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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. 10, 2001
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D23N 4/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D23N 4/08 ;
Abstract
A servo driven peach pitter mechanism with a servo motor (,) for a gripper mechanism head assembly (,) and a servo motor (,) for a selective knife (,), to achieve unlimited control flexibility in rotation of gripper mechanisms (,) and selective knife (,). Servo motor (,) controls rotation of a tubular housing (,) of the head assembly (,), which in turn rotates the gripper mechanism (,). Servo motor (,) includes a 90 degree gear box (,) which connects with a spindle (,) that carries the selective knife (,).