81 |
Device for removing outer membrane of scallion head or garlic head |
US387121 |
1995-02-13 |
US5465657A |
1995-11-14 |
Hsiu-Liang Wu |
A device includes a barrel for receiving objects and includes air supplied into the barrel for generating air eddy in order to disengage and to remove outer membrane from the objects. A shutter is pivotally coupled to the lower portion of the barrel for enclosing the open bottom of the barrel and for maintaining the objects within the barrel. The air eddy is supplied into the barrel from the bottom portion of the barrel for removing the outer membrane from the objects. The outer membranes may be removed without hurting the objects. |
82 |
Bulb centering clamp apparatus |
US553306 |
1990-07-17 |
US4998468A |
1991-03-12 |
Tatsuo Nagaoka |
In a bulb centering clamp apparatus, a plurality of first parallel swing links are angularly movable vertically and are mounted above a rotary table rotatable about a vertical axis. A plurality of second parallel swing links are angularly movable vertically and are mounted below the rotary table in facing relation to the first swing links. An upper gripper is movable angularly in facing relation to one ends of the respective first swing links. The upper gripper has a gripping surface maintained horizontal. A lower gripper is movable angularly in facing relation to one ends of the respective second swing links. The lower gripper has a gripping surface maintained horizontal. A first cam mechanism inlcudes a pair of cam followers and a pair of stationary cams, for moving the upper and lower grippers toward and away from each other. The cam followers are provided respectively at the other ends of the respective first and second swing links and are abutted respectively against the stationary cams. A pair of side clamps are arranged between the upper and lower grippers. A second cam mechanism is provided for moving the pair of side clamps toward and away from each other. The second cam mechanism includes a stationary cam and a cam follower abutted against the stationary cam of the second cam mechanism and connected to the pair of side clamps. |
83 |
Apparatus for peeling garlic |
US571931 |
1990-08-23 |
US4998465A |
1991-03-12 |
Rich Fischer; Richard Silva; Henry P. Welton |
Garlic cloves to have their outer inedible skins removed are placed on a shake table which spreads them generally into a one-clove layer and moves them toward an exit edge. The cloves drop from shake table onto a sloped feed tray having a number of downwardly extending parallel troughs. Underneath each trough is a tube having a flexible cylinder secured to its lower end which receives cloves from its associated trough. A continuous belt driven along a path to present an upper surface has a number of openings within each of which an open-topped product cup is secured. The flexible cylinder contacts the belt surface and is closed off between product cups and released to feed cloves into the cups upon alignment therewith. A plate is spaced just above the belt and has openings through which nozzles extend to provide a timed blast of pressurized air into the cups for peeling the cloves. The outer skins are removed from the space above the belt by a suction fan. |
84 |
Device for peeling onions or other bulbous or tuberous plants |
US302405 |
1989-01-26 |
US4889046A |
1989-12-26 |
Andreas H. W. M. Cornelissen |
A peeling machine intended for removing the outer skins of onions or other bulbous or tuberous plants comprising a holder (19) with one or more knives (20) for making a circumferential cut in the onions and at least one nozzle (21) for the infeed of compressed air or an other pressurized medium for removing the peelings. In order to increase the percentage of skins blown away, and to improve the peeling output without damage to the onions the nozzle (21) for the supply of compressed air is fitted in or on the knife holder (19) a short distance away from a knife (20). |
85 |
Apparatus for removing stem and root of bulb |
US875316 |
1986-06-17 |
US4718334A |
1988-01-12 |
Tatsuo Nagaoka |
An apparatus for cutting and removing stems and roots of bulbs includes a carrying element for the bulb, a centering element, cutting elements for the stem and the root, and a holding element to hold the bulb. The central position, between an upper cutter and a lower cutter arranged in said cutting element, and the similar central position between the upper portion and the lower portion of the bulb are both arranged to be on a reference line located at a predetermined height above a base reference such as a floor. The holding part of the holding element is moved from the centering element to the cutting element, for cutting of the stem and the root thereby, along the base line while said holding part is holding the bulb. |
86 |
Peeling machine |
US677918 |
1984-12-04 |
US4602559A |
1986-07-29 |
Syouzou Suzuki; Yousuke Suzuki; Nobuyoshi Suzuki |
A machine for automatically peeling vegetables, particularly onions, and also some fruits. The peeling machine consists of a conveyor belt with devices for holding an individual onion, spaced along the belt, a cutter station where the two ends of the onion are removed as the belt is moved past the station, a reciprocating blade that slits the two outer layers of the onion and a station consisting of two rotating rolls and an air jet where the two outer layers are removed from the onion. |
