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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7234393 | Industrial nutcracker An improved nutcracker and shelling process use centrifugal force to accelerate nuts so that their shells shatter upon impacting a target surface. The nutcracker includes an impeller having an intake for receiving nuts and an outlet for discharging the nuts. During ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7140122 | Vacuum treatment of waste stream with anti-incrustation measures A method of treating a waste stream comprises a vacuum treatment to promote disintegration of the waste material by “flash vapor” production, causing a swiftly vaporizing fraction inside the material to literally explode or shred apart the matrix of the material... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7020980 | Vacuum treatment of waste stream with anti-incrustation measures A method of treating a waste stream comprises a vacuum treatment to promote disintegration of the waste material by “flash vapor” production, causing a swiftly vaporizing fraction inside the material to literally explode or shred apart the matrix of the material... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017277 | Vacuum treatment of an input stream without ruining delicate output fractions A method of separating the membrane and mineral fractions from an input stream of broken empty egg shells comprises a vacuum treatment to promote the membrane fraction to “eject” or detach from the attached or adhered scraps of mineral, ie., mineral shards or po... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000531 | Nutcracker A nutcracker for simultaneously cracking a plurality of similar nuts in a single discreet operation provides a five sided box-like base defining a chamber having an open top, carrying a rigid bottom plate bottom and defining a slot in the front side extending downwa... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6578472 | Machine for opening pistachios Machine for opening pistachios, a reservoir containing pistachios, a device for opening pistachios, and a device for supplying pistachios from the container to the opening device. The opening device includes a rotary shaft which carries a coaxial disk equ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6541057 | Apparatus for shelling nuts An apparatus for shelling nuts comprises adjustably opposed, manual or motor-driven, rotary wheel-type rollers that engage nuts and, as they rotate, forcibly crack the shell as the nut is transported between the rollers. The clearance between the opposed ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6516714 | Nut cracking apparatus The present invention is a nut cracker apparatus that will successfully and efficiently crack nuts and separate the meat from the shell. To enable successful cracking the present invention comprises a housing having an inlet and outlet. Interiorly located... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6397737 | Nutcracking apparatus A nutcracking apparatus including a housing having opposing sidewalls. A hammer plate having an upper and lower portion is pivotally attached at its upper portion to the opposing sidewalls of the housing. A camshaft is positioned in abutment with a lower ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6314872 | Hard boiled egg shelling device A hard boiled egg shelling device for quickly and easily removing the shell from a hard boiled egg. The hard boiled egg shelling device includes a supporting assembly for supporting a hard boiled egg which includes a support member having a base portion, ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6305276 | Apparatus for extracting creamed corn An apparatus for cutting kernels of fresh corn from ears thereof and recovering kernels and cream therefrom for eating or preserving for future eating. The apparatus comprises a hand-held electric drill having a drill bit adapted to grip the ear at its st... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6234070 | Egg breaking knife An egg breaking knife used in an egg breaking device which increases the yield of the egg breaking device. The upper edge of the egg breaking knife is in a "V" shape. The "V" shape creates a lower drainage point to eliminate any "damming" of egg shell con... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6209448 | Nut cracking machine A nut cracking machine comprises a cylinder mounted in bearings for rotation about a long axis of the cylinder. The cylinder has projections extending radially from its cylindrical surface. An anvil plate is held at a fixed predetermined distance from the... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6125743 | Nut processing apparatus An apparatus for processing hard-shelled nuts and a method therefore. A nut processing apparatus has a plurality of mechanical grippers moving in a continuous loop, each gripper configured to carry a nut through a plurality of processing stations. A conve... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6098530 | Mechanical nut cracker A mechanical nut cracker for a machine having an adjustably positioned crushing plate and crusher bar for cracking various types of nuts. The mechanical nut cracker includes a crusher assembly having a crusher bar rotationally attached to an end of a base... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5721002 | Automated nut-cracking apparatus and method A nut-cracking method and apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus comprising at least first and second spaced-apart impact members and a nut-dispenser. The nut-dispenser operates to dispense at least one nut at a sufficient velocity along a first path of tr... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5511470 | 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... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5415085 | Apparatus for shelling and separating any type of nut or legume This invention provides for an apparatus that will shell and separate the shells from the meat of a cracked nut or legume. The apparatus of the present invention is also provided with an adjustable slide plate that will render the apparatus with the capac... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5325769 | Walnut cracking mechanism A mechanism for cracking nuts utilizing a rotating member including a plurality of cells. Each cell of the rotating member is sized to contain a single nut which is accessible through an entrance to the cell. The cell also includes a plate against which t... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5305688 | Device for treating nuts Disclosed is a novel method of treating nuts with a compressed carbon dioxide gas so as to make them oxidation-resistant. For carrying out the method, a device is used, which can contain a compressed carbon dioxide gas and which is equipped with (i) (a) d... