A23N 5/008
Machines for hulling, husking or cracking nuts: for almonds
Official title: {for almonds (A23N5/002 and A23N5/08 take precedence)}
A23N5/008 (Machines for hulling, husking or cracking nuts: for almonds) appears on 15 US grants and 17 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23N- Granted patents
- 15
- Published applications
- 17
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 27
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cracking and shelling mechanism for nuts26 May 2026US 12,635,721 B2Jose Borrell S.A.
- Cracking-shelling mechanism with variable excentric adjustment for shelled fruits23 Sep 2025US 12,419,337 B2Roig Borrell S.L.
- Method and device for treating nuts, in particular for producing nuts with improved shelling properties30 Apr 2024US 11,969,005 B2Elea Service GmbH
- Combined machine for harvesting and shelling almonds for super-intensive almond orchards16 Apr 2024US 11,957,077 B2Impresa Di Pietro Alfonso
- Integrated machine for processing nuts with hard or soft shells21 Nov 2023US 11,819,045 B2Jose Borrell S.A.
- Methods of reducing aflatoxin in nuts17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271948 A1Olam Americas, LLC
- Method for Producing a Pumpable Paste from the Seeds of Nut or Stone Fruits19 Oct 2023US 2023/0329297 A1NETZSCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH
- Sorting and drying techniques for off-ground harvested almonds26 Jan 2023US 2023/0027252 A1The Regents of the University of California
- Cracking-Shelling Mechanism With Variable Excentric Adjustment For Shelled Fruits26 Jan 2023US 2023/0029247 A1Roig Borrell S.L.
- Cracking And Shelling Mechanism For Nuts15 Sep 2022US 2022/0287350 A1Jose Borrell S.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pistachio huller16US 4,034,665 ACalifornia Almond Orchards · 1977
- Method of separating almond kernels from almonds with shells5US 4,347,260 AAlf Hannaford & Co. Pty. Ltd. · 1982
- Shelling-separating machine especially for almonds and other soft-shelled nuts2US 8,943,955 B2Jose Borrell S.A. · 2015
- Peeling machine for peeling nuts1US 11,013,252 B2Jose Borrell S.A. · 2021
- Machine for the integral processing of hard-or-soft-shelled nuts1US 11,259,556 B2Jose Borrell S.A. · 2022