POSITIONING APPARATUS FOR A PRODUCE CORER

摘要

A method and system to cut and core a produce, separating its edible portions from its inedible portions, which includes a positioning apparatus and a cutting apparatus. The positioning apparatus includes a support for supporting the produce. A first bracketing member is movable horizontally towards a second bracketing member for pushing the produce along the support towards the second bracketing member. Each produce engaging portion on each bracketing member includes at least one inclined surface for engaging a surface of the produce and for aligning a central axis of the produce with a central axis defined by the produce engaging portions of the bracketing members when in a closed configuration. The cutting apparatus includes a blade assembly which can move to horizontally impale the produce through a mask and extracts edible portions of the produce when it is retracted from the produce through the mask.