Apparatus for processing organic products and other materials
OwnerRoy Walter Henderson, Jan Abraham Vlokinventors
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Abstract
Apparatus for processing organic material is disclosed which breaks down the inedible components of fruit and vegetables (core, skin, pips, pithy material) into an edible substance with a cream-like consistency. The apparatus includes a piston in a barrel for pressurizing the material and forcing it through a passage having a number of end-to-end sections which are at right angles to one another. There is an impact surface at the end of each section on which the flowing material impacts. The sections can be between a sleeve having sections of different diameters and a bobbin the outer surface of which is stepped to match the inner surface of the sleeve.
Claims13
Apparatus for processing materials, said apparatus comprising a passage having a series of communicating sections each of which has an inlet end and an outlet end and each of which is at an angle with respect to the section which precedes it, an impact wall at the outlet end of each section, and a reciprocating piston for pressurizing said material so that, in use, it flows into the inlet end of the first section of said passage, emerges from the outlet end of the first section, impacts on the impact wall at the outlet end of the first section, changes direction and then flows into the second section;
- said apparatus comprising a first part that defines surfaces and a second part that defines surfaces corresponding to the surfaces of the first part, said passage being formed between said corresponding surfaces of the first and second parts, and said apparatus further comprising a bias mechanism that urges the second part towards the first part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.