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US 2026/0150875 A1Published application
Device For Peeling The Skins Of Almonds and Nuts
AssigneeRoig Borrell S.L.
InventorJose Vicente Roig Borrell
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Abstract
A device for peeling the skins of almonds and nuts presented herein and includes a peeling mechanism, a conveyor tray for the peeled grains and the skins of the almonds/nuts, and at least one first suction device that acts on the tray to remove the skins prior to collecting the grain. A pressurized air blower is arranged after the first suction device according to the direction of movement of the grains in the tray. This first blower is capable of generating an air stream on the grains to separate the skins that remain attached to the grain.
Claims3
A Device for peeling the skins of almonds and/or nuts comprising:
- a peeling mechanism;
- a conveyor tray for conveying peeled grains of the almonds and/or nuts and skins of the almonds and/or nuts;
- at least one first suction device that acts on the conveyor tray to remove the skins prior to the collection of the grain;
- at least one first blower of pressurized air arranged after the first suction device according to the direction of movement of the grains in the conveyor tray, configured to generate an air stream on the grains to separate the skins that remain attached to the grain, wherein said air stream acts on substantially the entire width of the tray with an orientation in the opposite direction to that of movement of the grain, an angle of inclination (α) between 30 and 45° with respect to the direction of movement, and with a speed between 10 and 25 m/s.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.