Peeling machine
AssigneeHEPRO GmbH Maschinen und Spezialgerate
InventorChristoph Protte
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Abstract
A peeling machine for stalk-like vegetables, comprising a plurality of knife stations that are successively arranged in the direction of travel of the vegetables on a machine frame, is described. A plurality of pairs of feed rollers are each supported between successive knife stations, each of the feed rollers being supported by a drive shaft rotating on a pivot arm, which is in turn supported by the machine frame to pivot about a stationary shaft on the machine frame. Each pair of feed rollers is coupled to a driving apparatus that includes a motor. The stationary shaft supports a first drive wheel of the driving apparatus, the first drive wheel being in driving communication with a second drive wheel, which is secured to the drive shaft of the feed roller.
Claims33
A peeling machine for peeling stalk-like vegetables, comprising:
- a machine frame defining a direction of travel for the vegetables;
- a plurality of knife stations having one or more knives, the knife stations being successively arranged on the machine frame along the direction of travel for the vegetables;
- a plurality of pairs of feed rollers that are each rotatably supported between successive knife stations by a plurality of support apparatus, each support apparatus including
- a stationary shaft on the machine frame, the stationary shaft extending in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel for the vegetables,
- a pivot arm, supported on the machine frame, the pivot arm configured to pivot about the stationary shaft, and
- a drive shaft, supported on the pivot arm, the drive shaft supporting the feed roller while allowing it to rotate;
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- a drive apparatus configured to drive the plurality of pairs of feed rollers, the drive apparatus including
- a plurality of first drive wheels, each first drive wheel supported to rotate on one of the stationary shafts, and
- a plurality of second drive wheels, each second drive wheel supported on one of the drive shafts, each second drive wheel being in driving communication with one of the first drive wheels, and each second drive wheel also being in driving communication with a feed roller.
A peeling machine for peeling stalk-like vegetables, comprising:
- a machine frame defining a direction of travel for the vegetables;
- a plurality of knife stations successively arranged along the machine frame in the direction of travel for the vegetables;
- one or more quick-change carriers that are removably secured to the machine frame, wherein each knife station is supported on a quick-change carrier;
- a plurality of pairs of feed rollers that are each rotatably supported on the machine frame between successive knife stations;
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- a drive apparatus configured to drive the plurality of pairs of feed rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.