FISH-CONVEYING MECHANISM

Fish-beheading mechanism and fish-cleaning mechanism are driven by a common drive means, including a jaw clutch engageable in different positions to alter the timed relationship between the fish-beheading mechanism and the fish-cleaning mechanism. A tail-receiver lifted by a cam wheel rotating about a horizontal axis transfers the fish from the feed table of the fish-beheading mechanism to tail-impaling pins of the fish-cleaning bull ring. In a common drive for the bull ring and the beheading table an automatic satellite gear train throw-out will disengage a holding lever to disconnect the drive for the means feeding the cleaning mechanism if such feeding means becomes overloaded.