81 |
SNIPPER KNIFE ASSEMBLY HOLDER |
US09966910 |
2001-09-28 |
US20020134251A1 |
2002-09-26 |
Robert
C.
Winkley |
A holder for mounting a knife assembly, e.g., as used in a bean snipper or similar device, to a mounting rod or similar structure. The holder includes first and second plate members which are moveably joined together at first ends thereof (e.g., in a hinged relation), and which are sized and shaped to contact the mounting rod at a plurality of points when closed together around the mounting rod such that the second ends of the plate members are brought together. A knife assembly, including a knife head and a knife rod, is attached to the knife holder by extending an end of the knife rod through knife rod apertures formed in one of the plate members until the end of the knife rod contacts a knife rod stop. The knife rod apertures position a portion of the knife rod adjacent to the mounting rod at a contact point. A tightening structure, such as a hand rotatable knob, is mounted on the second ends of the plate members, to bring the second ends together when the tightening structure is tightened, thereby pinching the mounting rod between the plate members while simultaneously pinching the knife rod between the plate member and the mounting rod, thereby to secure the knife assembly to the mounting rod. |
82 |
Method and apparatus for severing root of bean sprout |
US09754237 |
2001-01-03 |
US06346288B1 |
2002-02-12 |
Masahiro Nakada |
A method and apparatus for severing roots of bean sprouts are disclosed. Bean sprouts are supplied onto a severing table having a number of severing slits each of which has such a width that a root of a bean sprout falls into each severing slit. Water is sprinkled over the severing table so that the roots of the bean sprouts on the severing table flow into the severing slits. The roots of the bean sprouts fallen in the severing slits are severed by a cutter blade. |
83 |
Snipper knife assembly holder |
US09813554 |
2001-03-21 |
US06318249B1 |
2001-11-20 |
Robert C. Winkley |
A holder for mounting a knife assembly, e.g., as used in a bean snipper or similar device, to a mounting rod or similar structure. The holder includes first and second plate members which are moveably joined together at first ends thereof (e.g., in a hinged relation), and which are sized and shaped to contact the mounting rod at a plurality of points when closed together around the mounting rod such that the second ends of the plate members are brought together. A knife assembly, including a knife head and a knife rod, is attached to the knife holder by extending an end of the knife rod through knife rod apertures formed in one of the plate members until the end of the knife rod contacts a knife rod stop. The knife rod apertures position a portion of the knife rod adjacent to the mounting rod at a contact point. A tightening structure, such as a hand rotatable knob, is mounted on the second ends of the plate members, to bring the second ends together when the tightening structure is tightened, thereby pinching the mounting rod between the plate members while simultaneously pinching the knife rod between the plate member and the mounting rod, thereby to secure the knife assembly to the mounting rod. |
84 |
Automatic mungbean sprout hulling and root cutting apparatus |
US375422 |
1995-01-18 |
US5452651A |
1995-09-26 |
Lin Pao-Seng |
An automatic mungbean sprout hulling and root-cutting apparatus includes a case which has a bean sprout inlet chute to receive bean sprouts transmitted by a conveyer of a transmission means. Bean sprouts then fall upon an inclined screen and are discharged out through a bean exhaust chute. An air ventilation means is disposed at the bottom of the case to send forced air pass through the reclined screen and to blow away light-weight bean hull from bean sprout. Bean hulls are discharged out through a bean hull exhaust exit. Bean sprouts fall on the screen by gravity force. The apertures on the screen can facilitate root-cutting function. Thus to serve the purpose of bean sprout hulling and root-cutting purpose. A screen vibration means can also be employed to further enhance the hulling and root-cutting effect. |
