Machine for sectioning the core of a fruit

Machine for sectioning the core of a fruit, comprising:

• gripping means (2,21), provided to assume a gripping configuration, wherein the gripping means hold a fruit (F) in a cutting position, and a release configuration, wherein the gripping means release the fruit (F);
• a tubular blade (3), concentric to a longitudinal axis (Y), which is provided with a cutting edge (31) and is movable along the longitudinal axis (Y) between an advanced position and a retracted position;
• an abutment (4), located in an opposite position to the tubular blade (3);
• wherein the abutment (4) is provided to be positioned in contact with the fruit (F) in a position opposite the tubular blade (3);
• wherein the tubular blade (3) is movable in a cutting stroke, from the retracted position to the advanced position, along which the tubular blade (3) crosses the fruit (F), sectioning the core (T), and in a return stroke, from the advanced position to the retracted position, along which the tubular blade (3) exits the fruit (F);
• a pusher (5), arranged inside the tubular blade (3) and movable with respect to the tubular blade (3) between a first position, in which the pusher (5) is at a shorter distance from the cutting edge (31), and a second position, in which the pusher (5) is at a greater distance from the cutting edge (31);
• in the first position, the pusher (5) is able to push the core (T) out of the tubular blade (3);
• in the second position, the pusher (5) enables the carrying out of the cutting stroke of the tubular blade (3);
• and
• an actuator (51) connected to the pusher (5) to activate the pusher (5) in a displacement with respect to the tubular blade (3).

Machine for sectioning the core of a fruit, comprising:

• gripping means (2,21), provided to assume a gripping configuration, wherein the gripping means hold a fruit (F) in a cutting position, and a release configuration, wherein the gripping means release the fruit (F);
• a tubular blade (3), concentric to a longitudinal axis (Y), which is provided with a cutting edge (31) and is movable along the longitudinal axis (Y) between an advanced position and a retracted position;
• an abutment (4), located in an opposite position to the tubular blade (3);
• wherein the abutment (4) is provided to be positioned in contact with the fruit (F) in a position opposite the tubular blade (3);
• wherein the tubular blade (3) is movable in a cutting stroke, from the retracted position to the advanced position, along which the tubular blade (3) crosses the fruit (F), sectioning the core (T), and in a return stroke, from the advanced position to the retracted position, along which the tubular blade (3) exits the fruit (F);
• wherein the tubular blade (3) is rotatable about the longitudinal axis (X) thereof;
• and
• a pusher (5), arranged inside the tubular blade (3) and movable with respect to the tubular blade (3) between a first position, in which the pusher (5) is at a shorter distance from the cutting edge (31), and a second position, in which the pusher (5) is at a greater distance from the cutting edge (31);
• in the first position, the pusher (5) is able to push the core (T) out of the tubular blade (3);
• in the second position, the pusher (5) enables the carrying out of the cutting stroke of the tubular blade (3).