Foods and beverages: apparatus – Means to treat food – Subdividing into plural products
Patent
1976-07-26
1978-10-31
Jenkins, Robert W.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Means to treat food
Subdividing into plural products
99643, 198394, 198533, 198755, 198766, A23N 1502
Patent
active
041227662
ABSTRACT:
A machine for detopping fruits and vegetables, specially suited for the decapping of strawberries by severing the top therefrom, comprises an endless upwardly-inclined loop type conveyor mounted on a sub-frame which is in turn mounted on a main frame for horizontal orbital motion relative thereto. The conveyor consists of a receiving station section inclined to the horizontal so that already decapped product discharges against the travel of the conveyor, and a severing station section at a higher level than the receiving station section, a downwardly-extending discharge section and a return section. The conveyor consists of parallel rollers alternate ones of which are positively driven by pinion gears engaging rack members at the side, so that co-operating pairs will grip the tops. Only product that has been so gripped can be conveyed upwards by the conveyor and presented to a transversly moving endless band severing knife at the severing station. The orbital motion causes the product to be orientated into a position which facilitates gripping of the caps by the cooperating roller pairs.
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Hansen Clarence M.
Ledebuhr Richard L.
Patterson Richard J.
Jenkins Robert W.
Jillions John M.
Michigan State University
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