Apparatus for efficient nut cracking and method of using same
OwnerMahlon Treasterinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for and method of using the apparatus to crack hard shelled nuts. A pair of hollow cylindrical tubes, each having both a proximal and a distal end with a chamfer at the respective proximal ends may be axially aligned with one another with their proximal ends facing one another. A nut to be cracked may be placed between the proximal ends of the spaced apart hollow cylindrical tubes. A linear compressive force may be applied to the distal ends of the two hollow cylindrical tubes the shell of the nut cracks)i.e., separates the hard shelled nut exterior shell casing from interior nutmeat). The apparatus allows hard shelled nuts like black walnuts, to be cracked with minimal damage, such as fragmentation, of the nutmeat.
Claims17
An apparatus for cracking hard shelled nuts, comprising:
- at least two cylindrical tubes having an exterior diameter less than a diameter of a hard shelled nut to be cracked, said at least two cylindrical tubes each having a proximal end and a distal end, each of said at least two cylindrical tubes having a chamfer at said proximal ends thereof, said at least two cylindrical tubes being axially aligned with one another with said respective proximal ends facing one another and spaced apart from one another, a space therebetween accommodating a hard shelled nut to be cracked, said distal end of each of said at least two cylinders being adapted to receive a linear compressive force thereat whereby said linear compressive force forces each of said at least two cylindrical tubes towards one another so as to exert a force on a hard shelled nut placed therebetween.
A method for cracking hard shelled nuts, said method comprising:
- a) providing at least two cylindrical tubes having an exterior diameter less than a diameter of a hard shelled nut to be cracked, said at least two cylindrical tubes each having a proximal end and a distal end, each of said at least two cylindrical tubes having a chamfer at said proximal ends thereof, said at least two cylindrical tubes being axially aligned with one another with said respective proximal ends facing one another and spaced apart from one another, a space therebetween accommodating a hard shelled nut to be cracked, said distal end of each of said at least two cylinders being adapted to receive a compressive force thereat whereby said compressive force forces each of said at least two cylindrical tubes towards one another so as to exert a force on a hard shelled nut placed therebetween;
- b) placing said hard shelled nut between said proximal ends of said cylindrical tubes;
- c) providing a compressive force to said distal ends of said cylindrical tubes;
- d) removing said compressive force when shell of said hard shelled nut is decoupled from interior nutmeat;
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- e) separating said shell of said hard shelled nut from said interior nutmeat.
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