Patents Assigned to Benjamin Volk
  • Pistachio nut hulling apparatus
    Patent number: 5245918
    Abstract: A pistachio huller provided wherein a means (16) having projections (18) pushes unhulled nuts between the surface of the means having projections and a surface of a means (30) having channels (28), the channels being wider than the pistachio nuts to be hulled. The projections protrude into the channels and the hulls are ruptured and abraded through contact between the surface of the means with projections and the surface of the channels whereby the nuts are hulled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Benjamin Volk
    Inventor: Joseph Volk, Sr.
  • Apparatus for hulling pistachio nuts
    Patent number: 4448115
    Abstract: A pistachio huller is provided wherein a means having projections pushes unhulled nuts between the surface of the means having projections and a surface of a means having slots, the slots being narrower than the pistachio nuts to be hulled. The projections protrude into the slots and the hulls are ruptured and abraded through contact between the surface of the means with projection and the surface of the strips forming the means having slots whereby the nuts are hulled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: Benjamin Volk
    Inventor: Joseph Volk, Sr.
  • Method of hulling pistachio nuts
    Patent number: 4353931
    Abstract: A pistachio huller is provided wherein a means having projections pushes unhulled nuts between the surface of the means having projections and a surface of a means having slots, the slots being narrower than the pistachio nuts to be hulled. The projections protrude into the slots and the hulls are ruptured and abraded through contact between the surface of the means with projection and the surface of the strips forming the means having slots whereby the nuts are hulled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Assignee: Benjamin Volk
    Inventor: Joseph Volk, Sr.
  • Method of hulling pistachio nuts
    Patent number: RE31979
    Abstract: A pistachio huller is provided wherein a means having projections pushes unhulled nuts between the surface of the means having projections and a surface of a means having slots, the slots being narrower than the pistachio nuts to be hulled. The projections protrude into the slots and the hulls are ruptured and abraded through contact between the surface of the means with projection and the surface of the strips forming the means having slots whereby the nuts are hulled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Assignee: Benjamin Volk
    Inventor: Joseph Volk, Sr.