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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2000
Joseph V Polaco, II, Pueblo West, CO (US);
Dwight A Blickensderfer, Pueblo, CO (US);
Matthew S Howarth, Pueblo, CO (US);
Barry M Campbell, Victoria, AU;
Stanley M Miller, Pueblo, CO (US);
Michael H Fritz, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Atlas Pacific Engineering Company, Pueblo, CO (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for coring and seed celling pears, apples, honeydew melons, cantaloupe and other fruits is provided in which a seed celler support tube is utilized to drive a seed celler knife and wherein a coring tube is utilized to rotate said fruit by one or more turning fins mounted on the coring tube. Separate and independent stepper motor drives are provided for the coring tube and the seed celler support tube. During a portion of the peeling process, the turning fin and seed celler knife are rotated at the same speed. In order to sever the seed cell, the seed celler blade is caused to either rotate faster or slower than the turning fin to sever the seed cell.