FRUIT CUTTING METHOD AND MULTI-LANE MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20210315252A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-14

    申请号:US17264460

    申请日:2019-07-30

    申请人: Biagio CRESCENZO

    发明人: Biagio CRESCENZO

    摘要: An avocado cutting method discloses feeding, orientation and traveling along multi-lanes of avocados (A), a pre-cutting stage to create an incision in the upper and lower portions of each avocado (A) while the avocado (A) is held with its axis stem-blossom vertically oriented, and a cutting stage for cutting each avocado (A) in the sides thereof in order to divide the avocado (A) into two halves with simultaneous hit on its pit. A multi-lane machine is also disclosed having a cutting section (54) with a plurality of pairs of separate cutting blades (55). The cutting section (54) has a plurality of plungers (56) in the form of rods, each plunger (56) being movable between the separate cutting blades (55) with respect to an upper head (43) to strike the pit (N) and move it inside the avocado (A) in order to detach it from the pulp (P).

    PEAR FEEDING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-LANE PROCESSING

    公开(公告)号:US20220322723A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17632309

    申请日:2020-08-02

    申请人: Biagio CRESCENZO

    发明人: Biagio CRESCENZO

    IPC分类号: A23N15/04 B26D1/09

    摘要: A pear feeder for multi-lane processing has, on a frame (1), a shuffle feeder (2), a plurality of chutes (3), a plurality of feed channels (4), small belts (5) running on respective pairs of belt holder pulleys (9, 90) mounted on each feed channel (4) and moved by a motor (10) through a first transverse shaft (11) so as to be transmitted to the belts (5) a retrograde motion with respect to the pear advancement and allow each pear to continue advancing along its own advancement channel (4) with the stem downward up to the exit end, and a plurality of aligned jaws of reception (15) which can be opened simultaneously. On the frame (1) of the apparatus, in a position below the plurality of aligned receiving jaws (15), a cutting device (18) is mounted movably by means of a second pneumatic piston (19) on horizontal end guides (20).

    PEAR PROCESSING METHOD AND MULTILANE APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20210298342A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US17217258

    申请日:2021-03-30

    申请人: Biagio CRESCENZO

    发明人: Biagio CRESCENZO

    摘要: A method for processing pears advancing on housing and centering cups (9) of a multilane belt (7) with its calycine end facing upwards, in order to be cored, pitted and halved the method provides, in a first step, locking each pear against rotation inside its housing and centering cup (9), to measure the distance of the calycine end, and to communicate said distance to a control unit (14) that determines the height position of the endocarp of that pear, and, in a second step, to lower simultaneously, by the control unit (14), a coring rod (24) and a pitting knife (26) from a rest position to the height of the endocarp of the underlying pear, as determined by the control unit (14). A multilane apparatus for processing pears is also disclosed.

    Method and apparatus for recognizing fruit orientation

    公开(公告)号:US10954078B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-23

    申请号:US16623445

    申请日:2018-06-01

    申请人: Biagio Crescenzo

    发明人: Biagio Crescenzo

    IPC分类号: B65G47/256 A23N3/04 B65G47/90

    摘要: A process for recognizing the orientation of a fruit, having a central axis of symmetry passing through the concave parts of the fruit. The process includes an initial measurement step in which the measuring instrument measures its distance from the sample fruit, an individual measurement step of each fruit to be treated travelling on the fruit multiple lanes tape, a comparison step in which the distance measured in the individual measurement step of each fruit to be treated is compared with the distances measured in the initial measurement step of the sample fruit to assess whether the distance measured in the individual measurement step is that one of a concave part of the fruit or that one of a convex part of the fruit, and a check step that determines that the fruit is correctly oriented or not. An apparatus that embodies this method is also described.