公开(公告)号：US5806414A

公开(公告)日：1998-09-15

申请号：US823332

申请日：1997-03-22

申请人： Alan Heinzen ,  Charles Shimmel ,  Rudi Groppe ,  Erick A. Davidson

发明人： Alan Heinzen ,  Charles Shimmel ,  Rudi Groppe ,  Erick A. Davidson

IPC分类号： A23N7/02 ,  A23N7/00

CPC分类号： A23N7/026

摘要： A processing apparatus and method for removing rind from a spheroidal food article, such as a melon is provided. The apparatus includes infeed and outfeed componentry for conveying melons to be processed into and out of the apparatus, providing an apparatus well suited for use in an automated environment. The infeed componentry includes a positioning device for positioning a melon to be processed between revolving mandrels, for achieving a desired orientation of the melon relative to the mandrels. The mandrels retain the melon on its axis and revolve the melon on its equator. Knife members are positioned on either side of the melon and aligned with the equator thereof when the melon is in an initial position. The knife members have detachable blades to accommodate rinds of different thicknesses, so that the blades extend through the rind, without extending into the flesh. Rollers are secured to the knife members to control the cutting depth of the blades and to enhance the ease with which the rind is cut. As the melon is rotated from the initial positron toward a completed position, the knifes initially remove rind from its equator, then simultaneously toward each pole, for removing substantially the entire rind from the melon. The cutting pattern provided by the invention obviates the need for excessive rotation of the melon, providing a processing apparatus having enhanced processing speeds. Rind remaining on the poles is sliced off without removing excessive flesh from the melon.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于从诸如瓜子之类的球形食品中去除皮的处理设备和方法。 该设备包括用于输送和输出设备的瓜子的进料和出料组分，提供了非常适合于在自动化环境中使用的设备。 进料组件包括定位装置，用于定位要在旋转心轴之间加工的甜瓜，以实现甜瓜相对于心轴的期望取向。 心轴将甜瓜保持在其轴上，并将甜瓜旋转在赤道上。 当瓜子处于初始位置时，刀子部件位于瓜子的两侧并与其赤道对齐。 刀具具有可拆卸的刀片以适应不同厚度的外皮，使得刀片延伸穿过外皮而不延伸到肉中。 辊子被固定到刀具上以控制刀片的切割深度并且增强切割外皮的容易性。 当瓜从初始正电子转动到完成的位置时，刀开始从其赤道上除去外皮，然后同时朝向每个极，用于从瓜子基本上去除整个皮。 本发明提供的切割图案避免了甜瓜的过度旋转的需要，从而提供了具有增强的处理速度的处理设备。 残留在两极上的外皮切成薄片，不会从瓜子中除去过多的肉质。

公开(公告)号：US5660104A

公开(公告)日：1997-08-26

申请号：US620369

申请日：1996-03-22

申请人： Alan Heinzen ,  Charles Shimmel ,  Rudi Groppe ,  Eric A. Davidson

发明人： Alan Heinzen ,  Charles Shimmel ,  Rudi Groppe ,  Eric A. Davidson

IPC分类号： A23N7/02 ,  A23N7/00 ,  A47J17/16

CPC分类号： A23N7/026

摘要： An apparatus and method for removing rind from a spheroidal food article, such as a melon is provided. The apparatus includes a carriage assembly having revolving spindles that retain a melon on its axis and revolve the melon on its equator. The spindles are aligned with a first axis when the carriage assembly is in an initial position. A cutting assembly is located adjacent to the carriage assembly. The cutting assembly includes reciprocating knifes that are positioned on either side of the melon and aligned with the equator thereof. The knifes are configured with a blade dimensioned to extend through the rind of the melon, without extending substantially into the flesh of the melon. A rotating assembly is provided for rotating the carriage assembly between the initial position and a completed position, and parallel to the first axis. The spindles revolve the melon on its equator, so that the knifes initially remove rind from the melon along the equator thereof. The rotating assembly rotates the carriage assembly toward the completed position for rotating the melon about its axis, so that the knifes can continuously remove rind from the melon as the carriage assembly is rotated toward the completed position. Thus, the entire rind is substantially removed from the melon. Additionally, knife members that extend beneath cups of the spindles may be provided. The knife members are simultaneously rotated through each pole of the melon to disengage the melon from the spindles, without removing excessive flesh from the melon.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于从诸如甜瓜的球状食品中去除皮的装置和方法。 该装置包括具有旋转轴的托架组件，该旋转主轴在其轴线上保持甜瓜并将甜瓜旋转在其赤道上。 当托架组件处于初始位置时，主轴与第一轴对齐。 切割组件位于支架组件附近。 切割组件包括定位在瓜的任一侧并与其赤道对准的往复刀。 刀具配置有刀片，其尺寸设计成延伸穿过甜瓜的外皮，而不基本上延伸到瓜的肉中。 提供旋转组件用于在支架组件的初始位置和完成位置之间旋转并平行于第一轴线。 主轴围绕其赤道上的甜瓜，以便刀口最初沿着赤道从甜瓜中除去外皮。 旋转组件将托架组件旋转到完成的位置，以使甜瓜围绕其轴线旋转，使得当托架组件朝向完成位置旋转时，刀可以连续地从甜瓜中移除皮带。 因此，整个外皮基本上从瓜中除去。 此外，可以提供在主轴之下延伸的刀构件。 刀具同时旋转通过甜瓜的每个极，以使甜瓜脱离主轴，而不会从甜瓜中除去过多的肉。