Method and device for producing a hollow cylindrical, edible container composed of a vegetable item or fruit item
AssigneeRaeder Capital GmbH
InventorNiels Raeder
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Abstract
A method and device for producing a hollow cylindrical, edible container composed of a vegetable item or fruit item (10), in particular of a cucumber, courgette or the like, which can be filled with a filling. The device has a centring means (11) for centring and fixing the fruit item (10), a hollowing-out means (21) for removing the core of the fruit item (10) and forming an internal cavity, and a peeling device for removing the outer shell of the fruit item (10).
Claims25
An apparatus for producing a hollow cylindrical edible container formed from a vegetable item or a fruit item, which container can be filled with a filling, the apparatus comprising:
- a) a centering device for the centering and fixing of one of the vegetable item and the fruit item;
- b) a hollowing-out device for the removing of a portion of a core of the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item -and forming an edible container having an interior cavity, wherein the hollowing-out device comprises a cutting device for cutting the interior cavity, the interior cavity defining a closed end region having a closed bottom, an outer peripheral wall extending from the closed bottom, and an open end region;
- and (ii) separating the portion of the core from the closed bottom and the outer peripheral wall of the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item;
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- c) a peeling device for the removing of at least a portion of an outer shell of the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item.
An apparatus for producing a hollow cylindrical edible container composed of one of a vegetable item or a fruit item which container can be filled with a filling comprising:
- a) a centering and straightening device comprising a holding unit for fixing of the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item, the holding unit having several holding elements which are staggered in a longitudinal direction along the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item, the holding unit configured to straighten the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item to balance out curvatures of the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item;
- b) a hollowing-out device for the removing a portion of a core of the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item and forming a cylindrical container having a peripheral outer wall having a closed end and an open end, the cylindrical container defining a longitudinal interior cavity, wherein the hollowing-out device comprises a cutting device for (i) cutting into the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item to form a defined closed bottom forming the closed end of the cylindrical container;
- and (ii) separating the core from the defined closed bottom of the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item, and c) a peeling device for the removing of an outer shell of the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item, wherein the cutting device is designed for the cutting of the defined closed bottom in the interior cavity of the one of the vegetable item and the fruit item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.