Abstract: A machine for removing seeds, including: a rotating rod (11) that is movable between a first position, in which it is found outside of a product (P), and a second position, in which it can be inserted in a product (P); a curved knife (12) associated with the rotating rod (11); an adjusting mechanism (20) structured so as to adjust the second position of the rotating rod (11) with respect to at least one dimension of the product (P) being processed.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method for the control of water flow within a hydraulic food cutter assembly having a pump, a pump discharge line, a cutter assembly a product supply tank, and a fluid transport medium and comprises a method for increasing the flow of fluid transport medium through the pump while maintaining a preselected velocity for the flow of the fluid transport medium in pump discharge line by using a frustoconical accelerator tube attached to the discharge line of the pump having a plurality of apertures through which the fluid transport medium may flow out of the accelerator tube into fluid tight housing encasing the accelerator and a throttling valve operatively attached to the fluid tight housing discharge line for regulating the pressure of the fluid medium being discharge from the pump so as to maximize fluid medium flow through the pump at a preselected pressure in the discharge line.

Abstract: A handheld skinning device having a tooth roll, which is retained motor-driven in a housing with side arms and rotating about an axis, and having a blade which in an operating position is positioned with a gap parallel to the tooth roll and is retained in a blade mount, which is formed by side parts fixed to the side arms of the housing and a blade holder. The blade mount in the operating position is fixed in the side arms by releasable locking, and in an opened position of the blade mount the blade can be removed from the blade holder. The locking of the blade mount in the operating position occurs by two spring-loaded locking pins in the arms, which are releasable together via a disengaging plate and in the opened position the blade holder remains connected to the arms of the housing.

Abstract: A system for automatically forming chunks and spears at high speed from unpeeled fruit items is provided. The fruit is sliced into unpeeled wedges. The unpeeled wedges are conveyed into a plurality of staggered transverse chunking blades, wherein the flesh, but not the peel, is cut sequentially from the center of each wedge outwardly, flattening each wedge. A peel removal knife is located to sever the peel of each wedge from the center outwardly after the transverse chunk cutting blades have cut the flesh. Spears may be formed by deleting some of the transverse chunking blades.

Abstract: A melon peeler system designed to safely and quickly separate the rind from a melon for consumption. The melon peeler system includes a melon peeler assembly having a concave base, a horizontal blade, fasteners, and vertical supports. The concave base has a smooth surface and serves as a melon cutting guide. The horizontal blade is supported a user-determined distance above the concave base by the vertical supports and the blade is a small, flat cutting edge sufficiently sharp to slice through a melon but not sufficiently sharp to easily cut a user. Suction cups fasteners located on the bottom of the device provide stability and allow the assembly to be removably affixed to a planar surface of the user's choice.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method for processing and trimming products such as fish fillets where the product is form frozen forming a thin frozen shell round the product and the subsequent processing of the product uses that condition to remove the fish skin and bones with more efficiency than any prior art methods whereas the quality of the product is increased due to less loss and less loss in liquid from the product than known by prior art methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fruit feeding device, or fruit conveyor, for fruits like melons and pine-apples, which is used to supply peeling machines, coring machines, and peeling-coring machines with such fruits; the feeding device allows to work safely since it prevents the operator's hands from coming near the moving members, though the fruits are manually loaded on the fruit conveyor. In particular, it is suitable in those cases where the fruits have to be manually loaded because their automatic orientation is difficult and expensive to perform.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement effected in the peeling and coring machines used for peeling and coring melons and pineapples, the improvements being that the machine: is able to indifferently peel one or the other type of fruit, after a simple replacement of a kit of sharp blades; is able to remove the peel (skin) of the fruit, by acting on the inside of the fruit; is able to separate the pips and the central part of melons which contains these pips, and to remove the fibrous inner stem of the pineapple.

