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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7610850 | Apparatus for slicing apples An apparatus for slicing apples is provided. The slicer utilizes thinner blades than known in the art, with a thickness less than 300 microns, and preferably between 180 and 220 microns. Each of the thinner blades is supported against bending, warping or twisting by... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7266894 | Apparatus for slicing fruit and other items An apparatus for slicing fruit or other items is provided. The apparatus includes a top interlocking blade, a middle interlocking blade, and a bottom interlocking blade, each having an apex and two downward sloping edges of approximate equal length. The blades have ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263776 | Fruit and vegetable seed removing device A fruit seed removing device includes a body, a sleeve, a button, a positioning block, a toggle, a pull rod, a connecting block and a knife. By pulling a hand of a pull rod, the pull rod will drive the knife to move inwards or expand outwards. Then the button is rot... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258053 | Hot dog slicer A food slicer 10 of the present invention contains a hollow body 12 having an inner wall 13 defining an interior 17 and an outer wall 15 for containment of a food product therein. A plurality of blades 32 extends across the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7185583 | Machine for precision low stress coring and slicing of apples and other soft-cored or pitted fruits Fruit items are positioned between vertical pins located in the calyx and stem hole of said fruit item, thereby securing the fruit item by a compressive force through its core. A core tube surrounding the upper pin descends to meet the lower pin, thereby completely ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7073260 | Knife assembly A knife assembly for use in a food cutting apparatus includes a compression ring adapted for threaded engagement with a base ring. The compression ring includes a threaded collar that tapers thinner towards its leading edge. The blade support ring tapers thinner tow... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6969535 | Method for pitting and slicing olives with spring-loaded, adjustable slicing knife assembly A method and apparatus for pitting olives (or other fruit) and slicing the pitted fruit. In preferred embodiments, a pitting knife and a coring knife horizontally translate each olive to be pitted while the pitting knife, coring knife, and olive revolve together abo... | 11/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6748854 | Melon cutter A melon cutter includes a cutting basket which has a plurality of arched wire cutters which extend to a central member. The cutter includes a melon holder which can be forced down towards the cutting head. A melon half placed on the cutting head is then forced by th... | 06/15/2004 |
| 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 |
| 5613431 | Avocado cutter A tool for use on an avocado, for separating the meat of an avocado from its skin while simultaneously cutting the meat into separate slices, comprising a handle having a first end and a second end and a frame mounted at one end of the handle. The frame h... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5533442 | Avocado peeler and slicer A tool for use on an avocado, for separating the meat of an avocado from its skin while simultaneously cutting the meat into separate slices, comprising a handle having a first end and a second end and cutting rings are mounted at one end of the handle. T... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5520105 | Combination can crusher, juicer and slicer A combination can crusher, juicer and slicer having a main housing with a vertically adjustable cutting blade holder or can holder and a ratcheted lever adapted to raise and lower a pressure plate into contact with either a can disposed in the holder or a... | 05/28/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5337480 | Subdividing device A device for subdividing a workpiece, typically a citrus fruit, into segments. The device comprises a blade support structure having an opening with a plurality of blades sharpened on two edges projecting from the circumferential surface of the opening to... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 5105734 | Peeler A peeler (10) is provided for peeling articles (50) such as oranges. The peeler (10) comprises a cylindrical member (12) which will cut a major portion of the article (50) by plunging thereinto. The portion cut will be within the cutting member (12) with ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4925691 | 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... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4917007 | Juicing apparatus A juicing apparatus includes a conveyor for delivering citrus fruit to the top of a truncated cone. The top of the cone defines a circular knife with a tube extending concentrically from the circular knife and through the convex cone. The fruit is centere... | 04/17/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4614141 | Food product centering and aligning tube A centering and aligning tube for use in hydraulic food cutting apparatus, said tube including a rigid outer housing and a resilient liner insertable into the housing, the liner constructed of resilient material and preferably provided with a plurality of... | 09/30/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4426924 | Apple corer with safety feature An apple coring apparatus (10) includes a first arm (16) which is pivotally connected to a base plate (12). A lever arm (20) is pivotally connected to the first arm (16). A sliding tube (36) is mounted on a guide rod (38) which is mounted normal to the ba... | 01/24/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4363266 | Machine for slicing unpeeled apples into rings In prior U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,586,081, 3,586,151 and 3,869,974, machines are disclosed for orienting an apple along the axis of its central core. The oriented apple was impaled on a fork and rotated while being processed. The machine herein disclosed cuts the... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4352325 | Apparatus for processing whole beets Whole beets are graded by size and fed one at a time to a bank of beet cutting assemblies. The whole beets are cut into a cylindrical plug member and a plurality of segment members. The plug members and segment members are separated by a suitable grading ... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4337693 | Pepper coring and slicing apparatus Pepper coring and slicing apparatus including a conveyor having individual pepper holding devices for holding peppers with the stem portion upward, a processing station for coring and splitting the peppers, and a discharge station where the peppers are ej... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4246700 | Apparatus for cutting out and extracting the pulp of a fruit or vegetable without ruining its peel or rind A device for cutting out and extracting the pulp from a vegetable or fruit, particularly a pineapple, while leaving the peel or rind intact for later use. The device has a central coring tube depending from a handle and secured for rotation therewith. The... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4111112 | Fruit sectionizing machine Apparatus and method for sectioning oranges and other fruit which preferably has been previously cored and peeled. Fruit is positioned over a spindle and allowed to move preferably downwardly into a plurality of revolving, circular blades whose respective... | 09/05/1978 |
| 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 |
