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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7302886 | Hulling apparatus and method A hulling apparatus having a main frame, a moveable support frame, a rotatable drum fixed in position relative to the main frame, a housing supported by the moveable support frame and a hulling chamber formed by the placement of the drum inside the housing. A contac... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7270052 | Fruit skin peeling device A fruit skin peeling device is disclosed. The device comprises a base, a driving means, a rotating disc, a plurality of lateral plates and a top cover, the base having a top and a lower cavity, wherein the base is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber an... | 09/18/2007 |
| 6941859 | Nut hulling tub agitating fingers An agitating device is provided that may be mounted inside a rotating nut hulling tub for increasing the agitation of the nuts, thereby increasing the hulling speed, especially important for pistachio nuts. The device comprises a bracket capable of being attached to... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6591742 | Plantain peeler The plantain peeler is a kitchen appliance that allows a person to easily and efficiently remove the skin from plantains. The device would consist of a slicing mechanism and a peeling mechanism integrated into a housing with a discard tray at the bottom a... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6516713 | Produce mandrel system A produce mandrel system has a driven cylinder formed with a point. A driven support receives the driven cylinder for its axial reciprocation and for rotation there within. A driven control assembly has a handle and a collar receiving the driven cylinder ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6253670 | Apparatus for peeling and optionally cutting vegetables An apparatus is disclosed for peeling vegetables of a round, oval or elongated shape such as cucumbers, turnips, carrots or potatoes. The apparatus has a frame defining a hole sized to receive and let pass the vegetable to be peeled. A given number of kni... | 07/03/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6125744 | Fruit peeler A peeling machine is disclosed for peeling various fruits and vegetables. The peeling machine includes a lower holding assembly and an upper holding assembly rotatably coupled to a frame for securing and rotating a fruit or vegetable to be peeled. An air ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6125742 | Seed celler having dual drives for turning fin and seed cell knife An apparatus for coring and seed celling pears, apples, honeydew melons, cantaloupe and other fruits is provided in which a seed celler support tube is utilized to drive a seed celler knife and wherein a coring tube is utilized to rotate said fruit by one... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5857404 | Peeling machine A peeling machine for stalk-like vegetables, comprising a plurality of knife stations that are successively arranged in the direction of travel of the vegetables on a machine frame, is described. A plurality of pairs of feed rollers are each supported bet... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5806414 | Apparatus for removing rind from spheroidal fruits and vegetables A processing apparatus and method for removing rind from a spheroidal food article, such as a melon is provided. The apparatus includes infeed and outfeed componentry for conveying melons to be processed into and out of the apparatus, providing an apparat... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5778770 | Food separating device A food processing machine is provided for separating a body of a food item, for example for removing a portion of potato from its outer skin. The machine comprises a plurality of cutting means (4) arranged in an array; a plurality of receptacles (41) for ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5669293 | Device for peeling elongated vegetables The invention concerns a device for peeling elongated vegetables, preferably asparagus. The device has a housing (2) with a passage (4) designed to permit a stick of asparagus (50) to be inserted. Inside the housing (2) are several peeling blades (12, 12'... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5666877 | Peeling device A peeling device for fruits has a housing (1) with a knife opening (16) in the surface (18) for a peeling knife (15) with a knife-edge (17) that projects above the top side (18) of the lid (4). The peeling knife (15) is connected to an oscillating arm (13... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5660104 | Apparatus and method for removing rind from spheriodal fruits and vegetables An apparatus and method for removing rind from a spheroidal food article, such as a melon is provided. The apparatus includes a carriage assembly having revolving spindles that retain a melon on its axis and revolve the melon on its equator. The spindles ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5558011 | Fruit paring and cutting apparatus An apparatus for paring the skin or rind from fruit and cutting segments of the rind having a defined length, width and thickness. The fruit is mounted upon a rotatable shaft which is longitudinally moveable through the incorporation of a continuous worm ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5435238 | 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... | 07/25/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5220865 | Peeling apparatus A peeling apparatus comprises a support shaft which is laterally mounted on a frame, a container arranged on the outside of the support shaft and having an inner surface which is curved with respect to an axis of the support shaft and with respect to an a... