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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2004
Joseph E. Wallace, Creston, IA (US);
Joseph E. Wallace, Creston, IA (US);
Vanmark Corporation, Creston, IA (US);
Abstract
An improved peeling machine for controlling the removal of a peeling from a food product, the peeling machine having a hopper with a supply auger that pushes a food item to a peeling chamber, the peeling chamber having a plurality of parallel longitudinal rollers arranged in an arcuate juxtaposition relation, as the food item moves through the plurality of rollers, the food item is peeled and moved toward the discharge gate of the peeling machine, the improvement is the use of an abrasive material on the rollers that is formed using electrostatic charges to align the abrasive particles onto an epoxy layer and adhering this epoxy layer onto the exterior surface of the roller.