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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jesus A Silvestrini, Mendoza, AR;
Assignee:
IMDEC S.R.L., Mendoza, AR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99516 ; 99540 ; 99584 ; 99586 ; 99587 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described for separating the pulp from the skin of fruit, such as tomatoes, in which each fruit is gripped and transported by mechanism along a predetermined path, a cut to the skin of the fruit is produced by cutting device adjacent the path and the pulp is urged away from the gripping and transporting apparatus at a pulp discharge position while the skin remains gripped by that apparatus to separate the pulp from the skin.