Process and apparatus for producing oil from fish liver

Claim 1

IN THE TREATMENT OF FISH LIVER, THE PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECTING A LIVER MASS TO A SERIES OF SUCCESSIVE DISTINTEGRATION ACTIONS TO DISINTEGRATE THE LIVER AND REMOVE TENDONS OR CONNECTIVE TISSUE THEREFROM, BY CONFINING AND ROTATING A MASS OF THE LIVER ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS IN A PRIMARY ZONE WHILE PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTING THE MASS ROTATION TO CAUSE THE INNER PORTION OF THE MASS TO ROTATE AT A LOWER SPEED THAN THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE MASS, SCRAPING AND CUTTING OFF SMALL PIECES OF THE MASS NEAR SAID OUTER SURFACE DURING SAID ROTATION AND WHILE DISCHARGING DISINTEGRATED LIVER FROM THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE ROTATING MASS THROUGH A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY LARGE PATHS INTO A SECONDARY ZONE SURROUNDING SAID FIRST ZONE, RETAINING THE COARSER SEPARATED TENDON MATERIAL IN SAID PRIMARY ZONE, EFFECTING A SIMILAR OBSTRUCTED ROTATION OF THE MASS IN SAID SECONDARY ZONE CONCURRENTLY WITH THE OBSTRUCTED ROTATION IN THE FIRST ZONE, AND SUBJECTING SAID SECONDARY ROTATING MASS TO A FINER SCRAPING AND CUTTING NEAR ITS OUTER SURFACE WHILE DISCHARGING FINELY DISTINTEGRATED LIVER OUTWARDLY THEREFROM THROUGH A PLURALITY OF PATHS SMALLER THAN SAID FIRST PATHS.