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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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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 |
| 7433059 | Device for treating bulbous or tuberous plants Device for treating bulbous or tuberous plants, particularly onions, provided with a green end and a root end and a bulb axis extending therethrough, comprising means for holding the bulbs, means for cutting the green end and the root end off from the bulbs, means f... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7409905 | Crop processing machine A crop processing machine includes a transport mechanism for conveying a crop, a mounting assembly fixed with respect to the transport mechanism, and a knife assembly pivotally mounted with a 4-bar link to the mounting assembly, the knife assembly including a knife ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7105192 | Method and apparatus for severing root of bean sprout In a method and apparatus for severing roots of bean sprouts, a severing table has a plurality of ridges formed at predetermined intervals and extending in parallel with a direction in which a cutter blade is moved. Each ridge is formed with a number of severing sli... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7007449 | Onion harvester with leaf topper An orientation system for vegetables includes a plurality of rotating rollers that both pull the vegetable into an inverted position, with leafy top down, and advance the vegetable along the length of the rollers to deliver the vegetables to a cutting system. The or... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6951168 | Vegetable delivery device for vegetable cutting apparatus The present invention discloses a vegetable delivery device for use in trimming roots and tops from bulbs such as onions. The device comprises a frame, a bottom conveyance means and a top conveyance means composed of a chain and gear system with a common synchronize... | 10/04/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6428834 | Self-contained mobile system and method for selectively processing fresh corn A mobile system for processing raw ears of corn includes a first mobile processing trailer for receiving raw unhusked ears of corn, holding the ears and disbursing them to a husker for removing corn husks and corn silk from the ears. A conveyer takes the ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6237477 | Apparatus and method for processing root vegetables An apparatus and method for processing a root vegetable, such as a radish. The apparatus includes a hopper, a track, and a cutting mechanism. The hopper includes a reciprocating chute for providing a radish from a plurality of radishes to the track. As th... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6125745 | Root remover for bean sprouts Sprouting beans roots removing apparatus cuts and removes roots of sprouting beans, as harvested, efficiently. A plurality of projections, each having at its upper face angular portion, are fitted to upper surface of base plate with predetermined space be... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5916354 | Vegetable topping, tailing and cutting machine A continuous flighted conveyor belt (18) is fed product (12) from a transverse direction. As the belt moves the product forward, offset water jets (56) cause some of the items not seated in a flight (20) to be rotated and captured in the flights. Further ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5865111 | Berry dehulling machine A strawberry dehulling machine which provides for manually placing a berry or other fruit onto a retainer that will close under a controlled spring action and retain the berry or other fruit with the hull or calyx in an opening formed in the retainer. A r... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5802965 | Bean sprout processing apparatus A bean sprouts processing apparatus includes a feeding section, a treating section and a separating section arranged in sequence substantially in a horizontal manner. The feeding section includes a receptacle for receiving un-processed bean spouts therein... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5778771 | Vegetable topper A vegetable topper is disclosed. In one embodiment, the topper includes a plurality of spaced rollers which are mounted on a pair of laterally spaced roller chain loops such that the rollers are able to freely spin relative to the roller chains. The rolle... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5776531 | Methods and apparatus for peeling potatoes and similar produce A method for dry peeling potatoes includes punching the periphery of a potato to form a partially peeled potato having a standardized dimension, moving the partially peeled potato under and over other cutting members to remove the remainder of the potato ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5752435 | Beansprouts roots and husks cleaning machine A beansprouts roots, husks, cleaning machine is disclosed. The machine has an internal spiral (7) and external spiral (6) in opposite directions mounted on the perforated cylinder (3) with integrated grouts bearings (8) driven by a motor rotating inside a... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5750171 | Finish topping machine for bulb crops A finish topper for bulb crops having a plurality of longitudinal, parallel, generally horizontal, spaced-apart moving belts for conveying bulbs through the apparatus. Adjacent belts are driven at different linear speeds. In a preferred embodiment, altern... