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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7430958 | Double blade peeling device for vegetables and fruits A double blade peeling device for vegetable and fruit comprises a handle attached to a vegetable and fruit retaining member and a body of screw, the handle can drive internal gears to rotate, so as to make the retaining member and the body of screw to rotate as well... | 10/07/2008 |
| 6994018 | Roller drive system for a fruit oil extractor Apparatus for extracting oil from the peel of whole citrus fruit includes a frame and a plurality of parallel horizontal rolls including toothed projections for piercing the outer surface of the whole fruit. Each of the plurality of rolls is rotatably supported via ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6167801 | Peeler for root vegetables The present invention relates to a device for peeling root vegetables. The device comprises a container (1), which at its bottom has at least two rotatably arranged discs (4), which have grating or cutting means on their upper side. According to the inven... | 01/02/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5950529 | Vegetable peeling device A vegetable peeling device for peeling vegetables. The vegetable peeling device includes a housing has a lower base portion, a gear housing portion, and a drum portion. The drum portion of the housing has an inner surface defining a reservoir. The drum po... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5780088 | Electric motor driven abrasive roller peeler and cleaning machine A machine for peeling and cleaning fruits and vegetables using a plurality of rotating abrasive rollers which are each driven by an electric motor. The machine has a frame with a pair of end plates that rotatively carry the rollers. Each motor is carried ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5106641 | Apparatus and method for waterless rotary cleaning and peeling food products and the like Apparatus for cleaning and peeling food products, such as fruits and vegetables, without the use of water, comprises a stationary housing in which a motor-driven brush cage is rotatably mounted. The cage comprises a plurality of cylindrical roller brushes... | 04/21/1992 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4442764 | Machine for peeling and cleaning foodstuffs, particularly vegetables such as onions The machine comprises a container supported by settable legs so as to make the machine perfectly vertical on its support. The container contains a filter opening into a discharge duct and supporting at its upper portion a cylinder containing at its base a... | 04/17/1984 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4169409 | Food processing equipment Equipment for processing produce including a rotatable drum with outwardly facing pockets distributed circumferentially. The lower portion of the drum is submerged in a pool of liquid confined by a tank. Liquid is circulated in the tank to cause produce t... | 10/02/1979 |
| 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 |
| 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 |