Abstract: A double blade peeling device for vegetable and fruit comprises a handle attached to a vegetable and fruit retaining member and a body of screw, the handle can drive internal gears to rotate, so as to make the retaining member and the body of screw to rotate as well. The body of screw, which is provided with two screw threads, drives upper and lower blade carriers to move upward and downward oppositely, such that the blades mounted on the upper and lower blade carriers move downward and upward respectively, contact the rotating food frictionally, and peel vegetable or fruit from upside and underside simultaneously. When two blade carriers move to the intermediate position to complete the peeling action, the two blade carriers open through wedge in blade carrier devices, two blades leave the surface of food, the lower blade carrier devices disengage with the body of screw. The body of screw drives upper blade carrier device to press the lower blade carrier device to move downward unceasingly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device suited to peel pulpy fruits, like citrus fruits, mango, kiwi, papaya, apples, pears, and particularly oranges and other fruits whose skin has not a uniform thickness. The peeling of fruits whose skin has an uneven thickness is made possible by the fact that the inventive device is equipped with a mechanism capable of varying continuously—according to a program—the amount of projection of the peeling tool relative to the feeler device, in the peeling step. The device is applicable to any kind of peeling machine, or to a machine that foresees a peeling step.

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine used for the industrial peeling of citrus fruits and specifically oranges. The only manual operation to be performed corresponds to the loading, since the orange must be oriented. The machine has a high productivity, and does not lead to production reject, since even the peel is recoverable. The machine can be realized in a form that includes a single production line, or in one which includes several simultaneously operating production lines.

Abstract: The device comprises a cabinet with atmosphere controlled by refrigeration and/or supply of an inert gas to prevent the deterioration of the foodstuffs. Present in the cabinet is an automatic storage unit with container means for containing the products. The latter are to be fed towards an automatic slicing machine which carries out controlled slicing both as regards the thickness of the slices and as regards the number of slices and the weight of the sliced product. Finally, a delivery unit makes it possible to dispense the products outside the cabinet. Operation of the device is controlled by a unit, which is accessible to the user from outside the cabinet. Said unit is preferably arranged for payment using different paying means.

Abstract: The plantain peeler is a kitchen appliance that allows a person to easily and efficiently remove the skin from plantains. The device would consist of a slicing mechanism and a peeling mechanism integrated into a housing with a discard tray at the bottom and a plastic backsplash surrounding the peeling mechanism. The slicing mechanism would consist of four semicircular blades connected to a circular guide which rotate towards each other when activated and would be used to slice the tip from a plantain. The peeling mechanism would consist of four arcuate blades arranged in a circular manner that would force the peel from the plantain as it passes through the mechanism. A discard tray would be provided at the bottom of the device to catch the peel, a tip retrieval opening would be provided in the housing behind the slicing mechanism, and a plantain retrieval passage would be provided in the housing behind the peeling mechanism.

Abstract: A preferred device for making cream-style corn includes a corn-receiving member and a blade member. The corn-receiving member incorporates a first open end and defines an interior that is configured to receive at least a portion of an ear of corn. The blade member includes a blade that is movably mounted within the interior so as to be movable between a retracted position and an extended position. In the extended position, the blade is configured to engage an ear of corn inserted into the interior of the corn-receiving member so that, as the ear of corn is rotated about its longitudinal axis, the blade tears open individual kernels of the ear of corn and allows liquid and fibrous contents of the kernels to drain into the corn-receiving member. Systems and methods also are provided.

Abstract: A meat skinning machine has a frame with an elongated skinning blade mounted thereon. The skinning blade has an elongated cutting edge. An elongated gripper roll is rotatably mounted on the frame adjacent the blade for pulling the meat product to be skinning into operational contact with the cutting edge of the blade. A plurality of rows of teeth extend longitudinally on the outer surface of the roll with each row of teeth terminating in a cutting edge. The foregoing structure is conventional. A plurality of secondary teeth are formed on the cutting edges of the rows of teeth to facilitate the gripping of a meat product. The secondary teeth are smaller than the teeth in the rows of teeth. The cutting edge of the blade is comprised of a plurality of serrated teeth.

