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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7861648 | Device for separating banana pulp from its peel A large scale processing method for separating banana pulp from its peel is shown. In this method bananas are separated into two parts (generally in a transverse direction), each part having a tip end and a cut end. A compression force is applied to those banana par... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7658144 | Avocado de-skinning apparatus An avocado de-skinning apparatus having two generally vertically disposed rotating drums. The rotating drums rotate inward to pinch the skin of an avocado and force the off and through a gap defined between the rotating drums. A driver in the gap and in the upper se... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7444930 | Avocado de-skinning apparatus An avocado de-skinning apparatus having two generally vertically disposed rotating drums. The rotating drums rotate inward to pinch the skin of an avocado and force the off and through a gap defined between the rotating drums. A driver in the gap and in the upper se... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7069846 | Installation for the treatment of products in bulb or tuber form An installation for the treatment of products in bulb or tuber form in relation to the removal of the outermost layer thereof, comprising a channel through which the products can be transported between an inlet and an outlet that are at different levels, which chann... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6220153 | Automated peeler for fruit products By providing fruit processing apparatus comprising rotatable movement control members and a U-shaped cutting blade cooperatively associated therewith, high speed, efficient and automatic removal of skins and seeds from a fruit segment is efficiently achie... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6116155 | Melon peeler An apparatus for removing skin from a convex surface of a section of fruit. The apparatus includes a curved peeling blade which presents a concave peeling surface to the convex surface of the section of fruit and a drive gear wheel in mesh with an idler g... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5598773 | Melon rind trimming device There is disclosed a device for removal of rind from melons which has a cutting station with a flat, planar, cutting member having an upwardly facing cutting edge mounted on a flat planar pressure shoe, a rotary feeder having a body with an external surfa... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5544575 | Sheller for seed corn Apparatus for shelling seed corn in a manner which minimizes damage to the individual kernels includes a generally closed housing open at the top to receive ears of corn and having lower apertures for discharging the corn cobs to waste and recovering the ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5454303 | Sheller for seed corn Apparatus for shelling seed corn in a manner which minimizes damage to the individual kernels includes a generally closed housing open at the top to receive ears of corn and having lower apertures for discharging the corn cobs to waste and recovering the ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5396837 | Device for reducing peelable products such as potatoes in size to a predetermined shape A device for reducing peelable products such as potatoes in size to a predetermined shape, consisting of at least one pair of mutually adjacent rotatably driven reducing elements, the outer surface of which has at least one constriction such that two oppo... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5361689 | Method and apparatus for blanching nuts Two counter rotating rollers are provided having elastomeric exterior coatings into which ribs and grooves are formed for intermeshing to blanch nuts at a pinch point therebetween. Grooves in the lower roller hold nuts as ribs on the upper roller pass acr... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5203259 | Blueberry destemmer A fruit destemmer leaving an endless conveyor belt made up of a plurality of counter-rotating metal rollers rotatably supported at each end by endless chains. The fruit destemmer has an inclined bed with a driven shaft at each end. Each driven shaft has a... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5169663 | Method and apparatus for partially husking corn The method of partially husking corn includes the steps of completely severing the first end of the ear of corn. The second end is partially crossed cut. The husk from the partially cut end is then rotated transversely with respect to the longitudinal axi... | 12/08/1992 |
| 4770887 | Tomato stem and peel device and process Apparatus for removing skins and stems from tomatoes and the like after they have been treated with lye or steam, including a bed of counter rotating rollers which pinch and remove the skins and stems, and one or more rotary elements above the bed which c... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4509414 | Stemming and peeling apparatus An apparatus for removing appendages (10A) from articles or produce (10) comprising a first conveyor (12) carrying a plurality of pairs of counter-rotating rolls (16) and (17) for movement along an inclined section (14). The articles are introduced throug... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4459721 | Poultry skinning machine A poultry skinning machine for removing the skin from poultry parts utilizes rollers having inter-engaging helical teeth that laterally transport the poultry parts while removing the skin from the product. The rollers act in cooperation with a cover means... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4444096 | Fruit peeling rollers A fruit peeling machine comprising improved fruit peeling rollers in which at least one of each pair of rollers is provided with axially extending ribs projecting radially outwardly from the roller sufficiently to cause the fruit carried thereupon contact... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4325297 | Apparatus for buff blanching peanuts An apparatus is provided for buff blanching peanuts. The machine is adapted to remove the dark outer skin of shelled peanuts and, at the same time, produce a textured finish on the surface of the nuts to enhance the adhesion of an applied coating such as ... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4296526 | Skinning machine for the heads and limbs of slaughtered animals The present invention relates to a skinning machine for the head and limbs of slaughtered ungulate animals. Such a machine is constituted by a frame on which are mounted: on the one hand, two horizontally parallel rollers pivoting in bearings associated w... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4215450 | Skinning machine In a skinning machine, intended primarily for deskinning poultry pieces, a cylindrical feed screw in a cylindrical passage forms an annular feed passage between them. The passage increases in flow capacity from a hopper at its entrance, where the pieces a... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4023477 | Flexible cable dry peeler with rubber-like cords A dry peeler for fleshy fruit is formed as a rotating cage having an annular helical conveyor with axially extending, circumferentially spaced neoprene peeling cords 3/8 inch in diameter stretched between adjacent convolutions of the helical conveyor. A n... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3964715 | Flesh and skin separating apparatus and method for fruit and vegetable products A flesh and skin separating device for fruit and vegetable products utilizing a rotating pneumatic tire bearing against the circumference of a perforated drum and driving the flesh of such products, previously doctored upon the drum surface, through the p... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3942428 | Apparatus for removing roots from bulbs or the like corms In apparatus for removing roots from bulbs or the like corms, the bulbs are thrown upwards towards pairs of cooperating rollers, which catch the roots of the bulbs in the nips between the rollers and draw off the roots from the bulbs.... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3930283 | Machine for removing skin from pieces of poultry A poultry processing machine adapted to remove skin from certain parts of poultry, such as necks, thighs and breasts by arranging the same for passage along a substantially uniformly diminishing channel defined by the upper portions of a pair of rollers h... | 01/06/1976 |
