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Pitting apparatus

US8939071B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

20Claims

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Inventors

Nolton C. Johnson, Jr. · Bend, US
Michael G. Hendricks · Wyoming, US
Andrew Shutz · Monument, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 21, 2010
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA23N4/06
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device configured for the removal of pits from fruits such as cherries. The device features a planar rotating circular disk which rotates on an incline. A ramp deposits fruit on a top surface of the disk at a lower portion of the incline which keeps the fruit from moving with the surface of the disk. Depressions in the disk engage with individual fruit which is carried to a needle punch which translates through the fruit and an aperture communicating through the depression and the disk to push the pit out the fruit. An elastic member pulls the pits from the needles.

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