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US 4,007,676 AGranted
Segmenting knife for apple seed celling machine
AssigneeAtlas Pacific Engineering Company
InventorRobert G. Ellis
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Abstract
Apples which have been oriented, peeled and cored on the machine shown in U.S. Patent 3,586,081 are further processed to remove the fibrous carpel tissue providing the seed cell in the apple. Following removal of the seed cell, the apples may be discharged whole or passed through a slicing device to cut the apples into a plurality of segments.
Claims4
A knife for cutting apples into segments, comprising:
- an outer circular ring;
- a hub provided centrally of the ring;
- a plurality of thin, flat, elongate knife blades each having opposite flat sides and opposite edges and each fixedly secured at one end to the hub and extending radially between the hub and the ring with the flat sides of each blade lying in planes parallel to the axis of the circular ring, the other end of each knife blade being fixedly secured in a mounting member;
- and means engaged between the ring and members exerting an axial tension force on the blades to maintain the blades straight upon travel of an apple through the knife.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.