Patents Examined by Paul M. Heurana
  • Macadamia nut opening machine
    Patent number: 5303470
    Abstract: Machine for opening shell fruit comprising two counter rotating plates 12 and 13 and having recesses in the peripheries incorporating cutting means 23, the axes of the plates 12 and 13 being parallel and alongside each other so as to allow the cutting means 23 to come together in phase and in so doing vary the shape and size of the space defined by the cutting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventor: Henry G. Wakelam