Apparatus for peeling pineapples
AssigneeDel Monte Corporation
InventorsEdward E. Ross, Jurgen H. Strasser
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Abstract
Apparatus for removing the peel from a pineapple comprises a cylindrical body provided with a toothed cutting edge designed to cut through a pineapple and fixed guide means telescopically positioned within the cylindrical body and adapted to direct the toothed cutting edge of the cylindrical body towards a pineapple that is placed on a cutting pad positioned in opposing relationship to the toothed cutting edge. The apparatus is optionally provided with a core tube slidably disposed in a passageway extending through the guide means and designed to cut through the central core of a pineapple placed on the cutting pad. The apparatus is also provided with means for simultaneously or separately moving the cylindrical body and the core tube towards the pineapple and the cutting pad.
Claims19
Apparatus for removing the peel from a pineapple comprising
- (a) an elongated, substantially cylindrical body provided with a toothed cutting edge on one end of said cylindrical body that is designed to cut through a pineapple,
- (b) elongated guide means telescopically positioned within said elongated, substantially cylindrical body and provided with a first support means for maintaining the guide means in a substantially fixed position,
- (c) a cutting pad positioned in opposing relationship to and spaced a sufficient distance from the toothed cutting edge of said elongated, substantially cylindrical body to permit a pineapple to be interposed between the cutting pad and the elongated, substantially cylindrical body,
- (d) means for moving said elongated, substantially cylindrical body towards said cutting pad with sufficient force to enable said toothed cutting edge to engage and to pass through a pineapple interposed between the cutting pad and the elongated, substantially cylindrical body.
Apparatus for removing the peel and core from a pineapple comprising
- (a) an elongated, substantially cylindrical body provided with a toothed cutting edge on one end of said cylindrical body that is designed to cut through a pineapple,
- (b) elongated guide means telescopically positioned within said elongated, substantially cylindrical body and provided with a first support means for maintaining the guide means in a substantially fixed position, said elongated guide means being provided with a passageway extending therethrough along the longitudinal axis of the guide means and designed to accommodate a core tube slidably positioned in said passageway,
- (c) a cutting pad positioned in opposing relationship to and spaced a sufficient distance from the toothed cutting edge of said elongated, substantially cylindrical body to permit a pineapple to be interposed between the cutting pad and the elongated, substantially cylindrical body,
- (d) a substantially cylindrical core tube provided with a pointed cutting tip and having a length that is significantly greater than said substantially cylindrical body and said guide means, said substantially cylindrical core tube also being provided with means for resilient attachment to a second support means and being slidably disposed in the passageway extending through said elongated guide means so that said pointed cutting tip is positioned in opposing relationship to said cutting pad, and
- (e) means for moving said elongated, substantially cylindrical body and said substantially cylindrical core tube towards said cutting pad with sufficient force to enable the toothed cutting edge associated with said cylindrical body and the pointed cutting tip associated with said core tube to engage and to pass through a pineapple interposed between the cutting pad and the elongated, substantially cylindrical body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.