Abstract: A nut de-shelling device. The device has a plurality of nut holder carried on a moving carriage member. Each nut holder has a pair of rotatable clamping members that securely hold the nut without regard to the orientation of the nut held therein, but permit rotation of the clamped nut relative to the moving carriage member. The device further includes a nut shell cutter that makes a cut line through the shell of the nut. The device also includes a releaser that moves the pair of rotatable clamping members apart from each other to release the nut with its shell cut.

Abstract: A device for setting cones on a roadway surface having a lower base portion and an upwardly extending cone extension. The device includes a chute portion having an upper end and a lower end, a feeder portion adapted to release cones one at a time from the upper end to the lower end of the chute portion to set cones on a roadway surface. The device also has a hopper portion adapted for holding a plurality of stacked cones above the feeder portion, wherein in the plurality of stacked cones the base portions are spaced apart, a motive portion to activate the feeder portion, and a control module to control the motive portion and release individual cones at a desired spaced apart interval.