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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127668 | Apparatus for destemming and vegetative shredding A vegetative shredder and destemming apparatus that includes a shredding drum having a interior volume into which a harvested plant crop may be placed for processing. The drum includes a substantially cylindrical side with a plurality of openings and at least one br... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7409905 | Crop processing machine A crop processing machine includes a transport mechanism for conveying a crop, a mounting assembly fixed with respect to the transport mechanism, and a knife assembly pivotally mounted with a 4-bar link to the mounting assembly, the knife assembly including a knife ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7096777 | Automated coring machine An automated high volume coring machine having a frame, a lifting device, a coring station, and a programmable controller. The lifting device having a scoop for lifting the produce into the coring station. The coring station having removing the skin and core of the ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7060312 | Methods and apparatus for processing vegetables The disclosed embodiments include methods and apparatus for processing vegetables having a root crown including applying opposing forces to the vegetables to separate the roots or portions thereof at or near the root crown from the vegetable, and packaging the veget... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048957 | Method and apparatus for processing vegetables According to certain embodiments of the invention, there is provided a method and an apparatus relating to an infeed for positioning the green onions in a generally horizontal position on a conveyor and a transition conveyor for transporting the horizontally dispose... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7007449 | Onion harvester with leaf topper An orientation system for vegetables includes a plurality of rotating rollers that both pull the vegetable into an inverted position, with leafy top down, and advance the vegetable along the length of the rollers to deliver the vegetables to a cutting system. The or... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6966254 | Device for peeling pulpy fruits, having an adjustable cutting depth The invention relates to a device suited to peel pulpy fruits, like citrus fruits, mango, kiwi, papaya, apples, pears, and particularly oranges and other fruits whose skin has not a uniform thickness. The peeling of fruits whose skin has an uneven thickness is made ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6951168 | Vegetable delivery device for vegetable cutting apparatus The present invention discloses a vegetable delivery device for use in trimming roots and tops from bulbs such as onions. The device comprises a frame, a bottom conveyance means and a top conveyance means composed of a chain and gear system with a common synchronize... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6796224 | Machine for the industrial peeling of citrus fruits The invention relates to a machine used for the industrial peeling of citrus fruits and specifically oranges. The only manual operation to be performed corresponds to the loading, since the orange must be oriented. The machine has a high productivity, and does not l... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6729228 | Devices for cleaning an ear of corn and methods A preferred device for cleaning an ear of corn including at least one of shuck and silk includes a platform having a top surface and a bottom surface. A cob cleaner aperture arranged in the platform is configured to receive the ear of corn therethrough. A cleaning m... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6463846 | Snipper knife assembly holder A holder for mounting a knife assembly, e.g., as used in a bean snipper or similar device, to a mounting rod or similar structure. The holder includes first and second plate members which are moveably joined together at first ends thereof (e.g., in a hing... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6318249 | Snipper knife assembly holder A holder for mounting a knife assembly, e.g., as used in a bean snipper or similar device, to a mounting rod or similar structure. The holder includes first and second plate members which are moveably joined together at first ends thereof (e.g., in a hing... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6237477 | Apparatus and method for processing root vegetables An apparatus and method for processing a root vegetable, such as a radish. The apparatus includes a hopper, a track, and a cutting mechanism. The hopper includes a reciprocating chute for providing a radish from a plurality of radishes to the track. As th... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5916354 | Vegetable topping, tailing and cutting machine A continuous flighted conveyor belt (18) is fed product (12) from a transverse direction. As the belt moves the product forward, offset water jets (56) cause some of the items not seated in a flight (20) to be rotated and captured in the flights. Further ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5623868 | Carrot processing machines A carrot processing machine having an accumulation well, an elevating conveyor (16), and sensing means (18, 20, 22, 24). Carrots are delivered into the well by a delivery conveyor and a constant head of carrots maintained by signals derived from a height ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5452651 | Automatic mungbean sprout hulling and root cutting apparatus An automatic mungbean sprout hulling and root-cutting apparatus includes a case which has a bean sprout inlet chute to receive bean sprouts transmitted by a conveyer of a transmission means. Bean sprouts then fall upon an inclined screen and are discharge... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5431095 | Pear processing method and apparatus A pear processing methods 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 s... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5421250 | Lettuce cleaning machine Machine comprising carriages (2) each provided with a rotatably mounted head supporting a gripping device (5) for grasping a lettuce in the suspended state below this carriage, and a closed-circuit conveying path (4) on which the carriages circulate, char... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5320033 | Apparatus for top and tailing vegetables Apparatus for top and tailing vegetables, for example carrots, comprises an endless flexible plastics material belt formed of inter-linked transverse links between which a drive wheel may rest. The belt is divided into compartments by interspaced modified... