Produce peeling machine, particularly for shelling nuts
OwnerSuzanne Latreyteinventor
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Abstract
The invention concerns a machine for treating produce for peeling it, in particular a nut-husking machine. This machine comprises a tank (1) with a cylindrical wall, a rotary disk (10) dotted with a plurality of teeth (16) projecting above the disk by an adjustable height, means (4-9) for driving the disk into rotation, a sliding gate (24) to recover the processed produce, means for evacuating the wastes and liquid that include a passage (15 ) on the disk circumference, a ring (21) in this passage and a bottom (2) associated with a spout (3), and means distributing the liquid which include a distributor (12) fixed to the center of the disk (10) in order to eject the liquid at the disk in the centrifugal direction.
Claims14
A machine for treating produce for peeling it, comprising a tank (1) having a substantially smooth internal wall, a rotary disk (10) near the bottom thereof, means (4-9) for causing rotation of said disk, means (12, 14) for distributing a liquid in the tank, means (24) for recovering processed produce and means (2, 3, 15) for evacuating wastes and liquid comprising a passage (15) in the periphery of the disk between the edge of the disk and the tank wall, said liquid distributing means comprising a distributor (12) at the center of the disk (10) and provided with orifices (12a) arranged to eject the liquid at the disk in the centrifugal direction, and said rotary disk (10) having a plurality of teeth (16) projecting therefrom.
A machine as in claim 7, and wherein said rows (L1, L2 . . . ) of teeth are distributed across the disk (10) and oriented in directions (D) angularly offset from the radial directions opposite the disk direction of rotation (R) so as to impart a spiraling motion to the produce.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.