Patents by Inventor Rudolph R. Rodriguez

Rudolph R. Rodriguez 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).

  • Patent number: 4504505
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for magnetic removal of nutshells from nutmeats is set forth wherein whole nuts are supplied to a glue applicator where they are covered with a water soluble glue. The covered nuts are sent to a normalizer which tumbles and conveys the nut and dissolves the binder to a substantially uniform, optimally thick coating. From the normalizer, the binder nuts are fed into a dusting drum which dusts iron filings, onto the coating and the nutshell. The coated nuts leaving the dusting drum are conveyed to a cracker which cracks the nutshells to separate the nutmeats therefrom. Cracked nutshells and nutmeats leaving the cracker is sent to a magnetic separator. To separate the coated nutshells from the nutmeat, the aggregate is conveyed past a magnetized roller, the shells being pulled from the aggregate by the roller and deposited onto a conveyor which transports the shells for collection or reprocessing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Inventors: Vincent L. Rodriguez, Rudolph R. Rodriguez