Fruit chunking and spear forming method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9277765
APP PUB NO 20140065275A1
SERIAL NO

13987739

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A system for automatically forming chunks and spears at high speed from unpeeled fruit items is provided. The fruit is sliced into unpeeled wedges. The unpeeled wedges are conveyed into a plurality of staggered transverse chunking blades, wherein the flesh, but not the peel, is cut sequentially from the center of each wedge outwardly, flattening each wedge. A peel removal knife is located to sever the peel of each wedge from the center outwardly after the transverse chunk cutting blades have cut the flesh. Spears may be formed by deleting some of the transverse chunking blades.

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  • ATLAS PACIFIC ENGINEERING COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blickensderfer, Dwight Pueblo, US 2 8
Bullock, David C Pueblo, US 7 62
Hildreth, Christopher A Pueblo, US 2 8
Hoffman, Michael A Pueblo, US 9 335
Keeton, John P Pueblo, US 3 10
Theis, Christopher G Pueblo, US 2 8
Vaughan, Tim Pueblo, US 4 9

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