Peach pitting machine having apparatus for preventing deformation of the fruit body gripping structure when the machine is operated with no fruit present

摘要

In a peach bisecting and pitting machine in which the fruit is gripped by a deformable gripper during the pitting operation, apparatus is disclosed for sensing the presence or absence of a fruit within such gripper and for preventing the gripping deformation of the gripper when no fruit is present during the operation of the pitting machine.