Apparatus for cracking nuts at high production rates
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Apr 29, 1997
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Dec 20, 1995
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Dec 20, 1995
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A high production nutcracking apparatus is provided wherein the nuts are fed from a hopper on a feed conveyor, and wherein the nuts are singularized and oriented while being advanced on the feed conveyor. The oriented nuts are thereafter advanced by the feed conveyor to a cracking apparatus, which comprises a plurality of cracking units mounted on a rotatable turret. The rotating cracking units are cyclically controlled so as to clampingly engage and lift each oriented nut from the advancing conveyor, and so as to preserve its orientation. The nut is then cracked and thereafter released at separate spaced points along the circular path of travel of the cracking unit. The nut feed conveyor comprises an upwardly inclined segment which passes through the hopper, and a horizontal segment which leads to the cracking apparatus.
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