Powered nut cracker

A method of cracking a nut with a powered nut cracker having a frame, a first nut cracking die mounted to the frame, one of a nut seat and a second nut cracking die mounted to the frame, a force generator mounted to the frame, and a force transmitter retained by the force generator, the method comprising the steps of:

• placing a nut in between the first nut cracking die and the one of the nut seat and the second nut cracking die;
• activating the force generator;
• moving the force transmitter with respect to the frame;
• moving the first cracking die with respect to the frame one of axially, rotationally, and both axially and rotationally;
• cracking the nut.

A powered nut cracker comprising:

• a frame;
• a first nut cracking die radially captively mounted to the frame within a displacement limiter, the displacement limiter adjustably limiting an axial displacement of the first nut cracking die;
• a second nut cracking die radially captively mounted to the frame within a length adjuster, the length adjuster allowing the second nut cracking die to be positioned at variable distances from the first nut cracking die;
• a force generator mounted to the frame;
• a linear motor being the force generator;
• a rotor of the linear being a force transmitter transmitting a force from the force generator to the first nut cracking die;
• one of the first and the second nut cracking die having a concavity with a surface extending at first and second angles to a cracking die axis, where the first angle is smaller than the second angle;
• the first angle is defined in a surface of an inner concavity of the first nut cracking die and the second angle is defined in a surface of an outer concavity of the first nut cracking die;
• the inner concavity is adjacent to the outer concavity, and
• the nut cracking die having one of one or more concentric teeth disposed on a surface of a concavity of the nut cracking die, one or more linear teeth disposed on the surface of the concavity of the nut cracking die, and one or more concentric teeth disposed on a surface of a concavity of the nut cracking die.