Patents Assigned to A.B.L. s.r.l.
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Patent number: 11490645Abstract: A machine for removing seeds, including: a rotating rod (11) that is movable between a first position, in which it is found outside of a product (P), and a second position, in which it can be inserted in a product (P); a curved knife (12) associated with the rotating rod (11); an adjusting mechanism (20) structured so as to adjust the second position of the rotating rod (11) with respect to at least one dimension of the product (P) being processed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: A.B.L. S.R.L.Inventor: Carlo Ascari
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Patent number: 10792831Abstract: A machine for cutting fruit or vegetables into segments, including a blade group (10), at least one of which is arranged with a radial orientation relative to a central axis (X); a presser (20) arranged above the blade group (10) and mobile according to an operating stroke along which it pushes a product (P) through the blades (10); a motor, connected to the presser (20) for activating it along an operating stroke thereof. The presser (20) includes a central body (21), connected to the motor; a peripheral body (22), arranged concentrically to the central body (21) and mobile relative to the central body (21) between a first and a second end position.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: A.B.L. S.R.L.Inventors: Carlo Ascari, Luca Ascari
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Patent number: 9180603Abstract: Machine for the preparation of pieces of an oval or spherical fruit, such as a melon or watermelon, comprising: a first cutting station (10), predisposed to cut a fruit (100) into round portions (101) along parallel planes; a second cutting station (20), with two or more shaped blades (21a,b,c) predisposed to cut the round portions (101) into prismatic fragments; a sorting device (40), predisposed to detect a diameter of the round portions (101) and to assign each round portion (101) to a shaped blade (21a,b,c), selected on the basis of the diameter of the round portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: A.B.L. S.R.L.Inventors: Daniela Ascari, Luca Ascari
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Patent number: 8512786Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a machine for stoning mangoes. The method includes a stage of blocking the mango fruit frontally of a cutting blade (3), which performs a first cut below the stone and a second cut above the stone; the cuts, performed with the same or with different blades, intersects a whole length in a longitudinal direction of the fruit and are performed by thrust-insertion of a cutting blade in the longitudinal direction of the stone. The machine for implementing the method includes one or more work stations (6, 7, 8, 9), each of which includes at least a blocking group (10) which blocks the fruit in a desired position thereof; at least a station includes a blade (3) with a shaped cutting profile which is provided with straight motion and performs the cuts envisaged by the method; sliding means (11) are provided to cause the straight motion of the blade.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: A.B.L. S.R.L.Inventors: Daniela Ascari, Luca Ascari
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Publication number: 20130118326Abstract: Machine for the preparation of pieces of an oval or spherical fruit, such as a melon or watermelon, comprising: a first cutting station (10), predisposed to cut a fruit (100) into round portions (101) along parallel planes; a second cutting station (20), with two or more shaped blades (21a, b,c) predisposed to cut the round portions (101) into prismatic fragments; a sorting device (40), predisposed to detect a diameter of said round portions (101) and to assign each round portion (101) to a shaped blade (21a,b,c), selected on the basis of the diameter of the round portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: A.B.L. S.R.L.Inventors: Daniela Ascari, Luca Ascari
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Publication number: 20130029023Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a machine for stoning mangoes. The method comprises a stage of blocking the mango fruit frontally of a cutting blade (3), which performs a first cut below the stone and a second cut above the stone; the cuts, performed with the same or with different blades, intersects a whole length in a longitudinal direction of the fruit and are performed by thrust-insertion of a cutting blade in the longitudinal direction of the stone. The machine for implementing the method comprises one or more work stations (6, 7, 8, 9), each of which comprises at least a blocking group (10) which blocks the fruit in a desired position thereof; at least a station comprises a blade (3) with a shaped cutting profile which is provided with straight motion and performs the cuts envisaged by the method; sliding means (11) are provided to cause the straight motion of the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: A.B.L. S.R.L.Inventors: Daniela Ascari, Luca Ascari
