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US 5,286,508 AGranted
Method for removing pulp from fruit
AssigneeState of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture
InventorsDavid Nahir, Binyamin Ronen
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Abstract
A method of removing pulp from a fruit which has been cut so as to expose a portion of the fruit pulp surrounded by an exposed area of peel including the step of directing one or more pressurized jets of gas onto the exposed portion of pulp so as to separate it from the remainder of the fruit while substantially preventing impingement of the one or more pressurized jets of gas on the exposed area of peel.
Claims4
A method of removing pulp from a fruit having an exterior surface which has been cut so as to expose a portion of the fruit pulp surrounded by peel comprising the steps of:
- directing at least one pressurized jet of air onto the exposed portion of pulp so as to separate it from the remainder of the fruit while substantially preventing impingement of said at least one jet of air on the peel;
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- causing relative rotation between the fruit and said at least one pressurized jet of air
- said step of directing including the step of engaging the exterior of the fruit and preventing the jet from impinging on the fruit at a location separated from the exterior surface of the fruit by less than a predetermined distance.
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