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...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7406914 | Modular blade assembly for produce peeling and coring A produce peeling and coring device having a modular blade assembly which can be removed and positioned on numerous machine embodiments, such as freestanding machines, wall-mount machines, and tabletop machines. ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7278433 | Washing a cored lettuce head A produce washer includes a holder to position a single piece of produce and a nozzle disposed at a horizontal distance adjacent to the holder. When the produce is a cored lettuce head, the cored lettuce head is positioned in the holder with the cored portion facing... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7134351 | Seed coring system and method for arranging seed cores for analysis A coring device includes a base portion that receives an arrayed plurality of samples, the base portion including a plurality of vertically oriented slider rods. A coring portion including an arrayed plurality of samples is slidable along the vertically oriented sli... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7114258 | Fruit stone remover A stone removing tool for removing a stone from a fruit having an outer flesh portion surrounding the stone, the tool having a head section configured for being gripped by a user and a stem section extending from the head section and having an end opposite the head ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7020968 | Fruit and vegetable coring machine A coring tool is designed to first pierce the skin of a fruit and/or vegetable such as a pepper. A second phase blade of the coring tool preferably has a pair of oval blades, each with a sharpened leading edge to core the inside of the pepper. Thus, the two phase to... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6959617 | Seed coring system and method for arranging seed cores for analysis A coring device includes a base portion that receives an arrayed plurality of samples, the base portion including a plurality of vertically oriented slider rods. A coring portion including an arrayed plurality of coring tubes aligned with the arrayed plurality of sa... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6883421 | Installation for preparing lettuce heads An apparatus for preparing lettuce heads with tightly packed overlapping leaves or vegetables with a similar structure. The apparatus includes a plurality of workstations and supports for receiving lettuce heads and for conveying the lettuce heads through the workst... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6148719 | Mechanical coring device The present invention discloses a device for mechanically removing the core of fruits and vegetables. The device is designed to be used on a vertical or horizontal hand press. The device has an upper collar member having a centrally located threaded apert... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6036989 | Vegetable core removal apparatus Apparatus for the automated removal of cores from vegetables, especially floretting vegetables, comprises a conveyor (13, 14) including vegetable supports (15) for indexed advancing of vegetables (35) from a loading station (A) to a cutting station (B) an... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5699725 | System for preparing baked apples and other edible fruits and vegetables A system for preparing baked applies (12) and other edible fruits and vegetables which comprises a component for coring through a top of an apple (16) and into a core (18) thereof to remove the core (18) with its seeds, so as to form a hole (20) therein. ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5590591 | Product processing apparatus including orientation and coring of produce items A food processing apparatus particularly designed for handling produce items with a calyx and including a vacuum mechanism for grasping the produce item by the calyx for orientation and transportation of the item and a coring implement for removal of the ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5557998 | Bagel coring apparatus A coring apparatus for coring a substantially annular food item includes a base member, a post member extending from the base member, the post member including a drive shaft guide structure, a drive shaft having a longitudinal axis and being rotatably fit... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5481803 | Safety feeder A safety peeler including a short cylindrical shell having a closed exterior portion and an open interior portion with a cylindrical extension extending therefrom including an external threaded portion and an exterior surface therebetween with a top edge ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5463943 | Fruit cutting and coring apparatus An apparatus (110) is provided for cutting the skin (S) of a piece of fruit (F) so it can be peeled off, and making a core cut (C) through the middle of the fruit. A base plate (112) has an upper surface for supporting a piece of fruit in a position in wh... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5454301 | Apparatus for removing palm heart from palm stalks by coring Apparatus and methods are disclosed for removing palm hearts from the tapered and "meristem" sections of cut lengths of stalks of palm, each of which had included a large "meristem" section joined to a smaller diameter top section by an intermediate taper... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454300 | Apparatus for removing outer layers of palm stalks from palm heart Apparatus and methods are disclosed for removing palm hearts from cut lengths of stalks of palm each of which includes a large "meristem" section that is joined to a smaller diameter top section by an intermediate tapered section, and has a palm heart tha... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5447737 | Pepper coring process and apparatus Cut, cooked peppers, substantially free of core portions, are prepared. Cooked peppers are distributed to form an essentially single layer on a suitable support such as a conveyor. They are cut both parallel to and transversely to the direction of movemen... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5390590 | Apparatus for breaking and coring food products A toroidal shaped impact assembly (10) for use in a hydraulic food cutting system is disclosed. Impact assembly (10) includes frustum shaped housing (22), an attachment plate (28) for mounting the assembly within a hydraulic food assembly, and a toroidall... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5373781 | Fruit cutting and coring apparatus Apparatus (10) for cutting the skin (S) of a piece of fruit (F) so it can be peeled off, and making a core (C) cut through the middle of the fruit. A base plate (12) has an upper surface (14) for supporting a piece of fruit in a position in which it can b... