Method for Automated Extraction of pulp, juice and other products from an encapsulated fruit, produce, or seed
AssigneeVebu Inc.
InventorsArthur Francois David Levy, Siddhant Shivaram, Aaron Lucas, Vahid Alizadehyazdi, Michael Charles Lui
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Abstract
An automated fruit processing system for cutting the fruit in half, removing the core, and extracting the flesh from the peel includes a plurality of functional assemblies arranged within an enclosure. Exemplary stations include a clamping module, rotating module, and cutting module. A computer and electronics are programmed and operable to control the automated stations. Related methods are described.
Claims20
An automated produce splitting, coring and pulp extraction system comprises:
- a clamping assembly to hold a produce;
- a cutting assembly to cut the produce into parts while the produce is held in the clamping assembly;
- and
- a food collection and holding station to collect edible parts from nonedible parts of the produce.
A method for automatically processing produce having a pit or seed, the method comprising:
- clamping the produce;
- splitting the produce into halves;
- coring the produce to remove the pit or seed from the halves;
- and
- ejecting the pulp from the halves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.