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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norio Joyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
301202 ; 99574 ; 99577 ; 99579 ; 2411 / ; 241242 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for cracking the husks of nuts comprising a cylindrical rotor having a plurality of cracking projections on its circumference, a semicircular suspension stator having a plurality of cracking projections on its inner surface, the stator being positioned against a corresponding sector of the cylindrical rotor with a downward decreasing gap left between the stator and the rotor, and a hopper with an opening at the bottom for dispensing nuts to the gap between the stator and the rotor. The nutcracker according to the present invention permits simultaneous cracking of nuts of different sizes at an increased efficiency.