DISPOSITIF POUR ALIGNER DES POISSONS EN CE QUI CONCERNE LA POSITION DE LEUR PLAN DE SYMETRIE

L'INVENTION EST RELATIVE A DES MACHINES POUR DECOUPER LE POISSON. LE BUT DE L'INVENTION EST D'AMELIORER LE GUIDAGE DU POISSON QUI DEFILE, APRES OUVERTURE DE LA PARTIE CENTRALE, VERS UN POSTE DE TRAITEMENT EN ETANT SUPPORTE PAR UN ELEMENT DE GUIDAGE 1 FORMANT UNE SELLE. POUR UN MEILLEUR MAINTIEN DE LA ZONE CAUDALE MEME LORSQU'ELLE EST A SECTION RONDE, LES BORDS D'APPUI 8 DE CET ELEMENT DE GUIDAGE FORMENT DES LAMES 10 DONT LES ARETES 11 FONT SAILLIE VERS LE HAUT D'UNE FACON CROISSANTE DANS LE SENS D'AVANCE DES POISSONS, ET PENETRANT DANS LA CHAIR DE CHAQUE COTE DE L'ARETE DORSALE. UN CONTRE-APPUI PRESSANT LE POISSON CONTRE CES LAMES EST EGALEMENT PREVU. A device for aligning fish to be handled in fish-processing machines is shown. The object of the invention is to lead fish, especially those with approximately circular cross-section to the processing tools so exactly that the processing can be carried out most economically, i.e. with a high yield without any danger of undesirable parts, e.g. the skeleton, remaining in the product to be used. The device according to the invention handles fish whose abdominal cavity is opened. The device comprises, in a known manner, a saddlelike guide element which supports the fish in its abdominal cavity, conveying means which engage the flanks of the fish being arranged on both sides of the guide element. A support surface which is formed with a concave cross-section carries knives extending into the fish path and lying flush with the support edges. These knives serve to provide slots at the end of the abdominal cavity to reach into the tail part so that an aligned guiding in particular of this part of the fish becomes possible.