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WO2013036110A1 - Dispositif et procédé de retrait de la partie centrale et de la chair d'un fruit - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de retrait de la partie centrale et de la chair d'un fruit Download PDF

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WO2013036110A1
WO2013036110A1 PCT/NL2012/050611 NL2012050611W WO2013036110A1 WO 2013036110 A1 WO2013036110 A1 WO 2013036110A1 NL 2012050611 W NL2012050611 W NL 2012050611W WO 2013036110 A1 WO2013036110 A1 WO 2013036110A1
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Pieter Cornelis VAN BURG
Ronald Alphons Cyriel LOHMAN
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23N—MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS
    • A23N4/00—Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by their stoning or removing device
    • A23N4/12—Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by their stoning or removing device for coring fruit
    • A23N4/20—Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by their stoning or removing device for coring fruit for pineapples
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23N—MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS
    • A23N7/00—Peeling vegetables or fruit
    • A23N7/002—Peeling pinaeapples
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/24—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor to obtain segments other than slices, e.g. cutting pies
    • B26D3/26—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor to obtain segments other than slices, e.g. cutting pies specially adapted for cutting fruit or vegetables, e.g. for onions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/10—Making cuts of other than simple rectilinear form
    • B26D3/11—Making cuts of other than simple rectilinear form to obtain pieces of spiral or helical form
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/01—Means for holding or positioning work
    • B26D7/02—Means for holding or positioning work with clamping means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/06—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
    • B26D7/0641—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form using chutes, hoppers, magazines

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  • the present invention relates to a device for removing the core and the flesh from a fruit, in particular a pineapple.
  • Numerous devices are known with which the flesh can be removed manually from a fruit.
  • a device which can be rotated from above into a pineapple. The device is rotated manually and results in the core being cut out of the pineapple. At the same time the flesh outside the core is cut away from the inner side of the skin and the flesh can then be pulled upward out of the pineapple.
  • Such devices are therefore hand-operated, which makes them less suitable for successive processing of a number of pineapples.
  • it is laborious to pull the cut-away flesh out of the pineapple and subsequently remove it from the device and/or the cut-away pieces of pineapple often do not become available as a neat stack.
  • a device for removing a core and the flesh from a fruit comprising:
  • a cutting unit for severing an outer end from the clamped fruit ;
  • a removing unit for sliding into the fruit via the severed outer end for the purpose of removing the core and at least a part of the flesh of the fruit from the fruit;
  • the discharge unit can further be adapted to also discharge the juice of the fruit .
  • the flesh wholly automatically from the fruit.
  • the flesh can removed quickly and accurately from the fruit by first clamping the fruit and subsequently arranging the removing unit therein .
  • the device comprises a first drive for displacing the removing unit and/or the clamping unit.
  • the first drive can for instance comprise an electric motor and is configured to arrange the removing unit in or remove it from the fruit.
  • the device can also comprise a second drive for the purpose of rotating the removing unit.
  • the removing unit comprises a rotatably driven cylindrical core drill.
  • a part of the flesh can be cut out of the fruit.
  • the core drill can further be configured such that it can simultaneously cut away the flesh.
  • the removing unit is adapted to cut the flesh substantially helically, for instance so as to provide substantially helical pieces of flesh.
  • the cutting element can comprise a first cutting part which extends substantially radially relative to the cylinder and is provided with a cutting edge, and the form of which is selected such that during relative rotation of the clamping unit and core drill a helical movement with predetermined pitch is performed.
  • the cutting element can also comprise a second cutting part arranged on the first cutting element and provided with a cutting edge for the purpose of cutting the flesh away from the skin.
  • the second cutting element is for instance formed on the peripheral edge of the first cutting part and extends substantially parallel to the cylinder of the core drill, it is possible to ensure that the flesh is cut away from the wall of the fruit during rotation of the core drill.
  • the device comprises a tubular receiving element for positioning round the core drill of the removing unit.
  • the cut-away flesh can be received in this receiving element for further processing thereof.
  • the tubular receiving element can preferably be arranged coaxially with the core drill.
  • the receiving element can more particularly be positioned at a lower position than the cutting element (wherein the fruit is therefore situated above the receiving element during the cutting-away process) .
