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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2010
Rafael Angel Lopez Alvarez, Pococi, CR;
Raul Fernandez, Weston, FL (US);
Illya Ilyin, St. Petersburg, RU;
Jose T. Mejia, Harvey, LA (US);
Luis Guillermo Bonilla Murillo, Heredia, CR;
Elena Nunez, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Audrey Parienov, St. Petersburg, RU;
Julio Schouwe, Pococi, CR;
Julio Vasquez, Batavia, OH (US);
James H. Wiley, Camden, SC (US);
Rafael Angel Lopez Alvarez, Pococi, CR;
Raul Fernandez, Weston, FL (US);
Illya Ilyin, St. Petersburg, RU;
Jose T. Mejia, Harvey, LA (US);
Luis Guillermo Bonilla Murillo, Heredia, CR;
Elena Nunez, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Audrey Parienov, St. Petersburg, RU;
Julio Schouwe, Pococi, CR;
Julio Vasquez, Batavia, OH (US);
James H. Wiley, Camden, SC (US);
Chiquita Brands International Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A large scale processing method for separating banana pulp from its peel is shown. In this method bananas are separated into two parts (generally in a transverse direction), each part having a tip end and a cut end. A compression force is applied to those banana parts such that the force increases from the tip end to the cut end. A device which implements that process, including a cutting device, a means for feeding bananas into the cutting device, and two processing conveyor devices (to apply the compression force to the banana parts), is also shown.