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5181459 | Fruit indent removal device A device removing the stem and blossom portions of fruit utilizing a support for the fruit which is capable of orienting the stem or the blossom portion of the fruit in an upright position. The support permits access to either the stem or blossom portion ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5144887 | Bean snipper A bean snipper has a rotatable drum with a central passage extending therethrough which has an opening adapted to admit beans and an opening adapted to allow the exit of beans. The surface of the drum has portions defining a plurality of slots which exten... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5000087 | Cutting apparatus for stem and root of bulb In a cutting apparatus for a root and a stem of an onion, a plurality of first swing links composed of a plurality of parallel link rods and a plurality of second swing links composed of a plurality of parallel link rods are mounted to a machine frame for... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4998465 | Apparatus for peeling garlic Garlic cloves to have their outer inedible skins removed are placed on a shake table which spreads them generally into a one-clove layer and moves them toward an exit edge. The cloves drop from shake table onto a sloped feed tray having a number of downwa... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4998468 | Bulb centering clamp apparatus In a bulb centering clamp apparatus, a plurality of first parallel swing links are angularly movable vertically and are mounted above a rotary table rotatable about a vertical axis. A plurality of second parallel swing links are angularly movable vertical... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4981073 | Cutting apparatus for processing elongated vegetable products and the like A cluster cutter apparatus and a snipping apparatus are similarly formed to increase the snipping efficiency of a bean processing line. Each apparatus includes a rotating drum having a circumferential slotted surface in combination with an internally elon... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4889045 | Apparatus for peeling bulbous plants The invention relates to an apparatus for peeling bulbous plants, such as onions, the apparatus consisting substantially of cutting means for removing the tail and head of the bulb, incision means for making an incision into at least the outer skin of the... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4889046 | Device for peeling onions or other bulbous or tuberous plants A peeling machine intended for removing the outer skins of onions or other bulbous or tuberous plants comprising a holder (19) with one or more knives (20) for making a circumferential cut in the onions and at least one nozzle (21) for the infeed of compr... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4873105 | Method for the treatment of an elongated argicultural produce The present invention concerns a method and a device for the treatment of an elongated agricultural produce, such as vegetables, this device comprising an inner drum coaxial with the treatment drum and rotatably solid with the latter, the inner drum being... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4831925 | Automatic trimming machine, particularly for horticultural products Stemming machine, particularly for horticultural products, comprising a conveyor belt composed of a plurality of individual containers which are swivelling and guided on counterposed and sequential inclined planes. The machine furthermore comprises statio... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4730554 | Appliance for the alignment of onions or other vegetable bulbs The invention deals with an appliance with which onions or other vegetable bulbs can be oriented with their axial direction in a particular position necessary to present the onions to a processing machine for instance for the removal of top and root ends,... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4718334 | Apparatus for removing stem and root of bulb An apparatus for cutting and removing stems and roots of bulbs includes a carrying element for the bulb, a centering element, cutting elements for the stem and the root, and a holding element to hold the bulb. The central position, between an upper cutter... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4658713 | Apparatus for cutting off a head and a root of bulbs A first and a second leading member are disposed in opposite relation with one another and are supported for movement in a direction axially of a cutting apparatus. A first and a second cutter are supported for movement integral with the respective leadin... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4602559 | Peeling machine A machine for automatically peeling vegetables, particularly onions, and also some fruits. The peeling machine consists of a conveyor belt with devices for holding an individual onion, spaced along the belt, a cutter station where the two ends of the onio... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4528902 | Pod vegetable processing machine with pod deflecting device A machine for processing pod vegetables including a frame. A generally horizontal outer drum is rotatably mounted on the frame and is adapted to contain the pod vegetables being processed. The outer drum has an inwardly presented working surface adapted t... | 07/16/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4476778 | Onion peeling An onion peeling machine having a wheel for transporting the onions past a series of stations, where the onions are topped and peeled, the outer skins slit longitudinally of the onion, and the skin removed by water jets. The machine also includes separati... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4373589 | Harvesting apparatus for onions Onion harvesting apparatus comprising a wheeled chassis arranged to be coupled to driving apparatus, a produce receiving hopper, conveyor apparatus for raising produce from the hopper, precleaning apparatus, trimming apparatus and apparatus for operating ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4373432 | Top and butt trimmer for pineapples A machine for processing pineapples, wherein the remaining blemishes and skin are trimmed from the top and butt portions of a sized and partially skinned cylinder of fruit automatically during processing through sizing, coring, and top and butt removal op... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4361084 | Industrial peeler for onions or the like bulbous and tuberous vegetation Vegetables such as onions are rotated about their axes which are vertically oriented. As the vegetables move from an orienting unit to a cutting/notching mechanism, their rectilinear movement is ensured by engaging their opposite sides by opposed members ... | 11/30/1982 |