  • the flesh can in such a case drop downward under the influence of gravitational force and thus come to lie in the receiving element .
  • the drive displaces the core drill itself downward (and/or the clamping unit itself is displaced upward) .
  • these can slide downward via the elongate cylinder and thus come to lie in neat alignment in the receiving element. This is particularly the case when the flesh extending around the cylindrical tube of the core drill drops downward, since the cylindrical tube can guide the flesh downward .
  • the receiving element As soon as the flesh comes to lie in the receiving element, the receiving element is displaced from the receiving position, at which the flesh is received, to a discharge position from which the flesh can be discharged.
  • displacing means which are for instance adapted to displace the receiving element in lateral direction.
  • the receiving element In the discharge position the receiving element (which in determined embodiments is open at both the top and bottom) can be placed by the displacing means above a (slide) hatch. Sliding open the hatch then ensures that the flesh drops downward and can be further discharged by the discharge unit .
  • an opening which is formed to allow passage of the core drill during the displacement of the receiving element. This opening makes it possible to slide the (upright) tubular receiving element from the discharge position in lateral direction until the receiving element is concentric with the core drill and to slide it from the receiving position in lateral direction to the discharge position.
  • the device is provided in a further embodiment with a flesh cutting member adapted to cut through the helical pieces of flesh.
  • the flesh cutting member can comprise a knife slidable via said opening in the receiving element in the direction of the cylindrical tube of the core drill. The knife is attached for this purpose to a support arranged displaceably on the frame.
  • the slices of flesh can be easily pushed off the core drill during displacement of the receiving element from the drilling position to the discharge position .
  • the supply unit comprises a turntable for successive supply of fruits.
  • the assembly of supply unit, clamping unit, cutting unit, removing unit and discharge unit can further be mounted on an optionally mobile frame .
  • a method for removing a core and the flesh from a fruit, in particular a pineapple comprising of:
  • the arranging of the removing unit in the fruit comprises of displacing the core drill through the fruit and simultaneously rotating the core drill using a drive, in particular an electrical drive.
  • the method comprises of pushing apart the outer ends of each of the annular slices of flesh. This can for instance take place by having the flesh cutting member cut into the slices of flesh from the side. It is preferably ensured, simultaneously or after cutting has taken place, that the opposite outer ends of each of the annular slices of flesh are pressed apart. This makes it possible to slide the slices of flesh laterally away from the core drill.
  • the method thus comprises of forming an elongate opening between opposite outer ends of the annular slices of flesh, wherein the opening extends substantially parallel to the core drill, and displacing the fruit and/or the core drill such that the core drill passes through said opening.
  • Fig. 1 is a partially cut-away perspective view of a first embodiment of a device according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a partially cut-away view of the supply part (I) of the device shown in fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a partially cut-away perspective view of the processing part (II) of the device of fig. 1;
  • Fig. 4 is a cut-away detail view of the processing part (II) of the device according to fig. 1;
  • Fig. 5 is a detail view of the sliding tube for displacing the cut-away slices of flesh to the discharge position
  • Fig. 6A-6F are schematic views showing the respective stages at which the device removes the core and the flesh from a supplied pineapple;
  • Fig. 7 is a detail view of an embodiment of the flesh removing member
  • Fig. 8A and 8B are detail views of the flesh removing member of fig. 7 in respective positions;
  • Fig. 9 is a partially cut-away perspective view of a second embodiment of a device according to the invention.
  • Fig. 10 is a partially cut-away view of the supply part (I) and a part of the processing part (II) of the second embodiment;
  • Fig. 11-13 are partially cut-away perspective views of the supply part (I) and the processing part (II) of the second embodiment at different stages in the processing of a pineapple;
  • Fig. 14 is a cut-away detail view of a further embodiment of the processing part (II)_of the device according to fig. 9;
  • Fig. 15A and 15C are schematic views of a further embodiment of the flesh cutting member according to the second involvement of the device.
  • Fig. 15B is a detail view of one of the knife parts of the flesh cutting member.
  • Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of the device according to the invention.
  • Device 1 comprises a frame 2 arranged on swivel wheels 3 so that the device can travel over a ground surface.
  • the device is constructed roughly in three parts (from the top down) : a supply part (I) , a processing part (II) and a discharge part (III) .
