Machine for the preparation of pieces of an oval or spherical fruit, such as a melon or watermelon
US9180603B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/2022
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Machine for the preparation of pieces of an oval or spherical fruit, such as a melon or watermelon, comprising: a first cutting station (10), predisposed to cut a fruit (100) into round portions (101) along parallel planes; a second cutting station (20), with two or more shaped blades (21a,b,c) predisposed to cut the round portions (101) into prismatic fragments; a sorting device (40), predisposed to detect a diameter of the round portions (101) and to assign each round portion (101) to a shaped blade (21a,b,c), selected on the basis of the diameter of the round portion.
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