Patent classifications
A23N3/00
Leaf juice extracting apparatus
A leaf juice extracting apparatus includes a processing assembly having that defines a processing chamber for receiving a plurality of leaves and water, a side wall thereof having an upper rim that defines an open top configured to allow access therein. The extracting apparatus includes a steam assembly in fluid communication with the processing chamber for selectively receiving an incoming water portion from the processing chamber into a steam chamber, the steam chamber including a heating element for changing the incoming water portion into steam. An extraction member is selectively situated in the processing chamber of the processing chamber for selectively applying pressure upon the plurality of leaves therein so as to cause juice to be extracted from the plurality of leaves. A collection assembly is in fluid communication with the processing chamber that is configured to selectively communicate the extracted juice from the processing chamber into a collection reservoir.
CONTINUOUS CYCLE MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PEARS
The object of the present invention is a machine and the continuous cycle processing process for pears, which includes mechanisms for feeding and distributing, housing and holding, aligning and expelling, enucleating the endocarp and peeling the pears, whether they are of variable shape or length and in which said mechanisms are synchronized and form a single or more aligned and integrated processing stations
In each work station, the distribution of the pears in the fruit bowls takes place automatically and vertically; the measurement of the endocarp of the pear starting from the measurement of its calyx end, takes place through the alignment mechanism of the pears, which does not cause unnecessary compressions on the fruit, and the pulp is stressed as little as possible, maintaining its necessary consistency, and making so that the part to be enucleated, where the seeds really are, always finds itself in correspondence with the small knives in charge of carrying out this function and part of the edible fruit is not eliminated.
Furthermore, the peeling takes place using a tool which, positioning itself at the measured point, tilts following the profile of the pear closely.