Foods and beverages: apparatus – Means to treat food – Subdividing into plural products
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-04
2007-12-04
Alexander, Reginald L. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Means to treat food
Subdividing into plural products
C099S628000, C099S627000, C099S618000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10617534
ABSTRACT:
A hulling apparatus having a main frame, a moveable support frame, a rotatable drum fixed in position relative to the main frame, a housing supported by the moveable support frame and a hulling chamber formed by the placement of the drum inside the housing. A contact element having one or more brush assemblies is attached to the drum such that the bristles project into the hulling chamber to engage walnuts, pecans or other food products and remove the outer hull therefrom. The walls of the housing are formed from one or more screened panels having openings therein to pass the removed hull material and spiral members thereon to help guide the food products through the apparatus. The housing moves up and down to increase or decrease the size of the hulling chamber. The apparatus speeds the process of hulling walnuts and pecans and more effectively utilizes the brush assemblies.
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Alexander Reginald L.
Ryan Richard A.
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