Lettuce cleaning machine

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1993-07-29

1995-06-06

Simone, Timothy F.

Foods and beverages: apparatus

Means to treat food

Subdividing into plural products

99546, 99642, 99643, A23N 700, A23N 1504

Patent

active

054212502

ABSTRACT:
Machine comprising carriages (2) each provided with a rotatably mounted head supporting a gripping device (5) for grasping a lettuce in the suspended state below this carriage, and a closed-circuit conveying path (4) on which the carriages circulate, characterised in that the gripping device comprises, firstly, movable needles which slide between an extended position for grasping a lettuce and a position retracted inside the head, and, secondly, movable hooks which pivot at the end of the head between a spaced-apart position and a closed-together position for grasping the lettuce, these needles and hooks being placed in the active position to grasp a lettuce in different areas of the conveying path.

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