Process for producing frozen fish fillets

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THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING FROZEN FISH FILLETS WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING ONE LAYER OF FRESH PIECES OF FISH INTO A CONFINED ZONE DEFINED BY PAIRS OF SPACED-APART SIDE AND END WALLS, THE HEIGHT OF SAID WALLS AND THE SPACING BETWEEN ONE OF SAID PAIRS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE SPACING BETWEEN THE OTHER PAIR, AND A TOP AND BOTTOM WALL, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS MOVABLE FORWARD AND AWAY FROM THE OTHER WITHIN THE SIDE AND END WALLS, ARRANGING SAID PIECES WITHIN SAID ZONE SO THAT THE FIBERS THEREOF EXTEND GENERALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SMALLEST DIMENSION OF SAID ZONE, APPLYING A PRESSURE OF AT LEAST 0.5 KG./CM.2 TO ONE OF SAID TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS WHILE MAINTAINING THE OTHER STATIONARY, WITHDRAWING SAID MOVABLE WALL AWAY FROM SAID OTHER WALL TO PERMIT THE INTRODUCTION OF A SECOND LAYER OF PIECES, REPEATING SAID STEPS WITH SAID SECOND-LAYER, AND SO ON UNTIL A BLOCK OF COMPRESSED PIECES IS FORMED, AND FREEZING SAID BLOCK WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO SAID WALL.