Calvert B Tolley

US Patent:

43800947, Apr 19, 1983

Filed:

Jul 15, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/169150

Inventors:

Calvert B. Tolley - Wingate MD
Andrew T. Tolley - Wingate MD

Assignee:

Sea Savory Inc. - Cambridge MD

International Classification:

A22C 2902

US Classification:

17 71

Abstract:

A machine for transporting cooked hard crabs to a plurality of successive stations at which the carapace pincers, walking legs, swimming legs and viscera are removed, and the remaining body is scrubbed and washed. An important feature is the provision of novel means for supporting each crab.

US Patent:

41249208, Nov 14, 1978

Filed:

Oct 29, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/737088

Inventors:

Richard T. Wenstrom - Hampton VA
Theodore S. Reinke - Rehoboth Beach DE
Calvert B. Tolley - Wingate MD
J. Clayton Brooks - Cambridge MD

Assignee:

Sea Savory, Inc. - Cambridge MD

International Classification:

A22C 2900

US Classification:

17 48

Abstract:

Apparatus and method for vibrating edible crab meat from the core portion of a crab body that has been de-shelled, de-legged and de-fingered and the central core portion of which has been cleaned. The crab body is supported in a core box with the body cavity directed downwardly opposite a discharge opening formed in the bottom of the core box, whereupon the core box is vibrated at about 1500 to 5000 vibrations per minute to shake the crab meat from the core and to deposit the meat particles on an endless conveyor that travels therebeneath. Preferably the core box bottom contains a plurality of pockets having walls converging toward the discharge openings, the crab cores being held in place by suitable cushion means.

US Patent:

40031039, Jan 18, 1977

Filed:

Dec 23, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/643706

Inventors:

Richard T. Wenstrom - Hampton VA
Theodore S. Reinke - Rehoboth Beach DE
Calvert B. Tolley - Wingate MD
J. Clayton Brooks - Cambridge MD

Assignee:

Sea Savory, Inc. - Cambridge MD

International Classification:

A22C 2900

US Classification:

17 71

Abstract:

Apparatus for vibrating edible crab meat from the core portion of a crab body that has been de-shelled, de-legged and de-fingered and the central core portion of which has been cleaned. The crab body is supported in a core box with the body cavity directed downwardly opposite a discharge opening formed in the bottom of the core box, whereupon the core box is vibrated at about 1500 to 5000 vibrations per minute to shake the crab meat from the core and to deposit the meat particles on an endless conveyor that travels therebeneath. Preferably the core box bottom contains a plurality of pockets having walls converging toward the discharge openings, the crab cores being held in place by suitable cushion.

US Patent:

44792840, Oct 30, 1984

Filed:

Sep 30, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/431285

Inventors:

Calvert B. Tolley - Wingate MD
Andrew T. Tolley - Wingate MD

Assignee:

Sea Savory, Inc. - Cambridge MD

International Classification:

A22C 2902

US Classification:

17 71

Abstract:

A machine for producing crab bodies ready for meat removal comprises means for transporting cooked hard crabs to a first station at which the carapace is centrally cut and the claws, walking legs and swimming legs are removed, then to a station at which the parts of the carapace are loosened and then removed laterally of the crab body as trash, and then to a final processing station at which the crab body is held and cleaned by water jets and specially formed brushes.

US Patent:

44942770, Jan 22, 1985

Filed:

Sep 30, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/431284

Inventors:

Calvert B. Tolley - Wingate MD
Andrew T. Tolley - Wingate MD

Assignee:

Sea Savory, Inc. - Cambridge MD

International Classification:

A22C 2900

US Classification:

17 71

Abstract:

A two-part crab holder is provided with specifically contoured surfaces for supporting a crab through various processing means.