  • a number of fruits such as pineapples, in the shown embodiments twelve pineapples, are stored in supply part (I) and supplied successively in the direction. of the processing part.
  • the removal of the core and the flesh from the pineapple takes place in the processing part .
  • the core and the skin of the fruit are then guided to the discharge part (III) and discharged as waste.
  • the removed flesh is received in the processing part (II) in a receiving unit (as will be set forth below) and can be discharged manually or (in an embodiment which is not shown) via a conveyor belt.
  • Supply part (I) is shown in more detail in fig. 2.
  • the figure shows a magazine 10 for fruits (A) such as pineapples, consisting of a turntable 11 on which are placed a number of receiving baskets 12 (in the shown embodiment twelve) suitable for holding the fruit therein in a determined orientation, for instance standing upright .
  • Turntable 11 is supported on a number of bearings 14 and can be set into rotation via an upright rotation shaft 13 (direction R 1( fig. 2) .
  • Driving of the turntable takes place by means of electric drive motor 16 arranged under the turntable .
  • Each of the receiving baskets 12 is open on the underside.
  • a plate 17 present under the turntable ensures however that the fruits do not drop downward.
  • An opening is however arranged in plate 17. When a receiving baskets 12 passes through this opening, the fruit drops downward through the opening and is further guided via a guide cage 20 in the direction of processing part (II) .
  • guide cage 20 connects to a further guide cage 21.
  • Cages 20 and 21 are for instance arranged concentrically relative to each other.
  • the fruit drops further downward until it is blocked by a stop 23 (fig. 5) .
  • the fruit is now situated in a so-called clamping jaw 25 (fig. 4) .
  • the clamping jaw forms part of clamping unit with which the fruit can be clamped firmly relative to frame 2.
  • Clamping jaw 25 is constructed from four clamping parts 26-29.
  • Clamping parts 26 and 28 are mounted on a displaceable support 30, while clamping parts 27 and 29 are mounted on a displaceable support 31.
  • Supports 30, 31 are connected respectively to extending cylinders 32 and 33 which ensure that supports 30, 31 can be moved toward or away from each other in order to enable clamping of the pineapple by means of clamping parts 26, 29.
  • the entity of guide cage 21 and clamping unit (assembled from clamping jaw 25, supports 30, 31, cylinders 32, 33 and other parts) is mounted on a displaceable carriage 38.
  • Carriage 38 is slidable in transverse direction (direction P 2 , fig. 4) over two parallel rails 39.
  • the carriage (including a fruit placed therein, which for the sake of simplicity is omitted from the drawing) can more particularly be displaced from the starting position shown in fig. 4 and 6A to the drilling position shown in fig. 6B so that the underside of the fruit is guided along a cutting knife 40.
  • Cutting knife 40 here severs the bottom outer end from the fruit. This bottom outer end then drops downward under the influence of gravitational force, for instance into waste bucket 41.
  • stop 23 is attached to a carrier 98 which can slide reciprocally (in direction P ? ) over a support 101 provided on the frame.
  • the sliding is driven by a hydraulic or electrical slide-out cylinder 99 connected on one side to the carrier and on the other side via a cylinder rod 100 to the support 101.
  • stop 23 can be pushed aside (e.g. from the position shown in figure 5 in direction P 7 to an end position) .
  • removing unit 50 is assembled in the shown embodiment from a rotatably driven core drill 51 which is configured such that, not only can the core be removed from the pineapple, the rest of the flesh can also be cut into substantially helical pieces and be removed from the pineapple.
  • Core drill 51 comprises an upright cylindrical tube 52, on the upper outer end of which is provided an end edge 53. End edge 53 functions as cutting edge and can be provided for this purpose with a number of serrations.
  • Cylindrical tube 52 can be rotated by means of drive means (not shown) in the form of an electric drive motor (fig. 6C, R 3 ) . Cylindrical tube 52 can moreover be displaced in upward and downward direction (fig. 6C, P 3 ) by the drive means. Cylindrical tube 52 is hollow and, when it is displaced upward and simultaneously rotated, an elongate cylindrical cut-out can be made in the pineapple by means of the serrated edge 53. The core of the pineapple can in this way be cut out. The skin of the pineapple, including the core of the flesh, can then be discharged.
