Abstract: Apparatus for loosening or removing the skin from products such as nut kernels, beans, seeds or the like. Carriers are arranged to receive the products and a liquid jet manifold is adapted to direct jet or jets at the products. In a preferred embodiment, the products are disposed in an annular recess in a carrier, and are subjected to jets of liquid discharged from two nozzles at each end of a bar arranged to rotate above the recess.

Abstract: Apparatus for loosening or removing the skin from products such as nut kernels, beans, seeds or the like. Carriers are arranged to receive the products and a liquid jet manifold is adapted to direct jet or jets at the products. In a preferred embodiment, the products are disposed in an annular recess in a carrier, and are subjected to jets of liquid discharged from two nozzles at each end of a bar arranged to rotate above the recess.

Abstract: A process and apparatus is disclosed for loosening or removing the skin from products such as nut kernels, beans, seeds or the like. The process comprises subjecting the products to a jet or jets of water at ambient temperature so as to loosen or remove their skins. The apparatus includes carriers arranged to receive the products and a liquid jet manifold adapted to direct the jet or jets at the products. In a preferred embodiment, the products are disposed in an annular recess in a carrier, and are subjected to jets of liquid discharged from two nozzles at each end of a bar arranged to rotate above the recess.