Avocado Skinning and Pulping Device

摘要

An Avocado Skinning and Pulping Device. The device uses a single cutting blade to cut through both the seed and meat of incoming avocados. The device has a feature wherein the cutting blade can be sharpened while in operating condition (without removing the blade from the machine). To increase cut uniformity, there are a series of guides, elements and other apparatus that will place the incoming avocados in a consistent orientation relative to the cutting blade before they are cut. The device includes a set of custom-shaped ramps designed to guide and transport the cut avocado halves down to the moving exit conveyor so that the halves land face-down on the exit conveyor. The disassembly and reassembly can be completed rapidly. The de-seeding mechanism has also been improved upon over the parent designs.

主权项

1. An avocado pulper having a front and a rear, said avocado pulper comprising:
conveying means for conveying an avocado through the avocado pulper; a first grip belt approximately oval in shape and thereby defining a front end, a back end, and an inner section, and having a plurality of grip plates therearound, said first grip belt being rotated in a first direction toward the rear of the avocado pulper; a second grip belt approximately oval in shape and thereby defining a front end, a back end, and an inner section, and having a plurality of grip plates therearound, said second grip belt being rotated in a second direction, opposite to said first direction, toward the rear of the avocado pulper wherein said first grip belt and said second grip belt are adjacent to one another and define a gap having a width “G” at their respective front ii ends and above said conveying means for receiving the avocado wherein said plurality of grip plates of said first grip belt and said second grip belt grip the avocado and pass the avocado toward the respective back ends of said first grip belt and said second grip belt and wherein said first grip belt and said second grip belt are in approximate contact with one another at their approximate middles and rearward therefrom; first and second support plates removably retaining said first and second grip belts, respectively; means for squeezing pulp from the avocado and removing its skin as the avocado is passed toward the respective back ends of said first grip belt and said second grip belt wherein said means for squeezing pulp is removably attached to and within the inner section of each of said first grip belt and said second grip belt; an upper plate guide attachable atop said approximate contact point of said grip belts; and motor means for driving said first grip belt and said second grip in their respective said first direction and said second direction and wherein said motor means has a drive gear attached to said first grip belt and to said second grip belt.