Foods and beverages: apparatus – Means to treat food – Subdividing into plural products
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-26
2005-04-26
Weier, Anthony (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Means to treat food
Subdividing into plural products
C099S544000, C083S932000, C083S404000, C083S368000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06883421
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for preparing lettuce heads with tightly packed overlapping leaves or vegetables with a similar structure. The apparatus includes a plurality of workstations and supports for receiving lettuce heads and for conveying the lettuce heads through the workstations. At the workstations, cutters are operably disposed for severing the bases of the outer leaves and for slicing into the tops of the outer leaves. A device, such as an air jet, is provided at one of the stations for removing the outer leaves. Additional cutters are provided at the work stations for transversely slicing the central part of the lettuce head and for severing a portion of the central part from the heart of the lettuce head. Still another cutter is disposed at one of the stations for severing pink parts from the heart. A cutter is also provided for severing the heart from the stalk. The edible parts such as the central parts and the heart are then collected in receptacles disposed at the work stations. The disposed of parts such as the stalk, outer leaves, and pink parts are collected at the work stations for disposal.
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Baker & Daniels
Soleco
Weier Anthony
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