The present invention relates to the technical field of machines used for peeling nuts, such as almonds and the like which have been previously blanched, the machines having an accessible frame inside which there is a series of rollers arranged in pairs with nuts passing between them and each of them being associated with a rotating shaft, respectively, with movements at different speeds.

An integrated machine for processing nuts with hard or soft shells, having a feeding hopper and a processing mechanism suitable for peeling or dehulling the fruit, including screener arranged below the processing mechanism, the screener comprising at least one screen element to separate the product into two levels, where the processing mechanism includes an outlet for the mixture obtained after processing the fruit and arranged in correspondence with a projection of a first inlet end of the screener, and a selector to make a selection by suction applied to at least one level of the screening means.

The invention relates to a cracking-shelling mechanism for nuts with a hard or soft shell, with a plurality of first and second blocks the facing sides of which have a plurality of complementary first and second notches in a staggered arrangement, wherein each first notch is associated with at least a second notch and forms a cracking hole with each one, wherein the notches have first and second vertexes for each hole, forming a specific angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, and in the standby position of the first block, said first and second vertexes of each first notch are arranged so as to coincide with second and first vertexes, respectively, of a second notch.

A machine for the integral processing of hard or soft shelled nuts herein proposed comprises a feeding hopper and at least one receptacle having a first end for connection to said hopper and a second opposite end, where said receptacle is located in a horizontal position according to the longitudinal direction of the machine and comprises therein a central shaft located according to the longitudinal direction thereof and connected at one end to a rotating element, where said central shaft has finger-like elements projecting radially outwards from various longitudinal positions thereof.

A device includes a blade, which is movable within an associated working space for cutting product units, and a conveying device in which the product units can be individually conveyed into the working space of the blade. The conveying device includes at least one two-part conveying channel associated with the blade, in which on one side first conveyor elements and on the other side second conveyor elements are guided, which are assigned to one another in pairs and which have each a recess for partially receiving a separated product unit. The sides of the first and second conveyor elements, which are facing one another, delimit therebetween the free working space, so that the blade is guidable within the working space partially or completely through the product units held in the first and second conveyor elements which correspond to one another.

The present disclosure discloses a machine and a method for peeling skin from un-peeled objects that mainly includes at least one controller, an object: handling unit, an agitating: and heating unit and a peeling and separating unit. The agitating and heating unit includes an agitator and a heater. The agitator receives un-peeled objects and hot abrasive particles. During agitation, un-peeled objects and hot abrasive particles tumble with each other thereby loosing bond between skin and objects and provide objects with loosely bonded skin. The heater heats the abrasive particles and then permits, flow within the agitator by use of abrasive conveyor. Objects with loosely bonded skin are then provided in the peeling and separation unit for peeling and separating skin from un-peeled objects and provide peeled objects in a controlled manner.

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).

A combined machine for harvesting and shelling almonds is described, comprising a shelling machine combined with a harvesting machine, wherein the shelling machine is connected to the harvesting machine so that the outlet of the almonds harvested by the harvesting machine coincides with the loading area of the shelling machine; such combined machine allows directly performing in a field, and upon harvesting, the shelling of the almonds; the shelling machine is arranged transversally to the advancement direction of the harvesting machine and is connected to the top part of the harvesting machine, so that the end from which the shelled products go out bestrides the adjacent row to the row treated by the harvesting machine and the shelled almonds are poured into a trailer towed in an adjacent inter-row.

Procedure for separating the husk from the seeds or fruit, screening device and selection device

It comprises introducing the seeds or fruit in a splitting machine that hits said husk of the seeds or fruit, splitting it.