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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7607388 | Feeding device for safely feeding fruits in particular to peeling-coring machines The invention relates to a fruit feeding device, or fruit conveyor, for fruits like melons and pine-apples, which is used to supply peeling machines, coring machines, and peeling-coring machines with such fruits; the feeding device allows to work safely since it pre... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7581491 | Machines used for peeling and coring melons and pineapples The present invention relates to an improvement effected in the peeling and coring machines used for peeling and coring melons and pineapples, the improvements being that the machine: is able to indifferently peel one or the other ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7337715 | Juice extractor including pressure-actuated nozzle and associated methods A juice extractor may include a juice extraction assembly, and at least one pressure-actuated spray nozzle having an inlet to be connected to a controllable fluid pressure source and a spray outlet directed toward the juice extraction assembly and moving between a r... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328655 | Juice extractor with drive and return cams for extractor cup movement A juice extractor includes at least one pair of extractor cups being relatively moveable for compressing fruit therebetween. A drive mechanism engages at least one of the extractor cups and includes a drive cam that drives the extractor cup into engagement with the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7305918 | Juice extractor with counterweight operatively engaged with camshaft A juice extractor includes an extractor frame and extractor cups relatively moveable for compressing fruit therebetween. A camshaft is mounted for rotation within the extractor frame. A drive cam is mounted on the camshaft and operatively engages an extractor cup fo... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305920 | Juice extractor with orifice tube beam drive extending into side panels A juice extractor includes an extractor frame, at least one inner side panel that divides the interior into a product material area and a drive mechanism cavity. An orifice beam includes an end extending through a beam opening in the inner side panel. An orifice tub... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305919 | Juice extractor with juice manifold having side outlet for juice A juice extractor includes extractor cups relatively moveable within a product material area that compress fruit therebetween. A strainer tube is mounted to receive juice and pulp and discharge juice therefrom. A juice manifold is positioned to collect the juice dis... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303061 | Multi-lane fruit guide assembly having integral ridge ends for a juice extractor and related methods A fruit guide assembly may include a frame to be positioned between the fruit conveyor and the multi-position fruit feeder, a vibrator connected to the frame, and a fruit guide body having a series of alternating ridges and valleys therein defining a plurality of fr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7222567 | Juice extractor with tapered clean up nozzle A juice extractor includes a juice extraction assembly having a wall surface and fluid outlet thereon. At least one tapered spray nozzle is mounted flush on the wall surface at the fluid outlet for receiving and discharging fluid and configured for preventing build-... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7162879 | Method and system for cooling food or feed products The invention relates to a method and an installation for cooling bulk products, especially pellets or feed cubes. In order to accelerate possible product replacement, the formed pellets are cooled in two steps, a precooler (3) directly following the forming ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156016 | Juice extractor with integral juice manifold and cup bridge A juice extractor and associated method includes an extractor frame, extractor cup mounted for movement within the extractor frame and a cup bridge mounted within the extractor frame. A juice manifold is integral with the cup bridge for receiving juice during extrac... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143691 | Juice extractor with bottom loading strainer tube A juice extractor includes an extractor frame, at least one pair of extractor cups relatively moveable to each other, a strainer tube that receives juice and pulp and discharges juice therefrom, and a juice manifold positioned to collect the juice discharged from th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7117689 | Removable refrigeration cassette for a hot and cold vending machine A hot and cold vending machine. The vending machine may include a product compartment, a refrigeration system, and a ventilation system in communication with the refrigeration system and the product compartment. The ventilation system may include a valve positioned ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7013796 | Coffee dosing apparatus A coffee dosing apparatus provided with a holder for coffee powder and a dosing mechanism, the dosing mechanism being provided with a dosing chamber, which is bounded at a lower side by a bottom wall with a discharge opening, and which is bounded at an upper side by... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000513 | High pressure seed potato cutter A method of cutting seed potatoes prior to their planting is provided in which a high pressure water jet is employed to slice the potatoes into the desired sized pieces. The present invention employs a single water jet, a plurality of water jets, or a cutting tube c... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6966254 | Device for peeling pulpy fruits, having an adjustable cutting depth The invention relates to a device suited to peel pulpy fruits, like citrus fruits, mango, kiwi, papaya, apples, pears, and particularly oranges and other fruits whose skin has not a uniform thickness. The peeling of fruits whose skin has an uneven thickness is made ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6901849 | Juice extractor appliance and cutter disc therefor A juice extractor appliance, and a cutter disc therefor, the cutter disc being eccentrically mountable with respect to a feed tube for feeding food articles and being formed, on its surface facing feed tube, with a first group of blades in a circular region centrall... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6843169 | Trim table A trim table for use by trimming and/or cutting of food products, such as chicken or fish, has conveyors (2, 12) for feeding products to a number of operator stands (O1 . . . O8), each of which receivers (14, 24R, 28R) for receivin... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6796224 | Machine for the industrial peeling of citrus fruits The invention relates to a machine used for the industrial peeling of citrus fruits and specifically oranges. The only manual operation to be performed corresponds to the loading, since the orange must be oriented. The machine has a high productivity, and does not l... