ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,748, issued on March 25, was assigned to Ryco Equipment Inc. (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.).
"Fish processing systems and methods" was invented by Erik Murphy (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fish processing system includes a measurement sensor configured to measure a distance across a head of a fish as the fish moves along a conveyor. A drive mechanism provides movement of a blade across a transport path of the fish along the conveyor in response to the determined distance to accurately sever the head of the fish based on the size of the fish. The system may also include a detection sensor for closing a wall o...