Method and apparatus for separating clumps of dried fruit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5697704
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08676873

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Clumps of dried fruit are separated into individual fruit pieces with reduced damage to the fruit itself by passing the clumps through an apparatus containing a rotating shaft from which robber-like resilient fingers protrude. As they rotate, the fingers pass between other fingers in the apparatus, and the combination exerts a force on the dried fruit clumps that varies with the degree of deflection of the fingers and hence with the sizes and resistances of the clumps.

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SUN-MAID GROWERS OF CALIFORNIA13525 SO BETHEL AVENUE A CORP OF CA KINGSBURG CA 93631

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Coyle, William E Fresno, CA 4 100

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