Patents Assigned to Dunkley Company
  • Fruit pitting machine
    Patent number: 4009650
    Abstract: A fruit pitting machine apparatus for separating unpitted fruit from pitted fruit having pitting needles which force fruit pits through a pair of springloaded jaws. As a pit is forced through the jaws a pneumatic valve actuates a pneumatic pressure switch which generates electric signals in an electrical memory. If the jaws are not actuated by a pit being forced therethrough an air ejector will eject the unpitted fruit into a separate container following a predetermined positional relay for aligning the unpitted fruit with the ejector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1977
    Assignee: Dunkley Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lascelles, Dexter Spear French, Jr.