Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Processes – Separating a starting material into plural different...
Patent
1986-07-11
1988-03-22
Yeung, George
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Processes
Separating a starting material into plural different...
426438, 426485, A23P 100, A23L 1212
Patent
active
047327715
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for removing skins and pits from avocados and the like in a process where the avocado is initially held in a split cup, knife means being operated for cutting through the avocado skin and flesh and for engaging and holding the avocado pit, jaw means being operated for engaging respective skin portions of the avocado, the jaw means then being retracted with the avocado skins, stripper means being movable relative to the knife means for urging the avocado flesh away from the avocado pit, the flesh portions of the avocados being collected in a first collection means, the pits and skins of the avocados being collected in a second collection means. Prior to processing in the manner described above, the avocados are preferably treated by immersion in hot avocado oil or the like in order to loosen their skins.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4054675 (1977-10-01), Spence
patent: 4288461 (1981-09-01), Meissner
patent: 4308292 (1981-12-01), Silvestrini
Brown International Corporation
Weilein Paul A.
Yeung George
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