Device and method for processing a pineapple
AssigneeDutch Food Technology B.V.
InventorsHendrikus Bernardus Dijkhuis, Pierre Van De Braak
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Abstract
A device for processing a pineapple to produce pineapple flesh including a first processing unit for removing the outer ends from the pineapple and a second processing unit for simultaneously coring and peeling the pineapple, wherein the second processing unit includes a pusher and knife with two concentric blades and further includes a clamping unit.
Claims24
Device for processing a pineapple comprising a carrier for carrying the pineapple to be processed, a first processing unit for removing the outer ends from the pineapple carried by the carrier, and a second processing unit comprising a pusher and a knife with two concentric blades, characterized in that the carrier comprises a clamping unit, wherein by use of the pusher, the pineapple without its outer ends is substantially vertically pushed out of the clamping unit through the knife for simultaneously coring and peeling the pineapple, and a container below the knife for collecting the pineapple flesh,
- wherein the container is displaceable along at least a part of a substantially circular path.
Device for processing a pineapple comprising a carrier for carrying the pineapple to be processed, a first processing unit for removing the outer ends from the pineapple carried by the carrier, and a second processing unit comprising a pusher and a knife with two concentric blades, characterized in that the carrier comprises a clamping unit, wherein by use of the pusher, the pineapple without its outer ends is substantially vertically pushed out of the clamping unit through the knife for simultaneously coring and peeling the pineapple, and further comprising a driving unit for displacing the clamping unit from an input position that positions the pineapple into the first processing unit to the second processing unit, and
- wherein the driving unit and a driving element are connected to a stationary central frame part.
Device for processing a pineapple comprising a carrier for carrying the pineapple to be processed, a first processing unit for removing the outer ends from the pineapple carried by the carrier, and a second processing unit comprising a pusher and a knife with two concentric blades, characterized in that the carrier comprises a clamping unit, wherein by use of the pusher, the pineapple without its outer ends is substantially vertically pushed out of the clamping unit through the knife for simultaneously coring and peeling the pineapple, and
- further comprising at least one additional processing unit comprising a further cutting station, and
- wherein the further cutting station comprises cutters for further cutting the pineapple, and
- wherein the cutters are pivotable about a pivot axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.