Abstract: A folding table having a hole in the table top is combined with a fruit and vegetable peeler. The table may include a plastic bag retained within and under the hole for containing peelings therein, or may include a variety of other containers in alternative embodiments. In one such alternative embodiment, the table and peeler are combined with a sink and garbage disposal, whereby the peelings may pass freely through the table and ultimately through the garbage disposal. The table is preferably constructed of materials and components that are easily cleaned, offer stain resistance, and which may be compactly stored.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing skin from a convex surface of a section of fruit. The apparatus includes a substantially U-shaped peeling blade and a feeder which in use contacts and grips the fruit or vegetable at a location about opposite the apex of the peeling blade so as to urge the fruit past the peeling blade, characterized in that the apparatus also includes at least one guide for guiding the fruit past the peeling blade.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting kernels of fresh corn from ears thereof and recovering kernels and cream therefrom for eating or preserving for future eating. The apparatus comprises a hand-held electric drill having a drill bit adapted to grip the ear at its stalk-end while the drill rotates the ear about the axis of the drill while pressing the ear into cutting tube having screw points projecting inwardly thereof causing said kernels to be ripped from the ear and discharged along with corn cream downwardly by gravity into a receiver for further processing.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for peeling vegetables of a round, oval or elongated shape such as cucumbers, turnips, carrots or potatoes. The apparatus has a frame defining a hole sized to receive and let pass the vegetable to be peeled. A given number of knives is mounted onto the frame in such a manner as to be radially slidable toward the center of the hole. The knives are distributed in an equal manner all around the frame and each comprises a blade extending tangentially within the hole so as to peel an adjacent part of the vegetable introduced into and pushed through the hole. Springs are provided for applying in a permanent manner a radial force onto the knives in order to push the knives toward the center of the hole. This apparatus permits to peel vegetables in a single movement or with a minimal number of movements. A base may be provided to hold the frame vertically onto a table.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for spirally slicing boneless meat without the need for a center support rod. A slicing machine for the meat includes a rotatable base and an elevated chuck both having prongs for clamping the meat between them. Separate motors independently turn the base and chuck at the same rotational speed so that there is no twisting of the meat from top to bottom. A slicing blade is moved vertically on the machine as it slices the meat spirally about a solid meat core extending along the rotational axis.

Abstract: By providing fruit processing apparatus comprising rotatable movement control members and a U-shaped cutting blade cooperatively associated therewith, high speed, efficient and automatic removal of skins and seeds from a fruit segment is efficiently achieved. The rotatable movement control members receive the fruit segment with the cutting blade positioned along the junction between the skin and the edible fruit portion. Then, the fruit segment is arcuately pivoted, causing the blade to pass between the juncture surface, completely separating the skin from the fruit. If desired, a seed sack removal member is also employed for removing and separating the seeds from the edible fruit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement in a chamfering machine for chamfering blocks of vegetable such as carrots or potatoes. A conventional vegetable block chamfering machine uses a chamfering blade having a crank-like axle integrally connected thereto with its opposite handles aligned with the blade edge, permitting the chamfering blade to rotate freely about its opposite handles. An improved chamfering machine according to the present invention is free of any kind of malfunction as would be often caused in the conventional chamfering machine, and is capable of chamfering blocks of vegetable effectively. A chamfering blade is placed in the path in which a selected block of vegetable is transported, the edge of the chamfering blade being directed to the vegetable block. The chamfering blade is integrally connected to a blade axle, which is placed in engagement with guide and the blade axle is fixed to one end of a swingable rod. A vegetable carrier is placed in front of the chamfering blade.

Abstract: A food cutting device for processing leafy vegetables such as collard greens having a groove roller and a cutting roller with discs which engage the grooves of the groove roller to cut the leafy vegetable longitudinally and a cam-actuated blade that cuts the leafy vegetable across the longitudinal cuts.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing skin from a convex surface of a section of fruit. The apparatus includes a curved peeling blade which presents a concave peeling surface to the convex surface of the section of fruit and a drive gear wheel in mesh with an idler gear wheel. Each wheel has a concentric outwardly extending fruit gripping portion which are profiled such that in combination they conform to the curved peeling blade. When the drive wheel is driven and the wheels are rotating, the fruit gripping portions grip a section of fruit and urge the section of fruit past the peeling blade so as to remove the skin from the fruit.

