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US 11,040,802 B2Granted
Fruit processing, packaging and retail display system
OwnerJose Louis Medinainventor
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Abstract
A fresh fruit-stick product has a semi-rigid tube having an inside diameter, an inside length, one closed end and an open end, a cylindrical plug of fruit having an outside diameter somewhat smaller than the inside diameter of the of the semi-rigid tube, and a length somewhat less than the inside length of the semi-rigid tube, the cylindrical plug or fruit fully inserted in the semi-rigid tube, natural fruit juice in the tube with the plug of fruit, and a sealing cap over the open end.
Claims5
A method for producing fresh fruit products, the method comprising:
- cutting a fresh fruit, producing a slab having an upper and a lower parallel surface of the fresh fruit with rind only at an outer periphery, the slab having a height of a first dimension;
- coring the slab of fresh fruit vertically into a plurality of round plugs having a length equal to or greater than the first dimension, by a downward stroke of a plunger, the plunger having a plurality of coring tools;
- inserting the plurality of round plugs simultaneously, in the downward stroke of the plunger, into a plurality of tubes held vertically;
- capping the plurality of tubes, sealing the plurality of round plugs within;
- and
- washing and drying the plurality of tubes.
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