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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Oldrich J Tichy, Concord, CA (US);
David G Herndon, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Atlas Pacific Engineering Company, Emeryville, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99593 ; 99594 ;
Abstract
A rotary live knife assembly includes a directionally biased shaft housing with a rotary peeling cutter mounted on a shaft within the housing, a chip breaker also mounted on the shaft and a guard on the shaft housing for adjusting the depth of cut made by the cutter into a piece of fruit during a peeling operation. The guard is positively positioned on the shaft housing relative to the direction of shaft housing bias and the guard has a peel shearing surface facing upstanding blades of the chip breaker to sever removed peelings into small pieces by a scissor-like action.