De-thorning apparatus for removing thorns form the nopal cactus

Details De-thorning apparatus for removing thorns form the nopal cactus De-thorning apparatus for removing thorns form the nopal cactus

1991-05-28

1993-03-23

Scherbel, David A.

Plant husbandry

Miscellaneous

Modified earth's surface, e.g., sod, turf, reinforced

A01G 302

Patent

active

051960362

ABSTRACT:
A de-thorning instrument that can be manipulated to gouge thorny processes on cactus petals, such as those found on the nopal cactus, for preparation as a food staple. The de-thorning instrument can be provided as a pre-shaped cutting instrument or shapable cutting instrument that gouges only the swelled base of the thorny process on the cactus petal in a single sweep of the de-thorning instrument. The de-thorning instrument is an edged instrument having an edged body structure including at least one concave edged portion and an adjacent expanded body portion that effects simultaneous cutting and removal of the cactus thorns. A handle member is attached to the edged body structure for ease of manipulating the apparatus. The edged body structure is preferably a flat, substantially thin, flexible, edged body structure that facilitates being manually formed into a concave edged portion, including an expanded body portion adjacent the concave edge that facilitates the simultaneous removal of the cut thorn process. The concave edged portion and expanded body portion can be alternatively provided as a pre-formed, ready-to-use de-thorning instrument, such as a spoon-like de-thorning instrument, a sickle-shaped de-thorning instrument, or a closed-loop, open body de-thorning instrument.

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patent: 2806325 (1957-09-01), Fox
patent: 5062210 (1991-11-01), Arroyo, Jr.

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