - Congélation; Dégel ultérieur; Réfrigération avec addition de produits chimiques avant ou pendant la réfrigération
A23B 4/09 - Congélation; Dégel ultérieur; Réfrigération avec addition de produits chimiques avant ou pendant la réfrigération avec contact direct entre l'aliment et les produits chimiques, p.ex. N2 liquide, à des températures cryogéniques
The present invention relates to a method and a device for individual feeding of fish into a processing line. Such method and device may, for instance, be used for receiving, gilling and gutting freshly caught fish in a processing line on board a fishing vessel. For instance, the in-feeding apparatus and method may be used to increase the value of the fish by speeding up the time until the fish is chilled for storing.
A22C 25/04 - Triage du poisson; Enlèvement de la glace d'emballage
A22C 25/06 - Tables de travail; Dispositifs de support ou dispositifs auxiliaires se rapportant aux tables de travail
A22C 25/08 - Maintien, guidage ou transport du poisson avant, pendant ou après son traitement
B65G 15/20 - Transporteurs comportant des surfaces porteuses de charges sans fin, c. à d. des tapis roulants ou autres systèmes équivalents, auxquelles l'effort de traction est transmis par des moyens différents des éléments d'entraînement sans fin de même config comprenant plusieurs surfaces sans fin travaillant ensemble et à axes parallèles longitudinaux, ou une multiplicité d'éléments parallèles, p.ex. des cordes formant une surface sans fin avec plusieurs courroies sans fin disposées côte à côte, p.ex. pour transporter des objets plats en position verticale
B65G 15/22 - Transporteurs comportant des surfaces porteuses de charges sans fin, c. à d. des tapis roulants ou autres systèmes équivalents, auxquelles l'effort de traction est transmis par des moyens différents des éléments d'entraînement sans fin de même config comportant une série d'éléments travaillant ensemble
B65G 37/00 - Combinaisons de transporteurs mécaniques de même type ou de types différents sauf en ce qui concerne leur application dans des machines particulières ou leur emploi dans des procédés particuliers de fabrication
B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux
B65G 47/14 - Dispositifs pour alimenter en objets ou matériaux les transporteurs pour alimenter en objets à partir de piles d'objets en désordre ou de tas d'objets en vrac disposant ou présentant les objets par des moyens mécaniques ou pneumatiques durant l'alimentation
B65G 47/50 - Dispositifs pour décharger les objets ou matériaux des transporteurs avec distribution, p.ex. automatique, aux points voulus selon des signaux de destination enregistrés dans des systèmes séparés
B65G 15/14 - Transporteurs comportant des surfaces porteuses de charges sans fin, c. à d. des tapis roulants ou autres systèmes équivalents, auxquelles l'effort de traction est transmis par des moyens différents des éléments d'entraînement sans fin de même config comprenant plusieurs surfaces sans fin travaillant ensemble et à axes parallèles longitudinaux, ou une multiplicité d'éléments parallèles, p.ex. des cordes formant une surface sans fin avec plusieurs courroies sans fin la charge étant transportée entre les courroies
21.
APPARATUS FOR IMAGING, SORTING AND BATCHING WHOLE FISH
The present invention relates to a method and a device for batching fish into cooling devices. The method and the device can be used for receiving fish after bleeding and gutting freshly caught fish on board a fishing vessel and batching the fish into cooling devices. The batching and cooling apparatus and method may be used to increase the value of the fish by shortening the time from the fish is caught until the fish is chilled for storing.
The present invention relates to an apparatus for batching items such as fish. The object is specifically to batch smaller items like pelagic fish, such as mackerel and herring or salmon. The batching apparatus and method of the present invention uses at least one image means to provide faster batching with more accuracy and less give-away.
The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a fishing vessel for tracing items such as fish. The object is specifically to trace smaller items like pelagic fish, such as mackerel and herring or salmon. The tracing apparatus and method uses at least one image means to provide tracing of each item in a batch, where image data is linked to an ID number of the batch.
The invention provides a method for processing under-cooled fish. The invention provides an improved method where whole fish is brought to an under-cooled state by super-chilling before processing. Whole fish is brought to an under-cooled state in at least two steps by means of i) placing the fish in a salt-controlled solution and/or slurry ice having a salt concentration of 0,1 to 23,3% and a temperature of 8 to -21°C and ii) transferring the fish in salt-controlled solution and/ or slurry ice having a salt concentration of 0-15% and a temperature of 5 to -10°C. Therefter the fish is processed. The invention further provides an apparatus for processing fish comprising a cooling tank with at least two compartments to perform at least steps i) and ii).
F25D 13/06 - Dispositifs fixes associés à des machines frigorifiques, p.ex. chambres froides avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
F25D 3/11 - Dispositifs utilisant d'autres agents froids; Dispositifs utilisant des récipients conservant le froid utilisant des gaz liquéfiés, p.ex. de l'air liquide avec transporteurs faisant traverser la chambre de refroidissement aux produits à refroidir
The invention provides an apparatus and method to flay food products or skin fish fillets, different speed of belts (1, 5) and drum (2) as well as a push-down conveyor (3) to press the food product against the blade, with dynamically variable pressure in response to the food items being fed to the cutting device.
The present invention relates to a method and a device for periodic in feeding of boxes containing food items into plate freezers. The invention solves problems relating to handling of boxes, where traditional methods damage the boxes and the harm the food objects within the boxes. The new method and device solve this problem in such an automatic and periodic manner that food items can be frozen in sensitive packing such as thin carton boxes.
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