DESCRIZIONE
This invention relates to a pin bone removal apparatus for removing pin bones (107) in fish fillets (106) while the fish fillets are conveyed by a conveyor means at a first conveying speed (109). A plurality of pin bone removal units (101) is provided, each of which comprises a pin bone roller (102) for pulling the pin bones from the fish fillets, and wherein the apparatus further includes a closed loop rail structure (103) to which the plurality of pin bone removal units are slideable attached to, where the closed loop rail structure comprises a processing section (104), and a returning section (105), the processing section being a section where at least one of the plurality of pin bone removal units are moved parallel to said fish fillets at a second conveying speed (110) and engage with the surface of the fish fillets while removing the pin bones (107) therefrom with said pin bone roller (102), where subsequent to the pin bone removal the at least one pin bone removal unit is recirculated along said returning section (105) and back to a starting position (111) of said processing section (104) where said the pin bone removal process is repeated on a forthcoming fish fillet [Image Omitted] [Image Omitted] [Image Omitted]