Nutcracker

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1985-06-03

1987-09-01

Simone, Timothy F.

Foods and beverages: apparatus

Means to treat food

Subdividing into plural products

99574, A23N 500

Patent

active

046900489

ABSTRACT:
A nutcraker comprises a pair of relatively rotatable discs (manually or motor operated) defining a space in which a nut to be cracked is directed by an upper intake chute and from which the cracked shell and freed nutmeat are directed by a lower discharge chute. The rotatable disc comprises nut-receiving recesses and projections for pushing the nut. The stationary disc comprises space-restricting components, such as a sloped surface or groove and a tapered wall, which define a space which gradually decreases in width and height. As the nut is moved through this space its shell is cracked and the nutmeat freed. Nutcrackers designed to process nuts of different sizes can be ganged together and driven by a common power source. In some embodiments the nut-receiving chamber contains components which automatically adjust to the size of a nut placed therein and releasably lock into such position. In another embodiment the two discs define several spaces of different sizes.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2321795 (1943-06-01), Buckman
patent: 3622799 (1972-05-01), Shaw
patent: 4201126 (1980-05-01), Evans
patent: 4218968 (1980-08-01), Livingston

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