Machine for the integral processing of hard-or-soft-shelled nuts

A machine for the integral processing of hard- or soft-shelled nuts, comprising:

• a feeding hopper and a first receptacle having a first end for connection to said hopper and a second opposite end, where said receptacle is located in a horizontal position and extends in a longitudinal direction of the machine and comprises therein a central shaft having finger-like elements projecting radially outwards from various longitudinal positions of said central shaft, the central shaft extending in the longitudinal direction and configured to rotate;
• the first receptacle is configured with a fixed upper portion and a lower portion connected thereto, where both the upper and lower portions comprise a first side and a second side, each side of the upper and lower portions comprising a first end at one side of the central shaft and a second end at an opposite side of the central shaft, and each side of the upper and lower portions having a semicircular shape and being arranged opposite and parallel to one another and perpendicular to the central shaft with the first end of the first receptacle and the second end of the first receptacle wherein the central shaft passes through the first side and second side;
• a plurality of first rods with respective opposite ends secured to the first and second sides of the upper portion and a plurality of second rods with respective opposite ends secured to the sides of the lower portion, where each of said first rods and second rods are arranged adjacent to and successively separated from one another with the first rods each separated by a first separating space and the second rods separated by a second separating space, all of the plurality first and second rods extending in the longitudinal direction of the central shaft;
• the lower portion comprises a first connector which connects the first end and second end of the lower portion first and second sides to the first end and second end of the respective first and second sides of the upper portion;
• said first connector is movable at least at the first end of both first and second sides to allow opening or closing the first receptacle through the lower portion thereof.