Patents by Inventor Andrew Shutz

Andrew Shutz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pitting apparatus
    Patent number: 8939071
    Abstract: A device configured for the removal of pits from fruits such as cherries. The device features a planar rotating circular disk which rotates on an incline. A ramp deposits fruit on a top surface of the disk at a lower portion of the incline which keeps the fruit from moving with the surface of the disk. Depressions in the disk engage with individual fruit which is carried to a needle punch which translates through the fruit and an aperture communicating through the depression and the disk to push the pit out the fruit. An elastic member pulls the pits from the needles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Inventors: Nolton Johnson, Michael Hendricks, Andrew Shutz
  • Pitting Apparatus and Method Therefor
    Publication number: 20110088570
    Abstract: A device configured for the removal of pits from fruits such as cherries. The device features a planar rotating circular disk which rotates on an incline. A ramp deposits fruit on a top surface of the disk at a lower portion of the incline which keeps the fruit from moving with the surface of the disk. Depressions in the disk engage with individual fruit which is carried to a needle punch which translates through the fruit and an aperture communicating through the depression and the disk to push the pit out the fruit. An elastic member pulls the pits from the needles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Nolton Johnson, Michael Hendricks, Andrew Shutz