Abstract: The method includes eliminating the two side caps of the fruit, cutting the remaining portion into slices, optionally classifying by diameter the obtained slices, and finally peeling the slices. The device includes slice cutter (1) provided with two conveyor belts (2) to position the fruit, and blades (4 and 5), —transport equipment for the slices (102) with a diameter gauging device to classify the slices (102) by size, —a slice (102) turning machine and—a slice (102) peeling module to separate the flesh (103) from the pith (104).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2002
Date of Patent:
November 9, 2004
Assignee:
Asociación de Investigación de la Industria
Agroalimentario
Inventors:
Miguel Blasco Piquer, Sebastian Subirats Huerta, Jose Garcia Reverter, José Fernández Martínez, Antonio Manuel Cotolí García