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6740347 | Automatic pear processing machine Automatic pear processing machine, performing the operations of singularizing the pears, picking them up from a container (2), peeling and coring them, and separating the edible parts, wherein the improvement consists, besides other things, in providing eleme... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6427584 | System and method for processing citrus fruit with enhanced oil recovery and juice quality A method and system of processing citrus fruit is disclosed. A peeling chamber has opposing ends and a fruit inlet and fruit outlet formed at respective opposing ends. Abrasive rollers are rotatably mounted in an arcuate configuration within the peeling c... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6213007 | Home yogurt/cheese making machine A kitchen appliance for preparing yogurt, soft frozen yogurt and ice cream, hard frozen yogurt and ice cream, and cheese. The appliance includes a housing having a base and side walls defining an open top. A motor-driven paddle device is rotationally jour... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6029568 | Juicer with servo control induction motor A juice extractor is provided that includes an induction motor supported by a housing and having a rotatable shaft that is operably interconnected with comminuting basket adapted to pulverize food products, e.g., fruit and/or vegetables, into juice bearin... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6012383 | Home yogurt/cheese making machine A kitchen appliance for preparing yogurt, soft frozen yogurt and ice cream, hard frozen yogurt and ice cream, and cheese. The appliance includes a housing having a base and side walls defining an open top. A motor-driven paddle device is rotationally jour... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5988052 | Apparatus for measuring rate of cheese production An apparatus for producing cheese includes a dispenser for applying salt to the cheese at a rate which varies in response to a control signal. The cheese travels across a platform to which a first sensor is attached for measuring the weight of the cheese.... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5934186 | Packaging system for dry lasagna noodle product An automatic packaging system for dry lasagna noodle product includes a vacuum drum which automatically lifts a top layer of lasagna noodle from a bottom layer. The layers are travelling on a conveyor belt. The vacuum drum replaces the top layer back onto... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5918538 | Food cutting apparatus The apparatus of the invention has a food receiving apparatus including a cutting device with a cylinder operated plunger. Also provided is a conveyor having a continuous belt for carrying a stack of tortillas or the like to the food receiving apparatus. ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5857404 | Peeling machine A peeling machine for stalk-like vegetables, comprising a plurality of knife stations that are successively arranged in the direction of travel of the vegetables on a machine frame, is described. A plurality of pairs of feed rollers are each supported bet... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5829344 | Home yogurt/cheese making machine A kitchen appliance for preparing yogurt, soft frozen yogurt and ice cream, hard frozen yogurt and ice cream, and cheese. The appliance includes a container having a generally square open top around the periphery of which are switch actuators or contacts.... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5711212 | Apparatus for splitting pistachios A process for splitting pistachios including a bin dumper, a sizer, moisturizers, blowers and splitting units arranged in seriatim. The blower removes excess water and particles from the nut surfaces after moisturizing and before splitting. The splitter i... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5699724 | Cleaning and sorting bulk material For cleaning foodstuffs in the form of a bulk material, such as cereal grains, rice grains, soybeans, sunflower seeds, coffee beans, and the like, there is provided an optical sorting device (24, 24a, 24a') subsequent to a precleaning system (6), which en... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5671663 | Self-contained automatic citric juice extracting and dispensing A self-contained automatic citric juice extracting and dispensing machine of the type of public service machines dispensing consumable liquid and solid products. The citric juice extracting and dispensing machine is based on an electronic circuit having a... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5598771 | Dry fruit bin filling apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for a high speed non-bruising dry bin loader for apples and other produce. A transfer belt receives fruit from an transfer source and transfers fruit to a distribution belt once the transfer belt has accumulated a predetermined, ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5564329 | Apparatus for supplying specified quantity of cooking material A specified-quantity supply apparatus of the invention transfers a specified amount of a cooking material. The apparatus is formed of a material stocker for retaining the cooking material therein, a pair of blade rollers disposed in the material stocker t... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5544572 | Machine for automatically preparing and dispensing fruit juice The machine provides fresh fruit juice by storing and squeezing pieces of fresh fruit. The machine is built with a compartmented cabinet frame that allows for a module construction, each module being removable to allow for easy maintenance and assembly. T... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5520287 | Method and apparatus for dividing fat and lean meat In a method and apparatus (10) for dividing meat components such as fat and lean mean, the combined fat and lean meat are extruded into one or more chains of material wherein the fat and lean meat are divided into discrete sections along the length thereo... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5517904 | Food product depositor A food product depositor for depositing a food product on a receptacle carried on a continuously moving conveyor. A first depositing mechanism includes an extrusion head which moves in tandem with the receptacle while extruding food product. A microproces... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5458895 | Process and device for separating liquid from cubed food products The invention relates to the field of pasteurization of cubed food products, such as fruit or tomato, and in particular discloses a process and device for controlling flow rate of a drainage phase of liquid separating from food chunks, which phase takes p... | 10/17/1995 |
| 4688177 | Chocolate feeding device for chocolate refiners A chocolate feeding device for chocolate refiners which has a chocolate feeding conveyor provided with movable pick-up blades feeding the chocolate to several points in an adjacent refiner feeding hopper which cooperates with an electric cell, the output ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4682538 | Processing of curd Apparatus for adding salt to a continuous stream of hot glutinous curd in the manufacture of Pasta Filata cheese, comprises an open-ended trough for passage therethrough of the stream of curd, a measuring roller rotatably mounted on a swing frame pivotall... | 07/28/1987 |
