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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jesus A Silvestrini, Mendoza, AR;
Jose E Barbier, Mendoza, AR;
Assignee:
IMDEC S.A., Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23N / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99472 ; 99352 ; 99471 ; 99473 ; 99483 ; 99510 ; 99516 ; 241275 ; 241D / ;
Abstract
Apparatus is disclosed for disintegrating fruit into pulp and juice and includes apparatus for controlling the rate of introduction of fruit and of ambient atmosphere into the overall apparatus, a cylindrical rotor housing having an entrance aperture and an outlet channel with a rotor drivingly rotated within to accelerate the fruit around a circular path and then discharge the fruit through a tangential channel into a disintegration chamber where the fruit impacts against a disintegrating member to disintegrate the fruit into pulp and juice for subsequent removal and packing.