Apparatus for cracking the husks of nuts
AssigneeMeiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
InventorNorio Joyama
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for cracking the husks of nuts comprising a cylindrical rotor having a plurality of cracking projections on its circumference, a semicircular suspension stator having a plurality of cracking projections on its inner surface, the stator being positioned against a corresponding sector of the cylindrical rotor with a downward decreasing gap left between the stator and the rotor, and a hopper with an opening at the bottom for dispensing nuts to the gap between the stator and the rotor. The nutcracker according to the present invention permits simultaneous cracking of nuts of different sizes at an increased efficiency.
Claims7
An apparatus for cracking the husks of nuts comprising:
- a casing, a cylindrical rotor having a plurality of cracking projections on its circumference, the cylindrical rotor being rotatably and horizontally fixed to the casing;
- a semicircular suspension stator having a plurality of cracking projections on its inner surface, the stator being positioned against a corresponding sector of the cylindrical rotor with said cracking projections on said stator facing said rotor and with a downwardly decreasing gap between the stator and the rotor, and being suspended from the casing with resilient means;
- and a hopper with an opening at the bottom for dispensing nuts to the gap between the stator and the rotor, said semicircular stator being composed of upper and lower sectors connected to each other at one of their ends by hinge means, the other end of the upper sector being link-connected to the casing, and the other end of the lower sector being connected to the casing with resilient means, and said hinge means connecting said sectors being further connected to said casing with resilient means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.