The present invention discloses a device and method for peeling beans and separating the hulls from the peeled beans. The device for peeling beans comprising a rough disc (3) in a bowl (2), driven by an electric motor (1), to abrasively impact beans in water. A barrier ring (4) enables separation of the hulls from the beans and a special filter (5) gathers the hulls out of the mixture.

Disclosed is a continuous feeding mechanism including a transfer mechanism, wherein the transfer mechanism includes a rotatable indent roller circumferentially provided with a plurality of blanking grooves; a post pin is arranged in each blanking groove; the post pin is connected with a spring; the spring is arranged towards the interior of the indent roller; and the post pin can move along the blanking grooves; a feeding box, wherein the bottom of the feeding box is hollow, and the bottom is arranged above the indent roller or the bottom is fixedly connected with the indent roller; the continuous feeding mechanism is arranged above one side of the transfer mechanism; and an electromagnetic heating mechanism which includes a supporting frame, wherein the transfer mechanism is arranged in the supporting frame, and an electromagnetic coil is circumferentially arranged outside the supporting frame.

A system for hard-shelled nut cracking and nut meat extraction having a substantially hollow main housing, a hopper contained in the upper section of the housing, a concentric cylindrical rotor housing in the midsection of the main housing lined with a series of protrusions on the inner walls, a frustoconical shaped rotor, the rotor made up of elongate edged rods evenly spaced to have short rectangular shaped rods fixed in between the interstitials at a lower side of the rotor, the rotor is driven by a motor at the lower section of the main housing that connects to a gearbox which further connects to a vertical drive shaft that translates rotation to the rotor, the rotor and inner wall protrusions of the rotor housing are used for the cracking and meat extraction of hard-shelled nuts which are ejected from the midsection of the main housing to the collection tray.

A method for manufacturing peeled nuts includes: freezing shelled raw material nuts rapidly in a temperature condition of 50 C. or lower; peeling off thin seed coats from the nuts through an agitating or crushing process, in a state in which frozen nuts are frozen as are; and separating and removing the thin seed coats from the nuts in a low-temperature condition in which re-attachment of the thin seed coats to the thin seed coat-peeled nuts does not occur, and obtaining the peeled nuts. In such a configuration, it is possible to efficiently manufacturing high-quality peeled nuts without a damage to an original flavor of the nuts, with little mixing of the seed coats generated through decoating with the decoated nuts, and without the nuts being crushed into too small pieces.

The invention relates to a method for treating shell-fruits (3), in particular for producing shell-fruits (3) with improved shelling properties in comparison to untreated shell-fruits (3). The invention further relates to a device (1) for treating shell-fruits (3), in particular for producing shell-fruits (3) with improved shelling properties in comparison to untreated shell-fruits (3), comprising a hermetically sealable treatment chamber (2) for conditioning the shell-fruits (3). In order to provide a method and a device for treating shell-fruits which do not damage the contents of the kernel and simultaneously permit improved shelling of the shell-fruits and the opened shell to be better separated from the kernel, the method according to the invention comprises softening the shell of the shell-fruits (3) by applying an electric field, and the device according to the invention comprises at least one capacitor (4) for generating an electric field in the treatment chamber (2).

The invention relates to a method for treating shell-fruits (3), in particular for producing shell-fruits (3) with improved shelling properties in comparison to untreated shell-fruits (3). The invention further relates to a device (1) for treating shell-fruits (3), in particular for producing shell-fruits (3) with improved shelling properties in comparison to untreated shell-fruits (3), comprising a hermetically sealable treatment chamber (2) for conditioning the shell-fruits (3). In order to provide a method and a device for treating shell-fruits which do not damage the contents of the kernel and simultaneously permit improved shelling of the shell-fruits and the opened shell to be better separated from the kernel, the method according to the invention comprises softening the shell of the shell-fruits (3) by applying an electric field, and the device according to the invention comprises at least one capacitor (4) for generating an electric field in the treatment chamber (2).

Methods and systems for producing improved hemp seed products, such as proteins and oils are provided.

A system for processing agricultural items includes a first member having a first surface, a first axis, and a partially cylindrical space, the first surface being an inner surface of the partially cylindrical space. The system also includes a substantially arcuate second member having a second surface and a second axis, the second member being disposed at least partially in the partially cylindrical space, and the contoured second surface being an outer surface of the second member. The first surface and the second surface are substantially opposed to each other. One of the first and second surfaces substantially tapers toward another of the first and second surfaces along the first or second axes. The first and second axes are respective first and second circumferential axes.

The present invention discloses a device and method for peeling beans and separating the hulls from the peeled beans. The device for peeling beans comprising a rough disc (3) in a bowl (2), driven by an electric motor (1), to abrasively impact beans in water. A barrier ring (4) enables separation of the hulls from the beans and a special filter (5) gathers the hulls out of the mixture.

A process for preparing crunchy sprouted nuts and the resulting nuts of such process are disclosed herein. The nuts are submerged and soaked in water for a period of 24-48 hours. Then the nuts are drained and rinsed and allowed to dry for a period of 20-60 minutes. Next the nuts are dehydrated for a period of 24-48 hours. The result is a particularly crunchy sprouted nut.