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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brahm P Verma, Griffin, GA (US);
Stanley E Prussia, Griffin, GA (US);
Assignee:
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99571 ; 99582 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for cracking and removing the shells from nuts is disclosed. The nuts are held between the conical end surface of a tail stock and the end of a hollow barrel. A free moving billet, having a concave, conical end surface, is positioned within the barrel at the end opposite the nut. The billet is accelerated so as to strike the nut and shatter the shell with minimum deformation thereof.