Pitting-and-stuffing olives, a device for working it and the product obtained therefrom
AssigneeSociedad de Racionalizacion Y Mecanizacion (Sadrym)
InventorJoaquin G. Rubio
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Abstract
A device for pitting and pitting-and-stuffing olives includes two axially aligned punches for simultaneously cutting through an olive and of the end faces of which is fittingly supported in a seat formed in a cap positioned between the punches. One of the punches is hollow to provide access for a stuffing paste to be inserted into a pitted olive. Each punch has the same number of cutting fins of the same configuration. The cap has radial grooves coinciding in position with the cutting fins of each punch.
Claims4
A device for pitting and pitting-and-stuffing olives, comprising a stationary cap formed with a seat for supporting an end face of an olive being pitted, said seat having a configuration matching that of said end face to provide a bed for said olive;
- a first pitting punch which constitutes a first cutting element having cutting fins thereon;
- and a second complementary punch which constitutes a second cutting element and has the same cutting fins as said first cutting element, said first and second punches being positioned in an axial alignment with each other and opposite each other relative to the olive being pitted to simultaneously cut through said olive and eject a pit therefrom, said cap being positioned between said first and second punches, said cutting fins on each punch being the same in number and extending radially outwardly from an axis of the respective punch.
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