Class 99/642 - By penetrating cutter

Subclass of Class 99 - Foods and beverages: apparatus
Definition: Device including a severing means which enters the food
No. of patents: 24
Last issue date: 08/21/2007

Number	Title	Issue Date
7033631	Apparatus and method for declustering cherries An apparatus and method for declustering cherries, including a plurality of oscillating cutting modules (36), each having a power driven shaft (40) with a plurality of circular blades (42) fixed along its length. The modules further comprise cut...	04/25/2006
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
6036989	Vegetable core removal apparatus Apparatus for the automated removal of cores from vegetables, especially floretting vegetables, comprises a conveyor (13, 14) including vegetable supports (15) for indexed advancing of vegetables (35) from a loading station (A) to a cutting station (B) an...	03/14/2000
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
5865111	Berry dehulling machine A strawberry dehulling machine which provides for manually placing a berry or other fruit onto a retainer that will close under a controlled spring action and retain the berry or other fruit with the hull or calyx in an opening formed in the retainer. A r...	02/02/1999
5778771	Vegetable topper A vegetable topper is disclosed. In one embodiment, the topper includes a plurality of spaced rollers which are mounted on a pair of laterally spaced roller chain loops such that the rollers are able to freely spin relative to the roller chains. The rolle...	07/14/1998
5750171	Finish topping machine for bulb crops A finish topper for bulb crops having a plurality of longitudinal, parallel, generally horizontal, spaced-apart moving belts for conveying bulbs through the apparatus. Adjacent belts are driven at different linear speeds. In a preferred embodiment, altern...	05/12/1998
5470602	Broccoli head trimming apparatus and method Broccoli fleurettes are rapidly trimmed from broccoli heads by positioning the heads accurately so that the axes of the head stalks intersect the axes of rotation of special U-shaped guillotine blades shaped and dimensioned to trim fleurettes of substanti...	11/28/1995
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
5277107	Trimmer for vegetables including broccoli Trimmer for vegetables of the broccoli type is provided with a structure supporting a rotating plate in which are mounted vegetable holding systems. Each vegetable holding system is free to rotate about its axis so as to be capable of being propelled with...	01/11/1994
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
5168801	Apparatus for slicing broccoli and the like into spears A method, apparatus and system for slicing broccoli and the like into relatively uniform spears suitable for packing and freezing by grasping the stem end of the broccoli in clamping jaws with the main portion of the broccoli head depending vertically, mo...	12/08/1992
5081920	Apparatus for transporting and trimming mushrooms Apparatus for transporting freshly harvested mushrooms from the farm to a gathering station has an endless conveyor which advances discrete receptacles for individual mushrooms or groups of mushrooms from the beds to the gathering station past a trimming ...	01/21/1992
5074203	Coring apparatus An apparatus for severing fragments (such as fleurettes) from a one-piece core of an article, such as a cauliflower, as the article is translated between stations along a process path. In a preferred embodiment, the article is translated through a sequenc...	12/24/1991
5050492	Cherry splitter Cherries are transported by an array of side-by-side belts which are driven past cutters aligned with respective separating guides, each of which separates the cherries of a bunch before the bunch reaches a cutter, and locates the cherries on opposite sid...	09/24/1991
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
4938424	Food processing vat An improved food processing vat including an outer shell, and a vessel to contain a food product, such as curds and whey, is spaced inwardly of the shell and is composed of a pair of generally cylindrical sections which intersect along vertical apices. Ea...	07/03/1990
4773324	Broccoli trimming machine An improved broccoli trimming machine is provided for cutting or scalping broccoli heads in a manner yielding separated broccoli fleurettes of substantially uniform size and shape. The improved broccoli trimming machine includes an indexing mechanism with...	09/27/1988
4658714	Apparatus for cutting broccoli and other long stemmed vegetables An improved method and apparatus for cutting broccoli and other similar vegetables into a plurality of longitudinal sections wherein the head of the vegetable is firmly gripped with the stem thereof extending outwardly and then cut longitudinally through ...	04/21/1987
4453458	Food processing apparatus Automated food processing apparatus and methods of the type adapted for coring food products wherein a constantly sized core is removed from all food products of a group independently of the product size variation from one member to another of the group....	06/12/1984
4198903	Apparatus for automatically screening mushrooms and for cutting their stems The machine consists of more operative equal and independent units located side-by-side, but operated by a single motor, and each predisposed according to the screening of the mushrooms to be carried out. In each unit, the mushrooms, approximately pre-sel...	04/22/1980
4176595	Apparatus and method for coring cauliflower heads A cauliflower coring apparatus and method in which cauliflower heads are fed one-by-one into a housing by a conveyor having bowls for receiving the heads, each bowl having a number of spikes on which the heads are impaled. A shiftable beam in the housing ...	12/04/1979
4095391	Apparatus for bunching broccoli An improved broccoli bunching apparatus for expediting the bunching, tying and trimming of broccoli and including a plurality of buckets, which are driven around a first endless loop, each bucket having a head supporting portion for supporting the heads o...	06/20/1978

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Class 99/642 - By penetrating cutter