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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428863 | Apparatus for peeling potatoes and the like An improved peeling machine for controlling the removal of a peeling from a food product, the peeling machine having a hopper with a supply auger that pushes a food item to a peeling chamber, the peeling chamber having a plurality of parallel longitudinal rollers ar... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7322424 | Crop separating harvester A crop separating harvester includes a primary crop path having an apex, a forced air supply tangentially positioned to the crop path from a bottom side of the apex, and a crop retrieval member, wherein said crop retrieval member is separated from said apex a predet... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7197978 | Discharge gate for a food peeler An improved discharge gate for a food peeler having an S-shaped portion edge such that a food item is able to uniformly flow from the peeling chamber out of the discharge gate and at the same time, the gate causes efficient flow within the peeling chamber of the pee... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7121929 | Roller shaft for a vegetable peeler An improved roller shaft for a food peeling machine that allows for an improved method of changing abrasive sections that are on the shaft, the improved shaft having a first and second end with removable retaining elements and the method involving the use of a hydro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6612226 | Peeling apparatus and associated methods A peeling apparatus may include a frame, a set of mounts being removably connected to a first end of the frame adjacent at least one first roller opening and each mount including a flange bearing. The peeler may also include a set of abrasive rollers bein... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6575085 | Peeling apparatus with enhanced abrasive rollers and associated methods A peeling apparatus includes a frame, and at least one set of abrasive rollers carried by the frame to define at least one peeling chamber. Each abrasive roller includes an elongate body portion having an abrasive outer surface and may have a pair of moun... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6431061 | Peeling apparatus having feeder control based upon load and associated methods A peeling apparatus includes a set of abrasive rollers, at least one roller drive motor, a feeder for controllably feeding fruit or vegetables adjacent the abrasive rollers, at least one sensor associated with at least one roller drive motor for sensing a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6389963 | Peeling element The present invention relates to a peeling element having an elongated shape and being attached to a mechanism for rotating the peeling element around a rotation axis and includes peeling arrangements on an outer surface. To allow a product to be peeled w... | 05/21/2002 |
| 5931088 | Bulbous or tuberous crop surface treating apparatus Apparatus for treating the surface of bulbous or tuberous crops, comprising a substantially tubular treatment channel inclining upwards in the main direction of transport and comprising a top wall and a bottom wall, the bottom wall being made up of a numb... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5431094 | Nut dehulling apparatus A nut dehulling apparatus for more effectively removing the green hull or shuck from pecans includes a housing having a housing inlet and a housing outlet. A rotatable scrubbing means and an endless conveyor belt are disposed in the housing. Further inclu... | 07/11/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5329845 | Apparatus for waterless hulling of nuts and the like The apparatus comprises a cage (rotatable in one direction) formed by roller brushes (rotatable in the opposite direction) radially arranged about a axis to define a sloped chamber. A fender is located along one side of each roller brush. A stationary tub... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5307738 | Food processing machine A dry food processing machine designed to clean and polish vegetables such as potatoes as well as various fruits. The machine includes inner and outer, concentrically arranged, inverted, frusto-conical rotatable members which are concentrically spaced fro... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5245919 | Apparatus for peeling fruits or vegetables Apparatus for continuously peeling fruits or vegetables comprising a substantially horizontal rotary drum having its wall formed by a plurality of circumferentially-spaced parallel shafts, each shaft being individually rotatable about its own axis and hav... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5033372 | Apparatus for peeling fruits and vegetables Apparatus for peeling fruits and vegetables includes a plurality of substantially parallel shafts including a first set of shafts and a second set of shafts with one of the second set shafts interposed between each adjacent pair of the first set of shafts... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5000205 | Method of pre-washing and after-washing tuberous products of peeling thereof and an apparatus for performing the method In a method and apparatus for washing or peeling tuberous products including providing a bed of rotatable driven brushes in a container, supplying liquid into the container such that the undersides of the brushes extend into the liquid, disposing the tube... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4848221 | Apparatus for processing fava bean seeds Method and apparatus remove the seed membrane from fava bean seeds and similar beans. The apparatus has a pair of continuous belts which define a fixed space, into which space said seeds are fed. The seeds travel between said belts, which are engaged in t... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4842883 | Continuous produce surface treater and method An apparatus and method for continuously peeling and removing dirt from produce wherein the apparatus comprises an abrading cage with a plurality of rotating spindles and having an internal chamber with an inwardly facing abrading surface and an axis of r... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4827836 | Fruit and vegetable peeler In a produce peeler a plurality of rolls (14) are mounted in a "U" configuration around an auger (26) and are individually rotated by hydraulic drive motors (16) to peel produce passing through. The rolls are positioned in a hyperbolic configuration to en... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4549479 | Papaya scraping machine A gravity-fed papaya skin scraping machine 10 is disclosed, comprising a rotating scraper drum 20, an inclined feed plate 60 above the drum, a conveyor belt assembly 40 above the drum to hold papaya slices 11 down on rotating rods 21 in the drum, a pulp, ... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4519305 | Vegetable peeler A vegetable peeler for peeling large quantities of vegetables. The vegetable peeler has a frame on which a plurality of rollers are rotatably mounted in parallel relation to define a longitudinally extending, upwardly opening trough. A discharge auger is ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4432275 | Nut blanching apparatus A nut blanching arrangement in which nuts to be blanched are passed between first and second spaced, counter-rotating rollers. Each roller is provided with a plurality of hollow elastic tubular rings extending around its outer circumference. The tubular r... | 02/21/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4242952 | Peeling apparatus Apparatus for peeling steam-, lye- or otherwise pretreated tuberous fruits, provided with a plurality of slightly interspaced, parallel, rotation-drivable rollers which are circumferentially provided with peeling elements, such as brushes or embossments, ... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4237782 | Vegetable processing machine with product mobilizer apparatus A processing machine for washing, scrubbing, or peeling products, such as vegetables or fruit, comprises a plurality of elongated rotatable processing rollers (with brushes or abrading elements thereon) arranged to define a U-shaped trough through which t... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4196224 | Method and apparatus for husking and drying cereal and legume kernels The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the husking and drying of cereal and legume kernels comprising separating the kernels from their husks by means of rotating plate bodies and discharging the husks from the kernels/husks mixture b... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4034665 | Pistachio huller A pistachio huller having two stages; a first stage including a pair of rollers between which the pistachios are passed to rupture the pericarps thereof to form tag ends of pericarps adherent to the shells of the pistachios and a second stage including a ... | 07/12/1977 |