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5239918 | Method and devices for husking and cracking macadamia nuts Means for cracking and removing the inner shell of a Macadamia nut after its outer shell has been husked off comprising a vertical open top tubular member having a side wall opening with a nut feeder tube, and disposed upon a hard transverse surface, the ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5197380 | Egg breaking machine This egg breaking machine provides a means for separating egg shell from the liquid part of the egg. The eggs (1), along with the egg holder, commonly called a filler flat, containing thirty or less eggs, are placed into the egg breaker pan (3). At one en... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5115733 | Nut shelling machine A nut cracking machine constructed to crack nuts of different size in a continuous operation is provided, the machine having first and second disks that are spaced apart with opposed tapered faces forming a narrowing gap therebetween, the first disk being... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4895069 | Apparatus for shelling boiled eggs An apparatus for shelling boiled eggs is adapted to crackle the egg shell in a first section by impact action for a certain period and to subsequently transfer the egg to a second section, in which the egg shell fragments are cleared from the egg body. Th... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4848220 | Electric powered nut cracker An electric powered portable nutcracker is provided that includes an actuator for forcing a piston to move in a direction toward a stationary jaw to crack a nut so that the broken shells can fall into a compartment in the base. The nutcracker can be struc... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4773323 | Device for shelling nuts A process for shelling nuts, particularly pistachio nuts, includes the step of slowly and continuously compressing the nuts in the longitudinal direction and not increasing the compression at the moment when the shells break. This compression can preferab... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4643086 | Apparatus for the mechanical treatment of food product An oscillating deck for treatment of a product such as peanuts is mounted on a main frame by air mounts. The deck is driven in linear oscillation by a pair of vibration motors. The deck supports a cascade of conveying surfaces which deliver the product to... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4603624 | Motorized nutcracker A nutcracker includes a frame having a jaw member mounted thereon and connected to a threaded support portion for movement relative to said frame to adjust for the size of nuts being cracked. A second jaw member is mounted juxtaposed to the first jaw memb... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4598637 | Automatic bean sheller An apparatus for shelling beans is provided and consists of a machine for piercing the beans and separating their pods. The pods are then automatically removed and placed in a container while the beans are automatically removed and placed in another conta... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4526092 | Adjustable powered nutcracker A nutcracking apparatus comprising a motor driven rotary roller type cracker member with longitudinal serrations or teeth which engages a nut and forcibly cracks the shell between the roller member and a stationary cracking member comprising a plurality o... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4467711 | Method and apparatus for cracking nuts The nut cracking apparatus includes a conveyor comprised of a plurality of parallel slats connected to endless chains for intermittent movement from a hopper to a nut gripping and cracking apparatus. Each slat is provided with a row of openings extending ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4450761 | Nutcracker table This table is designed to be used for a patented inertia-type nutcracker. Primarily, it consists of a top with legs, and it includes a plurality of openings through it, for supporting receptacles which receive shelled and unshelled nuts. It further includ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4438687 | Triphammer nutcracker A triphammer nutcracker for use in fracturing the shells of various nuts of differing sizes and shell textures is disclosed. An operating handle is raised and lowered in a pumplike manner to provide access to a cracking chamber wherein the nut to be crack... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4378731 | Nut cracking device A nut cracking device commprising a hammer having an opening for receiving the end of a nut and applying columnar pressure thereon and a plate which faces the hammer for receiving the opposite end of the nut and applying columnar pressure thereon. A sprin... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4370922 | Nutcracker A nutcracker which automatically adjusts for nut size. The nut is cracked between a piston and a receiver. The receiver holds the nut and is locked into place by a latching mechanism made up of a plurality of disk elements, stacked together. A locking lev... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4344359 | Automatic machine for peeling hard-boiled eggs The invention relates to an automatic machine for peeling hard-boiled eggs. The machine comprises a frame 3, a rotating stand comprising a plate 14 mounted at an end of a vertical shaft 7 rotating in a bearing 4, hard-boiled egg receiver cups 17 suspended arou... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4311089 | Method and apparatus for peeling of shells of boiled eggs Peeling of the shells of boiled eggs is realized continuously, promptly and simply by introducing the boiled eggs into a cylinder through which water is flowing, the cylinder performing circular movement about a substantially horizontal axis with the magn... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4191102 | Egg-deshelling apparatus Apparatus for de-shelling hard-boiled eggs which comprises a feeding arrangement for feeding hard-boiled eggs to a position between two walls. The walls are reciprocated to bat the eggs to-and-fro between the walls to shatter the egg shells. The fragments... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4144805 | Nut huller and/or sheller A nut huller and/or sheller comprising, in combination, a container with its long axis vertical, a rotatable shaft concentrically mounted within said container, a plurality of radially extending blades mounted on said shaft to form a rotor assembly, said ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 3995542 | Apparatus for processing cereal grains A horizontally oriented tubular screen has a shaft extending through it. Outwardly adjacent one end of the screen the shaft is configurated as a feed screw which receives cereal grain and feeds it into and through the screen. Within the confines of the sc... | 12/07/1976 |
