Device for separating stalks of fruits grouped in bunches and method for separating stalks of fruits grouped in bunches
AssigneeRoda Iberica, S.L.
InventorChristophe Blanc
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Abstract
A device comprises a fruit reception compartment, a fruit suction area, a liquid suction area comprising an orifice, and a narrowing which feeds into a channel, with a water flow between the narrowing and the channel, and the channel defining part of a pipe configured to carry impelled liquid inside the channel. A method comprises supplying a mixture of fruits in bunches and liquid, moving the mixture to a fruit suction area through a suction entrance, aspirating and injecting liquid through the channel, generating a depression which drags the mixture towards the narrowing, and generating turbulence which separates stalks from the fruit and extracts the separated fruit.
Claims17
A device for separating stalks of fruits grouped in bunches, the device comprising:
- a fruit reception compartment, where the fruits and a liquid are configured to be located, the fruit reception compartment being connected to a fruit suction area and a liquid suction area, the liquid suction area comprising an orifice connected to a pump for suction of at least a part of the liquid,
- a narrowing comprising an outlet which feeds into a channel, and
- a pipe configured to carry the at least the part of the liquid from the pump into the channel,
- wherein the device is configured to:
- produce a depression for dragging the fruits and the liquid located in the fruit suction area through the narrowing to the channel
- such that the fruits and the liquid mix with the at least the part of the liquid flowing at a first speed from the pump, and a mixture of the at least the part of the liquid flowing at the first speed from the pump and the liquid flowing at a second speed from the fruit suction area generates turbulence that produces separation of the stalks from the fruits, and
- wherein the first speed is higher than the second speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.