Class 99/628 - Relatively moving adjacent surfaces

Subclass of Class 99 - Foods and beverages: apparatus
Definition: Device including at least two cooperating surfaces, one
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 09/30/2008

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
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
7264189	Hand-held food processor A hand-held hand-powered food processor having a pull cord motor for rotating a spindle that carries an arm. The arm can be a cutter blade or an elastomeric flexible peeler arm having a durometer of preferable between Shore 80A and Shore 82A. A food processor having...	09/04/2007
7143687	Roller grill having rollers with a roughened surface A roller grill assembly includes a roller grill housing and a plurality of rollers that are rotatably mounted in the housing, each roller having an external surface. The assembly also includes one or more heating elements provided in each roller for heating the exte...	12/05/2006
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
6530310	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...	03/11/2003
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
5996483	Peeler A peeler for garlic and/or peanuts includes a housing having an open top end and a cylindrical inner wall surface on which four ribs having respective surfaces are formed, and a lid for closing the housing top end. The peeler includes a central beater sur...	12/07/1999
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
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
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
5351610	Peeling machine for vegetable products A peeling machine for batchwise peeling of vegetable products comprises a container (6) for receiving the vegetable products and peeling means (14) in the container for removing the peel of the vegetable products during relative movement and engagement be...	10/04/1994
5327819	Peanut blanching process An improved apparatus for blanching nuts, particularly peanuts, is provided wherein nuts are fed onto a conveyor belt by a single feeder means which carries them against a diagonally positioned nut engaging means that has a nut discharge end which extends...	07/12/1994
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
5168802	Apparatus for peeling fruits and vegetables Apparatus for peeling fruits and vegetables comprises a plurality of rotatably driven peeling elements having predetermined axes of rotation that are generally horizontal and substantially parallel to one another. The peeling elements have a provision for...	12/08/1992
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
5024148	Coating removal device for granular materials A device for removing coatings from granular materials such as hull-encased meats of grains. The device includes a housing within which is journaled a rotatably disposed drum. A wall is also mounted within the housing, the wall angling downwardly and bein...	06/18/1991
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
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
4621573	Apparatus for cleaning fruits and vegetables A fruit and vegetable cleaning apparatus is provided for removing damaged, textured skin impurities which has a loading opening, a housing enclosing a revolving conveyor drum which is partially surrounded by a plurality of abrasive elements by means of wh...	11/11/1986
4611532	Food peeler A food peeler which includes an auger having a flexible blade for urging food items transversely across an endless belt which carries the food items. The auger blade has multiple protrusions formed on its surface for abrasively contacting the food items....	09/16/1986
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
4448118	Cleaning and peeling machine A cleaning and peeling machine (1) with an essentially vertically aligned cylinder (6) and with a conveyor screw (26) located in the latter is designed for cleaning and peeling agricultural products. The shell (18) of the cylinder (6) has a plurality of o...	05/15/1984
4441409	Apparatus for blanching peanuts Apparatus for use in blanching edible nuts, particularly peanuts. Two generally vertical plates are disposed in spaced parallel relation to one another and connected to a drive mechanism for producing lengthwise oscillations of the two plates, both of whi...	04/10/1984
4389927	Method and apparatus for separating apricot kernels from husks In the separation of kernels from the shells of apricot stones the steps of placing at least the medially opened kernels not separated from the shells onto two moving surfaces with the separating gap below the shells, the moving surfaces each moving in an...	06/28/1983
4245553	Bean treating apparatus Apparatus for treating beans such as soybeans, comprising means for hulling the beans, such as a disk-type hulling device, and a running-water-type hull and seed separating device in which the hull and the seed are separated by water flows having differen...	01/20/1981
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
4173177	Decorticator and separator for seed products An improved apparatus for hulling and separating loosened seed hulls from kernels of meat employing compartmentized separator for the meat products....	11/06/1979
4023478	Nut husking apparatus An apparatus for husking nuts, in a continuous manner without causing damage to the shell and the kernels thereof, the apparatus having a conveyor drum which includes double-spiraled, transporting rib members radially arranged about the conveyor drum, whe...	05/17/1977
3990358	Fruit processing apparatus An apparatus for removing the skins from fruit (including vegetables) where the fruit has an elongated shape being substantially cylindrical or egg shaped, and which are particularly suitable for removing the skins from Chinese gooseberries (Actinidia Chi...	11/09/1976
3981234	Apparatus for the preparation of a soybean beverage base Soybean dehulling, blanching and grinding apparatus is provided for preparation of a relatively coarse ground slurry consisting of water and approximately 12% by weight of bean tissue. Soybeans having a moisture content of approximately 13% are dehulled i...	09/21/1976
3951057	Nut blanching apparatus An apparatus is provided for removing the skins from shelled nuts. Nuts such as peanuts are fed into a hopper mounted to a carriage adjustably positioned above a horizontally moving conveyor belt. A plurality of spaced parallel baffles extends diagonally ...	04/20/1976

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