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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7430958 | Double blade peeling device for vegetables and fruits A double blade peeling device for vegetable and fruit comprises a handle attached to a vegetable and fruit retaining member and a body of screw, the handle can drive internal gears to rotate, so as to make the retaining member and the body of screw to rotate as well... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7270052 | Fruit skin peeling device A fruit skin peeling device is disclosed. The device comprises a base, a driving means, a rotating disc, a plurality of lateral plates and a top cover, the base having a top and a lower cavity, wherein the base is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber an... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7096777 | Automated coring machine An automated high volume coring machine having a frame, a lifting device, a coring station, and a programmable controller. The lifting device having a scoop for lifting the produce into the coring station. The coring station having removing the skin and core of the ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6959636 | Produce slicer A produce slicer 10 for slicing produce is disclosed. The produce slicer includes a frame (12) defining a cavity (16) having a central axis (22). A plurality of radial cutting blades (20) are disposed in the cavity, wherein each of... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6725765 | Cutter blade assembly for cutting vegetable products An improved cutter blade assembly for cutting vegetable products such as potatoes. The cutter blade assembly utilizes a number of cutter blades that transverse an axial bore through which products to be cut are fed. These blades are locked within the assembly by an ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6401605 | Device for dicing garlic The invention relates to a device for dicing garlic, or similar vegetables. Said device comprises an inner section (2) which has a receiving chamber with a cutting grid (6) located at one end, an upper housing section (3) which can close the other end of ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6237475 | Machine for peeling pears, removing their core, and cutting them into segments The present invention relates to an industrial machine used to process a lot of pears, and its object is to obtain an end-item which can be readily stored in vases or containers, or utilized to prepare fruit salads, confectionery products, etc. The work c... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6176177 | Apparatus for chamfering blocks of vegetable The present invention relates to an improvement in a chamfering machine for chamfering blocks of vegetable such as carrots or potatoes. A conventional vegetable block chamfering machine uses a chamfering blade having a crank-like axle integrally connected... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5947016 | Garlic cutter A garlic cutter comprising a housing bearing a cutting blade (8) at its underside and further comprising an upper part (2) with a punch (12) affixed thereto. The upper part when in the operational state and during rotation relative to the housing (6) carr... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5421249 | Food wedger A food wedger for slicing food such as apples into wedge shaped segments and coring the food comprises a frame having a base that supports a cutter assembly. The cutter assembly comprises a plurality of cutter blades radiating outwardly and upwardly from ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5410955 | Pear processing method and apparatus A pear processing method and apparatus is provided which includes several mechanisms for properly orienting the pear prior to coring, peeling and seed celling of the pear. Each pear is tumbled between a pair of orienting rolls to a position wherein the st... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5337640 | Cutter blade assembly A cutter blade assembly for cutting a product, such as a carrot, into a plurality of finished end products, such as carrot sticks, comprises a blade holder and a first and second blade group disposed within the blade holder. The blade holder has a longitu... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5241902 | Machine for cutting fruit into sections The apparatus of the present invention includes a plurality of blades, an inner guide having a longitudinal axis and an outer surface, an outer guide having a longitudinal axis and inner and outer surfaces, and a plurality of blade drive means for rotatin... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5199350 | Cutting device A cutting device for cutting an object such as a citrus fruit includes an outer casing containing a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly includes a first cutting blade extending radially outwardly from the central axis to a side wall of the casing and c... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5142973 | Onion cutter A food cutting apparatus for making multiple radial cuts in a work piece such as an onion has a cutter assembly formed as a truncated cone by a plurality of radially extending cutter blades. The cutter assembly cuts through the work piece until it encount... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5129591 | Vegetable cutting machine A vegetable cutting machine comprising a vegetable feeder which includes a vertically upstanding cylindrical tube (2) and a vegetable press-feed device in the form of a plate (4) which extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the tube and is mo... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5101718 | Cutting device A cutting device for cutting an objection such as a citrus fruit includes a cutting assembly and an outer casing about the cutting assembly. The casing is generally cylindrical having a central axis, and has open ends. The cutting blade assembly includes ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4876954 | Method and apparatus for pitting and slicing olives A method and apparatus for pitting olives and then slicing the pitted olives. In a preferred embodiment, each olive is carried in a cup positioned between a coring knife and a pitting knife in a manner so that the longitudinal axes of the cup and the kniv... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4546545 | Pineapple cutter A pineapple cutter is provided with a cylindrical body 1 having a cutter edge 1a at the circumference end portion of the lower end, a pair of handles 5, 5 connected to the outer surface of said cylindrical body, a pressing sheet mounted on the inner porti... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4490912 | Pineapple cutter A pineapple cutter consists of a cylinder, a cutter portion and a pair of handles. In this case, the cylinder is adapted to punch an outer peel and an interior of the pineapple so as to separate both portions. The cutter portion is secured to the outer si... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4372184 | Cutting assembly A cutting assembly is provided for use in cutting vegetable products, such as potatoes and the like, into a longitudinally extending central core and a plurality of longitudinally extending outer strips having a generally arcuate cross section. The cuttin... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4108059 | Method and means for peeling pineapples A method and machine for processing pineapples by sequentially drilling a central hole, cutting off the upper end, transferring the pineapple to a peelng spindle, indexing the pineapple on the spindle through a series of peeling stations, cutting off the ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4046067 | Machine for cutting pears into segments A machine is provided for splitting a pear which has been previously cored and peeled into two or more segments. The machine comprising a first spindle upon which the pear is cored and peeled after which the pear is pushed by a pusher means on to a second... | 09/06/1977 |