  • Cutting element 55 comprises a cutting part 56 extending radially on cylindrical tube 52 and provided with at least one cutting edge.
  • the form of this cutting part is configured such that, when the core drill rotates, a helical movement with a predetermined pitch is performed.
  • core drill 51 is for instance rotated in the direction R 3 , the core drill will work its way upward through the interior of the pineapple as a result of the rotation of the core drill supported by an upward driving of cylindrical tube 52.
  • cutting part 56 is configured as a helical plane and forms a single full circle, it cuts through the flesh helically until the top of the pineapple is reached.
  • cutting part 56 is moreover provided at an end thereof with an upright second cutting part 55, which is likewise provided with a cutting edge, not only is the flesh in the interior of the fruit cut through, the flesh is also cut free of the skin of the fruit.
  • core drill 51 Once core drill 51 has drilled through the fruit from bottom to top, it stops rotating. Under the influence of gravitational force and/or retraction (downward displacement in the shown embodiment) of core drill 51, the helical piece of flesh is now displaced downward along cylindrical tube 52 and the flesh comes to lie in a tubular receiving element 60.
  • Receiving element 60 is displaceable in lateral direction relative to the upright core drill 51.
  • the construction with which receiving element 60 is supported is shown in more detail in fig. 5.
  • Fig. 5 shows an advantageous embodiment of the tubular receiving element 60.
  • the receiving element is fixed to a support 61.
  • This support 61 can be displaced in lateral direction over a rail 63 using guide elements 62.
  • the displacement is driven by a slide-out cylinder 64, an outer end 65 of which is connected to support 61.
  • Receiving element 60 is displaceable in the direction (P ) and in opposite direction by operating the cylinder 6 .
  • an elongate passage 67 Arranged in the wall of receiving element 60 is an elongate passage 67 (fig. 5) .
  • This passage 67 is configured just a little wider than the width of cylindrical tube 52 so that it is possible to displace receiving element 60 from the drilling position (see fig. 6E) , in which receiving element 60 is arranged substantially coaxially with cylindrical tube 52, and the discharge position shown in fig. 5 and 6F in which receiving element 60 is positioned above a discharge unit.
  • Receiving element 60 is displaceable at high speed between the two positions in order to displace a quantity of flesh removed from the pineapple quickly and efficiently from the core drill to the discharge unit.
  • a flesh cutting member 70 is further shown in fig. 5, 6E, 7, 8A and 8B .
  • the flesh cutting member comprises two knife parts 74 and 75 which can together function as knife for the purpose of cutting flesh or as spacer for the purpose of creating an intermediate distance between cut outer ends of the flesh.
  • the flesh cutting member further comprises operating means with which knife parts can be operated such that they can fulfil both functions.
  • the flesh cutting member 70 comprises a support 71 which is displaceable in lateral direction (P 5 , fig. 5) via an extending cylinder construction 73 arranged on the frame.
  • Support 71 is connected rotatably via shaft 92 to two left-hand plates 93 placed one above the other and two right-hand plates 94 placed one above the other.
  • knife parts 74 and 75 are provided. Knife part 74 is attached to plates 93, while knife part 75 is attached to plates 94. Knife parts 74, 75 can be placed against each other and then form a cutting edge 76 (fig. 6E) . Knife parts 74, 75 can also be placed apart so that they can form a wedge.
  • the knife parts in a position where the knife parts are arranged flat against each other (knife position, see fig. 8B) they function as cutting means for cutting the flesh.
  • the two knife parts When the two knife parts are displaced relative to each other and an intermediate space is formed between the knife parts, as shown in fig. 8A, the two knife parts form a wedge for pressing apart pieces of flesh (wedging position) .
  • the frame comprises two lower support parts 90,91 and two upper support parts 95,96.
  • Two upper slots 78, 79 and two lower slots 80 and 81 are arranged in the support parts.
  • Pins 82 and 83 can be guided along these slots (in directions P 6 ) .
  • Pins 82 and 83 are attached to the above-mentioned plates 93,94. Displacement of the pins along said slots 78, 79, 80, 81 enables the mutual distance of knife parts 74, 75 to be set as desired between the cutting position and the wedging position.
