Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Processes – Separating a starting material into plural different...
Patent
1976-08-19
1977-12-13
Bashore, S. Leon
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Processes
Separating a starting material into plural different...
99630, 99634, 426519, A23N 700
Patent
active
040629856
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for continuously peeling vegetables and fruits in large quantities. The apparatus 1ncludes a support structure with a housing rotatably mounted thereon, the housing having a plurality of closely spaced-apart, rotating abrading spindles mounted thereon forming an enclosed cage. Rotation of the cage at a sufficient rate accelerates produce items engaging the spindles into generally circular orbits at a speed which results in the produce items being held against the rotating spindles by centrifugal force. The centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the cage also urges peelings outwardly of the cage between the spindles for discharge. A finger drum is rotatably mounted on said support structure within the cage and has a plurality of flexible fingers thereon adapted to engage produce items as they move from a feed end to a discharge end of the housing. Rotation of the finger drum causes the fingers to urge the produce items into initial engagement with the spindles. Separate, variable speed drives are operably connected to the respective housing, spindles and finger drum whereby each is rotatable, as desired, independently of one another with selected rotational speeds.
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Atlas Pacific Engineering Company
Bashore S. Leon
Schor Kenneth M.
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