85 |
Cutting apparatus for processing elongated vegetable products and the
like |
US388529 |
1989-08-02 |
US4981073A |
1991-01-01 |
David R. Zittel |
A cluster cutter apparatus and a snipping apparatus are similarly formed to increase the snipping efficiency of a bean processing line. Each apparatus includes a rotating drum having a circumferential slotted surface in combination with an internally elongated inclined orienting plate unit for orienting of the beans onto the lower interior periphery of the rotating drum. The plate unit may be an inclined fixed plate or a rotating paddle wheel and includes a plurality of plates which is located in the lower leading quadrant of the drum. The paddle wheel is rotated at an appropriate speed relative to the drum and contributes to a highly cost effective high volume bean processing system. The plate(s) supports the beans and provides gradual and controlled vertical transfer to the drum slots. The cluster cutter includes separating disc units to separate the clusters. A plurality of separate bean severing knife units are spaced circumferentially over the complete lower half of the drum between the two o'clock and nine o'clock positions on the drum. |
86 |
Tandem drum cluster separator |
US178424 |
1988-04-06 |
US4784057A |
1988-11-15 |
Dennis O. Mietzel; R. Kevin Wells |
A cluster seprator for engaging and separating clusters of pod vegetables joined together by stem sections from a large quantity of individual pod vegetables, includes two tandem substantially horizontally spaced drums which each have a cylindrical surface such that the two drums form a restricted zone between the cylindrical surfaces. The drums are rottable in opposite directions so that the cylindrical surfaces move in the same direction at the restricted zone. On each drum are hooked rods which extend generally radially outwardly from the cylindrical surface so that a hook portion of each rod faces generally upwardly within the restricted zone. The hooked rods on each drum form an array of rods of selected density. The hooked rods pass juxtaposedly through the restricted zone at the combined densities of the arrays of both drums to optimize engagement of the clusters of pod vegetables falling through the restricted zone while permitting individual pod vegetables to fall freely between the rods. As the drums rotate, the hooked rods pass outwardly and away from the restricted zone at the respective single array density of each drum so that the clusters may be cut apart or otherwise processed more efficiently. A drive system is connected to the drums to rotate them. |
87 |
Bean snipper |
US52888066 |
1966-02-21 |
US3378051A |
1968-04-16 |
GROSBETY GASTON DIT JACQUES |
|
88 |
Bean snipper machine |
US46171365 |
1965-06-07 |
US3318350A |
1967-05-09 |
URSCHEL JOE R |
|
89 |
Okra trimming apparatus |
US29801663 |
1963-07-29 |
US3234983A |
1966-02-15 |
OLDERSHAW CHARLES G P |
|
90 |
Bean separator |
US23200062 |
1962-10-22 |
US3200945A |
1965-08-17 |
COTA JAMES D |
|
91 |
Snipping cutter mounting assembly |
US5542160 |
1960-09-12 |
US3102567A |
1963-09-03 |
HAMILTON GERALD P |
|
92 |
Bean cluster separator |
US81584759 |
1959-05-26 |
US3059648A |
1962-10-23 |
BURTON CHARLES G |
|
93 |
Green bean and pea shelling apparatus |
US50679255 |
1955-05-09 |
US2804873A |
1957-09-03 |
WILLIAMS JR WILLIAM R; WILLIAMS LEWIS R |
|
94 |
Bean snipper |
US32751552 |
1952-12-23 |
US2770274A |
1956-11-13 |
MENCACCI SAMUEL A |
|
95 |
Stem snipping knife mechanism |
US39621753 |
1953-12-04 |
US2705516A |
1955-04-05 |
URSCHEL JOE R |
|
96 |
Bean snipping machine |
US76336047 |
1947-07-24 |
US2518598A |
1950-08-15 |
BUCK BENJAMIN I |
|
97 |
String bean grader |
US44986542 |
1942-07-06 |
US2416008A |
1947-02-18 |
KERR CHARLES E |
|
98 |
Conveyer mechanism |
US31025839 |
1939-12-20 |
US2241978A |
1941-05-13 |
IRVEN BUCK BENJAMIN |
|
99 |
Bean snipping machine |
US7788536 |
1936-05-04 |
US2108179A |
1938-02-15 |
|
|
100 |
Automatic bean cutter |
US72444034 |
1934-05-07 |
US2092103A |
1937-09-07 |
BLAKENEY CHARLES G; BUCK BENJAMIN I |
|