  • the knife parts more particularly make a movement in the direction of cylindrical tube 52 of core drill 51. Simultaneously the knife parts will also begin to move increasingly further apart as a result of the shape of slots 80,81 so that the outer ends of the cut flesh are pushed apart.
  • a fruit for instance the pineapple (A) is arranged from above in guide cage 21 (fig. 6A, direction P 5 ) until it is blocked by the stop.
  • Carriage 38 with guide cage 21 arranged thereon is then displaced over rail 39 (P 2 , see fig. 4 and 6B) , whereby the lower outer end of the pineapple is forced along cutting edge 80 of knife 40 so that the bottom part of the pineapple is severed from the rest. As noted above, this bottom part drops downward and comes to lie in waste bucket 41.
  • core drill 51 is positioned directly below the cut-open outer end of pineapple A.
  • Core drill 51 is preferably arranged concentrically with the pineapple, although the core drill can also be arranged at another position.
  • Core drill 51, or at least the cylindrical part 52 thereof, is then set into rotation (R 3 ) and displaced upward (P 3 ) .
  • R 3 rotation
  • P 3 displaced upward
  • the skin here remains in place and the core of the pineapple is discharged downward via the interior of cylindrical tube 52 (fig. 6E) .
  • a slide 84 under receiving element 60 is slid open (Pi 0 ) so that the flesh can drop downward, for instance into a bucket 85 as shown in fig. 6F or other packaging material.
  • This bucket can subsequently be removed by hand while receiving element 60 is once again being returned from the discharge position to the drilling position and the process of cutting and discharge of a pineapple is repeated.
  • Fig. 9-15 show a second embodiment of the device according to the invention.
  • This embodiment is largely similar to the embodiments described with reference to fig. 1-8 and, to the extent the operation of the second embodiment corresponds to that of the first embodiment, a description thereof is dispensed with.
  • Three parts can once again be distinguished (from the top down) in the device: a supply part (I), a processing part (II) and a discharge part (III) .
  • supply part (I) of fig. 9 the magazine for supplying a number of fruits, for instance pineapples, is replaced by a single supply cage 111 along which a single pineapple can be arranged successively in the device.
  • the pineapple is for instance pushed from above into opening 112 by the user, wherein supply cage 111 serves as guide.
  • the pineapple is guided (direction 107, fig. 10) along a guide cage 121.
  • the pineapple comes to lie between a clamping unit 125.
  • the pineapple is here blocked by a stop 123.
  • Clamping unit 125 comprises a clamping jaw with which the fruit can be clamped firmly relative to the frame.
  • Clamping unit 125 comprises two clamping parts 126 and 127 .
  • Clamping part 126 is mounted on a displaceable support 130
  • clamping part 127 is mounted on a displaceable support 131 .
  • Supports 130 and 131 are connected via a linkage (with pivotable arms 133 and 134 ) to a single extending cylinder 132 . Retracting and extending the extending cylinder 132 (direction 129 ) causes both clamping parts 126 and 127 to be respectively displaced outward and inward simultaneously.
  • the shown construction has a number of advantages compared to the construction according to the first embodiment described above with reference to fig. 4 .
  • a first advantage is that use need only be made of a single cylinder, which makes the device simpler and cheaper.
  • the stroke of each of the extending cylinders in the first embodiment can further change to some extent in the course of time. In the design of the first embodiment this could result in the fruit no longer being properly centred in the clamping unit. This can have the consequence that the pineapple is less well aligned with the core drill, which can be disadvantageous for the further processing.
  • This problem can be obviated by making use of a single extending cylinder, since both clamping parts are always displaced simultaneously and over the same distance during opening and closing of the clamping unit .
  • a guide carriage 145 on which the entity of guide cage 121 and clamping unit 125 is arranged is displaced laterally from the position shown in fig. 10 to the position shown in fig. 11 (direction I35i ) .
  • the displacement takes place through operation of displacing mechanism 136 .
  • the underside of the pineapple held fixedly by clamping unit 125 is hereby guided along cutting knife 140 .
