ES1245860U - Nut splitter (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Almond splitting machine, essentially characterized by comprising an upper hopper that receives nuts with shell from its manual incorporation through its upper end. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

Nut splitter.

Object of the invention

This utility model is a nut splitter, valid for almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, etc., whose use and adaptability give it the ability to break them quickly, easily and very useful.

Its design facilitates the breakage of the shell of the dried fruits, leaving the fruits intact without the need to break them one by one as was customary in partitions for private use until now, constituting an unprecedented innovation.

The applicable splitter for nuts in shell has a number of advantages that require detailed exposure.

In the first place, it is pertinent to highlight that the necessary action to cause the breakage of the fruit peel can be carried out by people of all conditions and circumstances, since the minimum value that ensures the end pursued is very low, having the manual version, and adapted to a drill that acts as an electric motor, and the motorized version.

On the other hand, it is indicated to point out that it avoids any possibility of an accident, since on the one hand, the consumer's hand remains outside the enclosure occupied by the product, and on the other hand, the fractional pieces are prevented from leaving it and affecting the people positioned in relative proximity. Therefore, it is a utensil that can be used by all kinds of people, with which their safety is guaranteed based on the conformation it presents.

Field of the Invention

Its use is oriented to the domestic market, with mechanized dividers currently restricted to industrial uses, which due to their dimensions and prices were not viable for domestic use.

Background of the Invention

The existence of splitters is known in which the force in charge of breaking the outer cover comes from two foci that correspond to two pieces joined by one or more points on which the user's hand exerts opposing pressure, obtaining an element that grips the product located between the clamps.

However, and by virtue of the features that define in each case the design carried out on the established idea, the force necessary for the rupture can reach values that are not affordable for anyone, and there are risks of damage during handling, determining an instrument with certain limitations, in no case is the process of partitioning the dried fruit automated, as is the case presented here. The applicant is not aware of the existence of starters with the properties and level of improvement enjoyed by the object of the present invention.

Description of the Invention

The invention that we refer to in the body of this descriptive memory and with the help of the accompanying complementary drawings, deals with a new nut splitting machine, which can be powered by three alternative driving elements and all with the same machine.

It can be cranked with the nut and lock nut system, also by means of a manual drill, coupling to the adapter mandrel that is incorporated in its inertia axis, or by connecting to a standard electric motor with a built-in reducer and adapter with appropriate characteristics.

All of the mechanisms described above mechanically drive the splitter roller through the shaft that puts the splitter mechanism into service.

More specifically, the object of the invention is constituted by an upper hopper that receives nuts with shell from its manual incorporation through its upper end, said nuts reaching the splitting mechanism located under the supplying hopper by its own weight, this mechanism is made up of a laminated roller that rotates and moves by means of an axis that is held with a fixing nut. The dried fruits are displaced in the direction of the roller and break their hard outer coating when they hit the sheet metal, which acts as a stop and which is manually adjusted adjusting it to the width of the dried fruit from which it is to calibrate the diameter of the dried fruit and avoid breakage of the pipe or fruit, responsible for acting on the dried fruit.

Falling by its descending weight into a receiving container properly placed in the lower exit area of the machine, to which both the shells and the already broken fruits fall, and which must be selected and separated later.

Likewise, it has a structure that limits a gap traveled by the tamper associated with the other constituent parts of the mentioned mechanism.

It also has a hole in the lower part of the gap determined in the structure, in charge of allowing the product to exit.

Description of the drawings

In what follows, we refer to the designs of the accompanying drawings, in which, graphically exposed, a case of practical realization of the nut splitting machine object of this record has been represented, stating that, given the eminently informative condition of the drawings in question, the figures designed in them, must be examined with the widest criteria and without limitation.

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, the present descriptive memory is accompanied, as an integral part thereof, by four figures of drawings in which, by way of illustration and not limiting, the following has been represented:

Figure 1A.- Shows the perspective of the invention with some parts removed

Figure 1B shows adjusting bolt (3), Figure 1C shows fixing bolt (4), Figure 1D shows shaft (5), Figure 1E shows plate (2), Figure 1F shows adapter coupling (7), Figure 1G shows roller (6).

It is not considered necessary to make this description more extensive so that any person skilled in the art understands the scope of the invention and the advantages derived from it.

Figure 2. Represents a left side elevation view with which the elements that limit the enclosure that houses the dried fruit on which the roller acts on the plate to break its shell are distinguished.

Figure 3. Represents a right side elevation view with which the elements that limit the enclosure that houses the dried fruit on which the tamper acts to break its shell are distinguished.

Figure 4. Represents an elevation view of the upper entrance and lower exit with which the elements that limit the enclosure that houses the dried fruit on which the roller acts on the plate to break its shell are distinguished.

The materials, shape, size and arrangement of the elements will be subject to variation, as long as this does not imply an alteration to the essential nature of the invention.

Description of the Invention

Nut splitting machine with shell figure 1, which is fixed to the support by means of fixing bolts (4), characterized by being constituted from a roller (6) subordinated to the action of the dried fruit on a plate (2), which it is adjusted by means of bolt (3), and it is actuated through the rotation on its axis (5). Being able to be operated interchangeably by means of a crank (1), a coupling for a drill or an adaptation to a motor (7).

Provided with dimensions consistent with those of the enclosure (8) that contains it, having a hollow structure that delimits the enclosure (8), having a 3 upper entrance and with a hole (9) for the entry of dried fruit into the enclosure, and a lower exit hole (10) for the expulsion of the broken dried fruit.

Claims (1)

1. Nut splitter, characterized by being constituted from a roller (6) subordinated to the action of a plate (2) on the dried fruit and which is actuated by turning on its axis (5) in the enclosure (8) that contains it, having a hollow structure that delimits the enclosure (8), having an upper entrance with a hole (9), and a lower exit hole (10).