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5228397 | Apparatus for producing a vegetable product An apparatus for producing a product of predetermined shape from a vegetable which the vegetable is centered above a tube, the tube having an annular cutting edge. The vegetable is pressed into the tube to form a cylindrical core. The core is rotated abou... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5168799 | Apparatus for the cutting out of vegetable heads An apparatus for the cutting out of vegetable heads, in particular cauliflower, fruits or parts thereof which have on their underside a central part (stipe), which is to be cut out from the surrounding part along a hemispherical or ogival face. The diamet... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5157836 | Tool for separating a core, a rind and flesh of a fruit, in particular a pineapple A tool is described for separating a core, a rind and flesh of a fruit, in particular a pineapple, including, at least, a cylindrical corer which is provided at one end with a cutting edge and at the other end with a handle or other driving member, such a... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5102678 | Method and apparatus for producing a shaped vegetable product A method and apparatus for producing a product of predetermined shape from a vegetable, in which the vegetable is split and the opposed sections are scooped out. In another aspect of the invention a shaft penetrates the vegetable and blades are laterally ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5074203 | Coring apparatus An apparatus for severing fragments (such as fleurettes) from a one-piece core of an article, such as a cauliflower, as the article is translated between stations along a process path. In a preferred embodiment, the article is translated through a sequenc... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5067397 | Pineapple cutting and coring device A pineapple cutting and coring device includes a cutting board base plate for supporting a pineapple, an inside cylindrical cutting blade disposed above the cutting board, an outside cylindrical cutting blade positioned coaxial with the inside cutting bla... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5060563 | Apparatus for producing a vegetable product A method and apparatus for producing a product of predetermined shape from a vegetable, in which a cylindrical core is cut from the vegetable by forcing the vegetable against an annular cutting edge of a tube and cutting the product from the core by advan... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5056223 | Hand tool for de-coring cabbage heads A hand tool includes a cutting portion that is attached to a handle by a connecting portion, and is shaped and sized to efficiently separate a core from the leaves of a cabbage head and which will efficiently remove such separated core from the leaves.... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5009909 | Coring method A method and apparatus for severing fragments (such as fleurettes) from a one-piece core of an article, such as a cauliflower, as the article is translated between stations along a process path. In a preferred embodiment, the article is loaded on a rotary... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4882986 | Pitting piercer for fruit pitting machines Fins have edges which extend forward from a body which is reciprocated back and forth by a driving rod. The fins also have cutting blades. Olives are depitted by causing the forward edges to penetrate the olives and engage the pits. The cutting blades the... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4834795 | Pineapple peeler A semiautomatic pineapple peeler in which adjustable width knife blades sever the ends of the pineapple and concentric cylindrical knives core and peel it, leaving the detached core in the peeled pineapple. The one step process is driven by two D.C. elect... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4787305 | Machine for hollowing vegetables and fruits The present invention relates to a hollowing machine for vegetables and fruits comprising a frame (1) with a lower table (2), a central table (3), an upper table (4) and outermost a step-by-step pivoting table (7), placed above the upper table. The pivoti... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4741265 | Pineapple corer and peeler A pineapple corer and peeler comprises a power rotated head stock and an adjustable tail stock upon a framework to axially support and rotate a pineapple. A rotatable core cutting tube with sharpened circular edges advances axially through the head stock ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4718333 | Peeling system The invention is directed to a system for peeling an object having a generally soft interior portion surrounded by a generally hard external surface, where the system is suitable for use by consumers or in areas with consumers. According to one aspect of ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4690047 | Tool for peeling and coring pineapples and the like The tool comprises two substantially annular and coaxial blades, an inner one and an outer one respectively, each of which has a frontal cutting edge, and a handgrip for enabling the blades to be pushed into the fruit and possibly rotated so as to separat... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4653393 | Apparatus for peeling pineapples Apparatus for removing the peel from a pineapple comprises a tubular knife provided with a toothed cutting edge designed to cut through a pineapple and fixed elongated guide means telescopically positioned within the tubular knife and adapted to direct th... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4606263 | Apparatus for peeling pineapples Apparatus for removing the peel from a pineapple comprises a cylindrical body provided with a toothed cutting edge designed to cut through a pineapple and fixed guide means telescopically positioned within the cylindrical body and adapted to direct the to... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4497245 | Pineapple cutter A pineapple cutter, wherein a smaller diameter tubular cutter for cutting the core of a pineapple and a larger diameter tubular cutter for cutting the peel of the pineapple are concentrically arranged on upper peripheral edge of a cylindrical body having ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4453458 | Food processing apparatus Automated food processing apparatus and methods of the type adapted for coring food products wherein a constantly sized core is removed from all food products of a group independently of the product size variation from one member to another of the group.... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4452104 | Multi sequence processing apparatus equipped with fail safe indexing mechanism In processing apparatus, especially fruit processing machinery, incorporating two functional subassemblies with movements which are synchronous with respect to one another, there is provided a fail safe indexing mechanism which prevents operation of one o... | 06/05/1984 |