  • the severed part 141 of the pineapple is discharged downward. Drilling out of the remaining part 142 of the pineapple then takes place by means of a core drill 151 positioned under the pineapple. Drilling out takes place in similar manner as described with reference to fig. 6A- 6C .
  • removing unit 150 is constructed in the shown embodiment from a rotatably driven core drill 151 configured such that, not only can the core be removed from the pineapple, the rest of the flesh can also be cut into substantially helical pieces and removed from the pineapple.
  • the pineapple without skin is shown schematically in broken lines.
  • Core drill 151 is the same as the above described core drill 51 and comprises an upright cylindrical tube 152 on the upper outer end of which is provided an end edge 153. In the manner described above with reference to fig. 6 the core of the pineapple can be cut out and discharged.
  • receiving element 60 is displaced in lateral direction relative to the upright core drill 151.
  • the above described elongate passage 67 (fig. 5) is arranged in the wall of receiving element 60.
  • This passage 67 on the one hand provides space for the flesh cutting member to be described below and on the other makes it possible to displace receiving element 60 with content (i.e. the pineapple, once it has been drilled out by removing unit 150 and cut by flesh cutting member 170) from the drilling position shown in fig. 11 to the discharge position shown in fig. 12 (direction 135 2 ) .
  • the receiving element 60 In the discharge position the receiving element 60 is positioned above a discharge uni .
  • Fig. 14 and 15 show a second embodiment of a flesh cutting member 170.
  • the flesh cutting member comprises two knife parts 174 and 175 which can together function as knife for the purpose of cutting flesh or as spacer for the purpose of creating an intermediate distance between outer ends of the flesh that have been cut through.
  • the flesh cutting member further comprises operating means with which knife parts can be operated such that they can fulfil both functions.
  • Flesh cutting member 170 comprises a support 166 (fig. 15C) which is displaceable in lateral direction (direction 169, fig. 15A, 15C) via an extending cylinder construction arranged on the frame.
  • support 166 is connected rotatably to a shaft 172 which can be moved reciprocally in transverse direction through a central slot 173 in an essentially stationary support block 167.
  • shaft 172 is connected in each case to two lateral rods 176,177 and 178,179. These are displaceable with shafts 180 and 181 in respective slots 182 and 183.
  • Shafts 180 and 181 are mounted rotatably on respective lying profile parts 187,188 of the first and second knife parts 174,175. At some distance behind shaft 180,181 an upright guide 185,186 is mounted on the associated lying profile part 187,188. This construction ensures that the lying profile parts of knife parts 174,175 are reciprocally slidable substantially parallel to each other in lateral direction.
  • slots 182 and 183 differs from the shape of the above described slots 80 and 81 of the first embodiment.
  • knife parts 74,75 are displaced not only in longitudinal direction to the pineapple (direction P 5 ) but simultaneously also in transverse direction in order to form a wedge with knife parts 74,75.
  • knife parts 174,175 are likewise displaced in longitudinal direction and transverse direction, but these displacements do not take place simultaneously.
  • the pineapple is first cut with the cutting edge of knife parts 174,175 (fig. 15A) , and the cut pineapple is then pushed open by moving the knife parts away from each other in transverse direction (fig. 15C) .

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de retrait de la partie centrale et de la chair d'un fruit (A), en particulier d'un ananas, le dispositif comprenant : • - une unité d'amenée (I) destinée à amener un fruit (A) ; • - une unité de serrage destinée à serrer fixement le fruit amené (A) ; • - une unité de découpe destinée à sectionner une extrémité extérieure du fruit serré (A) ; • - une unité de retrait (50) destinée à être placée dans le fruit (A) par le biais de l'extrémité extérieure sectionnée afin de retirer du fruit (A) la partie centrale et au moins une partie de la chair du fruit (A) ; • - une unité d'évacuation (III) destinée à évacuer la chair retirée.
PCT/NL2012/050611 2011-09-06 2012-09-05 Dispositif et procédé de retrait de la partie centrale et de la chair d'un fruit Ceased WO2013036110A1 (fr)

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NL2007363 2011-09-06
NL2007363 2011-09-06
NL2007472A NL2007472C2 (nl) 2011-09-06 2011-09-26 Inrichting en werkwijze voor het verwijderen van de kern en het vruchtvlees uit een vrucht.
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