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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
William E Coyle, Fresno, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun-Maid Growers of California, Kingsburg, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F / ; B07B / ; A23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
366301 ; 366303 ; 3663252 ; 366348 ; 366349 ; 9964 / ; 209-3 ;
Abstract
Clumps of dried fruit are separated into individual fruit pieces with reduced damage to the fruit itself by passing the clumps through an apparatus containing a rotating shaft from which robber-like resilient fingers protrude. As they rotate, the fingers pass between other fingers in the apparatus, and the combination exerts a force on the dried fruit clumps that varies with the degree of deflection of the fingers and hence with the sizes and resistances of the clumps.
Coyle, William. (1997). Method and apparatus for separating clumps of dried fruit (U.S. Patent No. 5697704). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5697704
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