A fruit flesh extracting machine for extracting a flesh of a fruit is provided. The machine includes a conveyor configured for, carrying and displacing the fruit; an edge removing station configured for slicing at least one edge of the fruit; and a flesh extracting station having a first scoop slidabley and transversely mounted with respect to the conveyor and being configured for scooping out the flesh of the fruit. The conveyor is configured to displace the fruit between the edge removing station and the flesh extracting station.

A cactus processing system for removing spines from cactus stems features a free-standing edge cleaning member. The system features a free-standing conveyor member comprising a lower transport conveyor with a high open area mesh lower transport conveyor belt located on the lower transport conveyor. A lower cleaning conveyor is located entirely inside a lower transport conveyor open middle area. A lower brushing belt is located on the lower cleaning conveyor. The system features the free-standing conveyor member comprising an upper transport conveyor with a high open area mesh upper transport conveyor belt located on the upper transport conveyor. An upper cleaning conveyor is located entirely inside an upper transport conveyor open middle area. An upper brushing belt is located on the upper cleaning conveyor. The system features an open basin located on a ground surface underneath the conveyor member.

A cactus processing system for removing spines from cactus stems features a free-standing edge cleaning member. The system features a free-standing conveyor member comprising a lower transport conveyor with a high open area mesh lower transport conveyor belt located on the lower transport conveyor. A lower cleaning conveyor is located entirely inside a lower transport conveyor open middle area. A lower brushing belt is located on the lower cleaning conveyor. The system features the free-standing conveyor member comprising an upper transport conveyor with a high open area mesh upper transport conveyor belt located on the upper transport conveyor. An upper cleaning conveyor is located entirely inside an upper transport conveyor open middle area. An upper brushing belt is located on the upper cleaning conveyor. The system features an open basin located on a ground surface underneath the conveyor member.

A leaf removal apparatus for removing one or more wrapper leaves of a harvested produce and its method of use is provided. The apparatus includes a framework, a conveyor comprising a set of parallel rods having a space therebetween, a stripping roller, and a plurality of flexible members. The methods of using the apparatus include feeding a harvested produce onto a conveyor comprising a set of parallel rods having a space therebetween; transporting the harvested produce on the conveyor towards a stripping roller connected to a framework of the leaf removal apparatus; contacting the harvested produce with a plurality of flexible members connected to the framework, and the stripping roller, and loosening or removing one or more wrapper leaves of the harvested produce, wherein one or more of the removed wrapper leaves fall through the space between the rods of the conveyor.

A device adapted to deliver fruit and/or vegetable juices, pulps, salads and composts, etc., each fruit or vegetable being selectively served raw or cooked, with a scope to obtain maximal nutritional intake. The device comprises a housing and a transparent showcase accommodating an ample variety of fruits and vegetables, equipment for the preparation of the above fruit/vegetable products including at least one juicer appliance and one blender appliance for alternatively preparing fruit/vegetable juice and pulp respectively delivered through downwardly inclined pipe members into a container within product delivery compartments and equipment for cleaning the juicer and blender appliances and corresponding pipe members in between sequential fruit/vegetable servings, comprising an autonomous circuitry and container of cleaning water supply and container for collection of sewerage. The device also comprises a kettle for cooking selected fruits/vegetables, an unpeeling device and cutting device.

A device adapted to deliver fruit and/or vegetable juices, pulps, salads and composts, etc., each fruit or vegetable being selectively served raw or cooked, with a scope to obtain maximal nutritional intake. The device comprises a housing and a transparent showcase accommodating an ample variety of fruits and vegetables, equipment for the preparation of the above fruit/vegetable products including at least one juicer appliance and one blender appliance for alternatively preparing fruit/vegetable juice and pulp respectively delivered through downwardly inclined pipe members into a container within product delivery compartments and equipment for cleaning the juicer and blender appliances and corresponding pipe members in between sequential fruit/vegetable servings, comprising an autonomous circuitry and container of cleaning water supply and container for collection of sewerage. The device also comprises a kettle for cooking selected fruits/vegetables, an unpeeling device and cutting device.

A valve (61) for enabling release of pressurized steam from a pressure vessel has a displaceable closure member (67) which is maintained in its closed disposition by exposure to the pressure of the steam within the pressure vessel. The closure member (67) is displaced between its closed disposition and an open disposition by a double-acting actuator (69), suitably an air-driven piston/cylinder device, the closure member (67) being preferably mounted at one axial end of a spindle (68) extending between the closure member (67) and the actuator (69). The closure member (67) is suitably mounted for substantially metal-to-metal contact with a valve seat portion (63), without interposition of any sealing element, preferably for substantially vertical displacement between its closed and dispositions.

A peeling process and system comprising a primary peeling device; a sorting device arranged to sort product output from the primary peeling device into peeled product and partially peeled product; a secondary peeling device arranged to receive the partially peeled product output from the sorting device; and a peel control system to monitor the peel quality of product detected in at least one position after the primary peeling device and control the peeling system in response to same.

An automatic separator for peel and pulp of Holboellia latifolia Wall is provided: the cooperation between a pressure roller set (9) and a scraping plate (11) is used for pressing and separating the peel and pulp of Holboellia latifolia Wall; a shell (2) surrounded by four rectangular plates which are perpendicular to each other and fixedly connected end to end is fixedly connected outside the table-shaped frame (14), two side rectangular plates (22) of the shell (2) are symmetrically provided with peel outlets (20), a screen table (18) is installed on the top of the pressure roller frame, two groups of automatic pressure roller adjusting devices (6) are provided at both sides of the screen table (18), respectively, and a pressure roller installing platform (5) is placed above the four automatic pressure roller adjusting devices (6) through grooves installed below a frame. The automatic separator with rational structural design which cuts Holboellia latifolia Wall into two halves through a knife half-cutting device (6), and which utilizes the extrusion force and the counter-acting force from rollers (91) to classify the peel and pulp in a peel outlet (13) and a seed pulp box (12) respectively, and which makes the processing under a stable and reliable condition.

An automatic separator for peel and pulp of Holboellia latifolia Wall is provided: the cooperation between a pressure roller set (9) and a scraping plate (11) is used for pressing and separating the peel and pulp of Holboellia latifolia Wall; a shell (2) surrounded by four rectangular plates which are perpendicular to each other and fixedly connected end to end is fixedly connected outside the table-shaped frame (14), two side rectangular plates (22) of the shell (2) are symmetrically provided with peel outlets (20), a screen table (18) is installed on the top of the pressure roller frame, two groups of automatic pressure roller adjusting devices (6) are provided at both sides of the screen table (18), respectively, and a pressure roller installing platform (5) is placed above the four automatic pressure roller adjusting devices (6) through grooves installed below a frame. The automatic separator with rational structural design which cuts Holboellia latifolia Wall into two halves through a knife half-cutting device (6), and which utilizes the extrusion force and the counter-acting force from rollers (91) to classify the peel and pulp in a peel outlet (13) and a seed pulp box (12) respectively, and which makes the processing under a stable and reliable condition.