Class 99/541 - By paring

Subclass of Class 99 - Foods and beverages: apparatus
Definition: Device including an elongated sharpened cutting edge which
No. of patents: 34
Last issue date: 10/09/2007

Number	Title	Issue Date
7278346	Tourne cutting method, device and kit A cutting device holds an article to be cut stationary while a blade is traversed along a curved guide to peel or slice away material from the article. The article may be rotated using an indexing mechanism to realign the article with respect to the blade. The cutti...	10/09/2007
7080454	Devices and methods for use in preparing certain fruits for consumption Devices for removing and/or slicing a meat of fruit are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device has a handle portion and a working portion having an elongated blade and a pair of lateral extensions. The elongated blade has a cross-sectional shape adapted to facilit...	07/25/2006
7077058	Fruit and vegetable peeler A fruit and vegetable peeler which is suitably used in general homes for peeling a small amount of fruits and vegetables, which is small-sized and light-weight, and which is further convenient in carrying and storage. A pair of clamp members are supported by a housi...	07/18/2006
7055247	Avocado slicer An avocado slicer having a handle, a curved blade, and a plurality of internal cutting blades. The blade separates the meat of the avocado from the peel while the internal cutting blades simultaneously slice the meat into separate slices. In a preferred form, the av...	06/06/2006
6834579	Palm food processor A palm food processor includes a casing and a knife seat. The casing is composed of an upper cover and a lower cover detachably joined to each other oppositely with a receiving chamber formed between the two covers, a top side of the upper cover having a hand grip p...	12/28/2004
6748854	Melon cutter A melon cutter includes a cutting basket which has a plurality of arched wire cutters which extend to a central member. The cutter includes a melon holder which can be forced down towards the cutting head. A melon half placed on the cutting head is then forced by th...	06/15/2004
6523464	Automated peeler The invention is an automated peeler for peeling vegetables or fruit. The peeler includes a split axle support for securing and rotating an object to be peeled within a frame, and a peeling blade supported on an articulating peeler blade mount secured thr...	02/25/2003
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
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
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
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
5996482	Specification A high speed, high volume fruit sectionizer is comprised of a pair of suction cup conveyors onto which fruit is loaded. The fruit is coupled by means of suction attachment to a first conveyor and carried to a position wherein the opposing side of the frui...	12/07/1999
5957045	Machine for peeling vegetables and fruits The machine for peeling vegetables and fruits has a hollow base. A vertical pole projects upwardly from the hollow base. A threaded rod extends vertically within the vertical pole and is driven into rotation by a handle. The vegetable or fruit to be peele...	09/28/1999
5787801	Apparatus and method for coring and sectionizing fruit A high speed, high volume fruit sectionizer is comprised of a pair of suction cup conveyors onto which fruit is loaded. The fruit is coupled by means of suction attachment to a first conveyor and carried to a position wherein the opposing side of the frui...	08/04/1998
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
5690022	Peeling device A peeling device includes a base in which a motor is disposed and two ends portions extend from the base wherein a transmitting device is disposed in one of the end portions and is actuated by the motor, a first lead screw rotatably supported between the ...	11/25/1997
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
5664490	Melon peeler apparatus A melon peeler simultaneously removes the seed pod, seeds and rind from a melon slice. A melon slice input channel and a drive assembly cooperate to guide a melon slice toward a cutting assembly arranged across the input channel. The cutting assembly incl...	09/09/1997
5640898	Machine for automatically peeling elongated fruits, advantageously for peeling kiwis A machine (10) for automatically peeling substantially elongated fruits (15), advantageously for peeling kiwis, comprising a frame (11) supporting a conveyor suitable for translating said fruits (15) from a first feeding station towards a peeling station,...	06/24/1997
5613431	Avocado cutter A tool for use on an avocado, for separating the meat of an avocado from its skin while simultaneously cutting the meat into separate slices, comprising a handle having a first end and a second end and a frame mounted at one end of the handle. The frame h...	03/25/1997
5582096	Vegetable peeling and shaping machine A vegetable peeling and shaping machine has a preliminary cutting assembly for cutting off portions of a vegetable to produce a vegetable core insertable into a tube, and a main cutting assembly with a tube positioned to sequentially receive vegetable cor...	12/10/1996
5533442	Avocado peeler and slicer A tool for use on an avocado, for separating the meat of an avocado from its skin while simultaneously cutting the meat into separate slices, comprising a handle having a first end and a second end and cutting rings are mounted at one end of the handle. T...	07/09/1996
5461971	Union peeling device An onion peeling device comprised of a shield having an open lower end and a rounded upper end. The open lower end has a slot formed therein extending upwardly therefrom. The slot has an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion has a width gre...	10/31/1995
5168799	Apparatus for the cutting out of vegetable heads An apparatus for the cutting out of vegetable heads, in particular cauliflower, fruits or parts thereof which have on their underside a central part (stipe), which is to be cut out from the surrounding part along a hemispherical or ogival face. The diamet...	12/08/1992
5105734	Peeler A peeler (10) is provided for peeling articles (50) such as oranges. The peeler (10) comprises a cylindrical member (12) which will cut a major portion of the article (50) by plunging thereinto. The portion cut will be within the cutting member (12) with ...	04/21/1992
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
4972769	Appliance for peeling fruit and vegetables In an appliance for peeling fruit and vegetables, the appliance comprising an electric motor (1) driving a rotor (2) inside a cover (6), the axis of rotation (21) of the rotor being perpendicular to the surface to be peeled, and the rotor being loosely or...	11/27/1990
4787305	Machine for hollowing vegetables and fruits The present invention relates to a hollowing machine for vegetables and fruits comprising a frame (1) with a lower table (2), a central table (3), an upper table (4) and outermost a step-by-step pivoting table (7), placed above the upper table. The pivoti...	11/29/1988
4785729	Produce peeling machine, particularly for shelling nuts The invention concerns a machine for treating produce for peeling it, in particular a nut-husking machine. This machine comprises a tank (1) with a cylindrical wall, a rotary disk (10) dotted with a plurality of teeth (16) projecting above the disk by an ...	11/22/1988
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
4397228	Self-adjusting apparatus for slitting peanuts Apparatus is provided for slitting the skins of shelled peanuts, or the like, without splitting the nuts. Peanuts are fed in a single stream into the bite of a pair of rollers mounted one above the other for rotation about parallel horizontal axes. The ro...	08/09/1983
4157681	Machine for paring vegetables or fruits A machine for paring vegetables, fruits or parts thereof having as their base a central portion to be separated over a hemispherical or ogival surface from the surrounding portion, said machine comprising a tray which pivots discontinuously and which is p...	06/12/1979
4137839	Vegetable peeling apparatus An improved cutting head for a mechanical vegetable and fruit peeling machine, and a machine incorporating the cutting head. The cutting head has an elongated body with means on the body for pivotably connecting it to means on the peeling machine which mo...	02/06/1979
3964379	Machine for slitting nut skins Edible nuts, such as peanuts, may have their skins slit prior to blanching by means of a machine disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a pair of cooperating rolls which carry a stream of nuts one by one between a pair of cutting elements which slit the...	06/22/1976

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