Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.

Narayan Dnyanadeo Patil

Serafin Albarran

William Christopher Johnson

Seth Marcus Goldsmith

Edward James Wynn

Andrew Dave Fernandez

A leafy vegetable having a core end and a leafy end is processed after being harvested. The harvested leafy vegetable is transported to a trim area on a conveyor. A first cutting implement located in the trim area trims a portion of the core end. A second cutting implement located in the trim area trims a portion of the leafy end. The first and second cutting implements are spaced a set distance apart, which defines an amount of the leafy vegetable remaining after the portions of the core and leafy ends are trimmed. As the portions of the core and leafy ends of the leafy vegetable are being trimmed by the first and second cutting implements, a set of one or more nozzles located in the trim area sprays a rinsing liquid on cut sites on the leafy vegetable to rinse off natural juices exuding from the cut sites.

Top and tail system for leafy vegetables

Method for processing vegetables having core and leafy ends

In a system to separate shredded vegetable pieces, a slicer cuts a vegetable having leaves and a core into pieces to form a mixture of leaf and core pieces. The mixture then passes through a sorting mechanism that separates the core pieces from the mixture.

System and method for processing shredded vegetables

Top and tail trimming system for leafy vegetables

Growing community of inventors

King City, CA, United States of America

Narayan Dnyanadeo Patil