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5582096 | Vegetable peeling and shaping machine A vegetable peeling and shaping machine has a preliminary cutting assembly for cutting off portions of a vegetable to produce a vegetable core insertable into a tube, and a main cutting assembly with a tube positioned to sequentially receive vegetable cor... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5495797 | Device for automatically processing mushrooms at an optimum processing rate A device for automatically processing mushrooms of given caliber Cal, the device including conveyor means (10, 20, 30) designed to bring said mushrooms to at least one processing station (100i) including detection means (110i) suitab... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5452651 | Automatic mungbean sprout hulling and root cutting apparatus An automatic mungbean sprout hulling and root-cutting apparatus includes a case which has a bean sprout inlet chute to receive bean sprouts transmitted by a conveyer of a transmission means. Bean sprouts then fall upon an inclined screen and are discharge... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5431095 | Pear processing method and apparatus A pear processing methods 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 s... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5421250 | Lettuce cleaning machine Machine comprising carriages (2) each provided with a rotatably mounted head supporting a gripping device (5) for grasping a lettuce in the suspended state below this carriage, and a closed-circuit conveying path (4) on which the carriages circulate, char... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5181459 | Fruit indent removal device A device removing the stem and blossom portions of fruit utilizing a support for the fruit which is capable of orienting the stem or the blossom portion of the fruit in an upright position. The support permits access to either the stem or blossom portion ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5168801 | Apparatus for slicing broccoli and the like into spears A method, apparatus and system for slicing broccoli and the like into relatively uniform spears suitable for packing and freezing by grasping the stem end of the broccoli in clamping jaws with the main portion of the broccoli head depending vertically, mo... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5133250 | Fruit peeling machine The machine possesses a bed (101) on which is provided a central shaft or turret (105), having an intermittent rotary motion, on the periphery of which are provided six operating positions, two feed operating positions A, diametrally opposite, with which ... | 07/28/1992 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5000087 | Cutting apparatus for stem and root of bulb In a cutting apparatus for a root and a stem of an onion, a plurality of first swing links composed of a plurality of parallel link rods and a plurality of second swing links composed of a plurality of parallel link rods are mounted to a machine frame for... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4998468 | Bulb centering clamp apparatus In a bulb centering clamp apparatus, a plurality of first parallel swing links are angularly movable vertically and are mounted above a rotary table rotatable about a vertical axis. A plurality of second parallel swing links are angularly movable vertical... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4998465 | Apparatus for peeling garlic Garlic cloves to have their outer inedible skins removed are placed on a shake table which spreads them generally into a one-clove layer and moves them toward an exit edge. The cloves drop from shake table onto a sloped feed tray having a number of downwa... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4889045 | Apparatus for peeling bulbous plants The invention relates to an apparatus for peeling bulbous plants, such as onions, the apparatus consisting substantially of cutting means for removing the tail and head of the bulb, incision means for making an incision into at least the outer skin of the... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4889046 | Device for peeling onions or other bulbous or tuberous plants A peeling machine intended for removing the outer skins of onions or other bulbous or tuberous plants comprising a holder (19) with one or more knives (20) for making a circumferential cut in the onions and at least one nozzle (21) for the infeed of compr... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4730554 | Appliance for the alignment of onions or other vegetable bulbs The invention deals with an appliance with which onions or other vegetable bulbs can be oriented with their axial direction in a particular position necessary to present the onions to a processing machine for instance for the removal of top and root ends,... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4729299 | Citrus fruit peeling machine This invention relates to a method and apparatus of peeling citrus fruit. Citrus fruits are peeled by utilizing a series of cups for holding the fruit such that the core axis of the fruit lies horizontal at right angle to the path of travel. A conveyor is... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4718334 | Apparatus for removing stem and root of bulb An apparatus for cutting and removing stems and roots of bulbs includes a carrying element for the bulb, a centering element, cutting elements for the stem and the root, and a holding element to hold the bulb. The central position, between an upper cutter... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4602559 | Peeling machine A machine for automatically peeling vegetables, particularly onions, and also some fruits. The peeling machine consists of a conveyor belt with devices for holding an individual onion, spaced along the belt, a cutter station where the two ends of the onio... | 07/29/1986 |