87 |
Onion peeling |
US170634 |
1980-07-21 |
US4476778A |
1984-10-16 |
Malcolm R. Clyma |
An onion peeling machine having a wheel for transporting the onions past a series of stations, where the onions are topped and peeled, the outer skins slit longitudinally of the onion, and the skin removed by water jets. The machine also includes separation means to separate the peeled onions from the skins. |
88 |
Apparatus for stripping onions |
US365947 |
1982-04-06 |
US4457224A |
1984-07-03 |
Mitsutaro Kino |
An apparatus for stripping onions, in which an onion is withdrawn into a cylindrical onion guide path by vacuum pressure produced as compressed air is discharged at a high speed from a nozzle and is discharged from the cylindrical path into a separating chamber facing the path due to the momentum of the onion, whereby the onion is stripped as it is struck by compressed air discharged from the nozzle. The cylindrical onion guide path has a diameter large enough to permit passage of one onion, and onions are supplied one after another at a predetermined interval. The separating chamber is a cylindrical path coaxial with the onion guide path. The lines of discharge of the compressed air intersect one another on the center line of the onion guide path. Beyond the separating chamber, there is provided a direction converter for converting the axial direction of progress of the stripped onion into a lateral direction. The peelings separated from the stripped onion are led through the direction converter and are discharged through a separate route. |
89 |
Process of producing a batter-coated onion product |
US83314 |
1979-10-10 |
US4351850A |
1982-09-28 |
Robert M. Costamagna; Denis W. Mori; Allen R. Bardett |
A frozen onion food product is prepared by a process which includes the steps of peeling and slicing fresh uncooked onions, cutting the resulting onion slabs into pieces most of which are composed of two or more lengths of onion scales in side-by-side relationship, separating each piece into its individual scales or nuggets, coating the separated nuggets with a batter mixture and quick-freezing. The separating operation includes the use of hydro, mechanical and vibratory forces to produce a continuous supply of separated nuggets ready for the coating operation. If desired the coated cubes can be partially fried before freezing. |
90 |
Apparatus for removing roots from bulbs or the like corms |
US420097 |
1973-11-29 |
US3942428A |
1976-03-09 |
Claus Clausen |
In apparatus for removing roots from bulbs or the like corms, the bulbs are thrown upwards towards pairs of cooperating rollers, which catch the roots of the bulbs in the nips between the rollers and draw off the roots from the bulbs. |
91 |
Onion end cutter |
US3765320D |
1971-01-11 |
US3765320A |
1973-10-16 |
VAN RAAY A |
A device for topping and tailing crops, particularly onions, said device comprising a conveyor belt for feeding the bulbs arranged in openings of the conveyor belt and at least one topping and tailing member arranged above and beneath the conveyor belt, said members being displaceable in a direction normal to the conveyor belt in order to occupy a desired position relative to the bulbs for removing the heads and tails of the bulbs and including feelers cooperating with the bulbs and limiting the displacement of the topping and tailing members in said normal direction, wherein the feelers detect only the greatest distances over which the bulbs project above and beneath the belt and accordingly control the movements of the topping and tailing members relative to the bulbs.
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92 |
Article feeding and treating apparatus |
US3724362D |
1970-10-26 |
US3724362A |
1973-04-03 |
PARSONS L |
An onion skinning machine comprising a wheel or like having onion air-blasting chambers, a hopper to contain onions, endless conveyor means to convey onions from the hopper to the air blasting wheel, and means to remove excess onions from the conveyor.
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93 |
Vegetable processing machine |
US3646978D |
1969-09-02 |
US3646978A |
1972-03-07 |
TAIT THOMAS |
A vegetable processing machine for cleaning, trimming off the tops and roots, and bagging of vegetables such as onions and the like.
|
94 |
Treatment of fruit and vegetable crops |
US3543824D |
1968-12-19 |
US3543824A |
1970-12-01 |
PARSONS LESLIE ARTHUR |
|
95 |
Onion orienter and cutter |
US3515193D |
1967-10-09 |
US3515193A |
1970-06-02 |
AGUILAR HENRY |
|
96 |
Onion end cutter |
US3454066D |
1966-11-07 |
US3454066A |
1969-07-08 |
PARSONS LESLIE A |
|
97 |
Method of topping onions |
US54925666 |
1966-05-11 |
US3394746A |
1968-07-30 |
AUSTIN TEIGEN FERDINAND |
|
98 |
Apparatus for topping onions |
US54935166 |
1966-05-11 |
US3389731A |
1968-06-25 |
AUSTIN TEIGEN FERDINAND |
|
99 |
Vegetable topping machine |
US31930863 |
1963-10-28 |
US3285306A |
1966-11-15 |
WETZEL CLIFFORD C |
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100 |
Onion end trimmer |
US32288463 |
1963-11-12 |
US3186459A |
1965-06-01 |
RAAY ALBERTUS VAN |
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