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Patent number: 7607388Abstract: The invention relates to a fruit feeding device, or fruit conveyor, for fruits like melons and pine-apples, which is used to supply peeling machines, coring machines, and peeling-coring machines with such fruits; the feeding device allows to work safely since it prevents the operator's hands from coming near the moving members, though the fruits are manually loaded on the fruit conveyor. In particular, it is suitable in those cases where the fruits have to be manually loaded because their automatic orientation is difficult and expensive to perform.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: A.B.L. s.r.l.Inventors: Carlo Ascari, Luca Ascari
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Patent number: 7581491Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement effected in the peeling and coring machines used for peeling and coring melons and pineapples, the improvements being that the machine: is able to indifferently peel one or the other type of fruit, after a simple replacement of a kit of sharp blades; is able to remove the peel (skin) of the fruit, by acting on the inside of the fruit; is able to separate the pips and the central part of melons which contains these pips, and to remove the fibrous inner stem of the pineapple.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: A.B.L. s.r.l.Inventors: Carlo Ascari, Luca Ascari
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Publication number: 20060288881Abstract: The invention relates to a fruit feeding device, or fruit conveyor, for fruits like melons and pine-apples, which is used to supply peeling machines, coring machines, and peeling-coring machines with such fruits; the feeding device allows to work safely since it prevents the operator's hands from coming near the moving members, though the fruits are manually loaded on the fruit conveyor. In particular, it is suitable in those cases where the fruits have to be manually loaded because their automatic orientation is difficult and expensive to perform.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Applicant: A.B.L. S.R.L.Inventors: Carlo Ascari, Luca Ascari
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Publication number: 20060021522Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement effected in the peeling and coring machines used for peeling and coring melons and pineapples, the improvements being that the machine: is able to indifferently peel one or the other type of fruit, after a simple replacement of a kit of sharp blades; is able to remove the peel (skin) of the fruit, by acting on the inside of the fruit; is able to separate the pips and the central part of melons which contains these pips, and to remove the fibrous inner stem of the pineappleType: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2005Publication date: February 2, 2006Applicant: A.B.L. S.R.L.Inventors: Carlo Ascari, Luca Ascari
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Patent number: 6966254Abstract: The invention relates to a device suited to peel pulpy fruits, like citrus fruits, mango, kiwi, papaya, apples, pears, and particularly oranges and other fruits whose skin has not a uniform thickness. The peeling of fruits whose skin has an uneven thickness is made possible by the fact that the inventive device is equipped with a mechanism capable of varying continuously—according to a program—the amount of projection of the peeling tool relative to the feeler device, in the peeling step. The device is applicable to any kind of peeling machine, or to a machine that foresees a peeling step.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2004Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: A.B.L. s.r.l.Inventors: Carlo Ascari, Luca Ascari
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Publication number: 20050028686Abstract: A device for peeling pulpy fruits having an adjustable cutting depth The invention relates to a device suited to peel pulpy fruits, like citrus fruits, mango, kiwi, papaya, apples, pears, and particularly oranges and other fruits whose skin has not a uniform thickness. The peeling of fruits whose skin has an uneven thickness is made possible by the fact that the inventive device is equipped with a mechanism capable of varying continuously—according to a program—the amount of projection of the peeling tool relative to the feeler device, in the peeling step. The device is applicable to any kind of peeling machine, or to a machine that foresees a peeling step.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Applicant: A.B.L. S.R.L.Inventors: Carlo Ascari, Luca Ascari
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Patent number: 6237475Abstract: The present invention relates to an industrial machine used to process a lot of pears, and its object is to obtain an end-item which can be readily stored in vases or containers, or utilized to prepare fruit salads, confectionery products, etc. The work cycle of the machine starts with the automatic collection of the pears from a basin, their successive orientation, the removal of the stem and the related woody part, up to the central core, the external peeling, the removal of the flower, the end cutting, the removal of the central core, and finally the cutting into segments, all of which is done automatically.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: A.B.L. s.r.l.Inventors: Carlo Ascari, Luca Ascari