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5146681 | Elongate vegetable skin cleaner apparatus An apparatus for removing a skin layer of elongate vegetables, such as cucumbers and carrots, includes an elongate housing mounting blade segments therewithin. A manually supported embodiment of the invention includes coaxially arranged resilient segments... | 09/15/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5097758 | Fruit and vegetable peeler A fruit and vegetable peeler includes a tong assembly with flexible grater plates resiliently connected across spaced apart joints of the assembly. The tong assembly is mounted on a support plate in sliding guides which confine the motion of members of th... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5044268 | Cutting device The invention provides for a cutting device having a mounting member comprised of two cylindrical portions mounted on a base. The two cylindrical portions are arranged co-axially, and define between them a recess adapted to accommodate an article to be cu... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4998466 | Bulb slitter In a bulb slitter, a plurality of first swinging elements are mounted to a frame is juxtaposed relation to each other, and a plurality of second swinging elements are mounted to the frame is juxtaposed relation to each other. The first swinging elements h... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4982499 | Potato peeler New apparatus for peeling potato is disclosed. This hand-operated device includes a cylindrical container in which slides a spherical basket. The container is fitted, on inside wall, with spring mounted cutters forming together a self-adjustable periphera... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4738195 | Fruit peeling machine A machine for cutting strips of peel from citrus fruit, particularly for the purpose of producing "twists" of lemon and lime, employs a cutting assembly with a circular array of cutters. The cutters have upwardly oriented, transversely extending cutting e... | 04/19/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4679499 | Apparatus for sizing and peeling longated cylindrical bodies of vegetable matter Generally cylindrical bodies of vegetable matter such as spears of asparagus of varying diameter are telescopically inserted tip end-first into the horizontally radially outwardly opening mouthpieces in a drum that is mounted to rotate on a horizontal axi... | 07/14/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4545297 | Onion peeling device An onion peeling device is created by means of which a substantial number of onions can be peeled one immediately after the other in simple and sanitary but also precise manner. An onion rest is provided, further pivot arms circularly arranged on a suppor... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4503761 | Machine for fashioning vegetables and similar products A machine for fashioning vegetables and similar products. The machine comprises: a fashioning gripper 12 comprising two jaws 18, 19 adapted for seizing the vegetable via opposed axial actions; a fashioning tool 17 rotating about an axis parallel to the common ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4481875 | Bulb peeling apparatus Here is disclosed a bulb peeling apparatus wherein a means of incising grooves on the outer peripheral surface skins of bulbs while rotating the bulbs is arranged in the course of a bulb conveying means and a compressed air blowing means is arranged furth... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4446782 | Banana peeling machine A banana peeling machine in which the skin of a banana is engaged by impinging spikes on the periphery of three resiliently supported rotatable wheels with separating and cutting means adjacent a narrowest gap location to assist the skin being pulled away... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4430931 | Vegetable peeling device A vegetable peeling device for carrots, squash, turnips and the like employs a plurality of parallel pairs of cutting blades spring loaded toward each other. The pairs of blades are stacked about a common center and they are arranged at equal angular inte... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4383479 | Coconut husk removing tool A device for forcefully removing husks from coconuts provided with a pair of hingedly connected wedge blades adapted to be inserted into the coconut husk. One blade is stationary and the other blade has a handle to enable it to be rocked for prying the hu... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4321865 | Apparatus for treating nuts or the like In treating nuts which are supplied by way of transport means and which are held between two conveyor belts, a groove of uniform depth is milled into the shell of the nut by means of overlapping milling discs, which groove permits the shell of the nut to ... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4212237 | Automatic asparagus peeling machine A completely automatic asparagus peeling machine comprises a material feeding means vibrating with high frequency, a parallel guide means, a conveying means and an automatic peeling assembly. The material feeding means with its high frequency vibration permits... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4186461 | Hand supported skinning device A hand supported skinning device for removing the skin from animal carcasses includes a housing having a handle attached thereto. A stationary blade is mounted on the housing closely adjacent a driven revolvable feeder roll which grips and pulls the anima... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4109021 | Method of peeling pineapples A method for processing pineapples by sequentially drilling a central hole, cutting off the upper end, transferring the pineapple to a peeling spindle, indexing the pineapple on the spindle through a series of peeling stations, cutting off the bottom end,... | 08/22/1978 |
