AUTOMATED MACHINE FOR SLITTING AND WEDGE CUTTING WHOLE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

摘要

An automated food processing machine receives a whole fruit or vegetable and presses it through a blade set to form slices or wedges. The machine includes a controller coupled to various components including linear motion actuators, a user interface, and sensors. One motion actuator coupled to a slitting blade. Another motion actuator is coupled to a ram. In response to an input the controller activates the motion actuators in a sequence including (1) linear motion of the slitting blade to form a slit in the whole fruit or vegetable and (2) linear motion of the ram to press the whole fruit or vegetable through a blade set to form the slices or wedges.

主权项

1. A food processing machine for providing wedge-shaped portions of a whole fruit or vegetable comprising:
a slitting blade coupled to a first motion actuator; a ram coupled to a second motion actuator; a blade set; and a controller configured to receive an input signal and to actuate the first and second motion actuators in a sequence including (1) motion of the slitting blade to form a slit into the whole fruit or vegetable along a first axis followed by (2) motion of the ram along a second axis to press the whole fruit or vegetable through the blade set to form fruit or vegetable wedges.