Abstract: A peeling machine for stalk-like vegetables, comprising a plurality of knife stations that are successively arranged in the direction of travel of the vegetables on a machine frame, is described. A plurality of pairs of feed rollers are each supported between successive knife stations, each of the feed rollers being supported by a drive shaft rotating on a pivot arm, which is in turn supported by the machine frame to pivot about a stationary shaft on the machine frame. Each pair of feed rollers is coupled to a driving apparatus that includes a motor. The stationary shaft supports a first drive wheel of the driving apparatus, the first drive wheel being in driving communication with a second drive wheel, which is secured to the drive shaft of the feed roller.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for peeling elongated vegetables, preferably asparagus. The device has a housing (2) with a passage (4) designed to permit a stick of asparagus (50) to be inserted. Inside the housing (2) are several peeling blades (12, 12') which are disposed in different directions of the passage (4) and act on the stick of asparagus (50). At least one of the blades (12, 12') can move crosswise to the longitudinal direction (6) of the passage (4) and presses flexibly against the stick of asparagus (50). The blades (12, 12') each have a cutting edge (19, 19') preceded in the peeling direction (23) by a feeler (20, 20'). During the peeling operation, the feeler (20, 20') lies against the stick of asparagus and guides the blade (12, 12') tangentially along the outside surface of the stick (50). The device enables sticks of asparagus (50) of differing diameter to be peeled simply in one operation round the whole of their peripheral area.

Abstract: A melon peeler simultaneously removes the seed pod, seeds and rind from a melon slice. A melon slice input channel and a drive assembly cooperate to guide a melon slice toward a cutting assembly arranged across the input channel. The cutting assembly includes an upper blade and a lower blade arranged so that the upper blade removes the seeds and seed pod while the lower blade removes the find, leaving a melon slice of selected thickness.

Abstract: A machine (10) for automatically peeling substantially elongated fruits (15), advantageously for peeling kiwis, comprising a frame (11) supporting a conveyor suitable for translating said fruits (15) from a first feeding station towards a peeling station, said conveyor being provided with means (14) suitable for substantially aligning to each other the longitudinal axes of the fruits which are placed on the conveyor and for rotating said fruits about said longitudinal axes. Furthermore, the machine comprises at least a peeling device (30) cooperating with said means (14) provided on the conveyor, said device (30) being provided with means (53) for cutting and raising a given area of skin of each fruit (15), said cutting and raising means (53) acting during the rotation phase of the fruit about its longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A meat skinning machine has a supporting surface with a discharge edge adjacent the surface of a toothed gripper roll, with an elongated skinning blade spaced from and opposite to the discharge edge. A curved deflector plate is located downstream from the blade and curves upwardly and rearwardly to cause a chunk of meat departing the blade to move upwardly and rearwardly for redeposit on the supporting surface. A method of skinning a meat product with a gripper roll and a blade by moving a skinned chunk of meat upwardly and rearwardly with respect to the blade after departing the blade for purposes of skinning another surface of the meat chunk.

Abstract: There is disclosed a device for removal of rind from melons which has a cutting station with a flat, planar, cutting member having an upwardly facing cutting edge mounted on a flat planar pressure shoe, a rotary feeder having a body with an external surface of revolution with a plurality of teeth distributed about its external surface and rotationally mounted at the cutting station adjacent to and spaced apart from the cutting member by a distance sufficient to permit passage of separated rind; a drive to rotate the feeder; and a feed chute to introduce sectors of fruit to the cutting station for engagement with the rotary feeder.

Abstract: A vegetable peeling and shaping machine has a preliminary cutting assembly for cutting off portions of a vegetable to produce a vegetable core insertable into a tube, and a main cutting assembly with a tube positioned to sequentially receive vegetable cores from the preliminary cutting assembly. A reciprocable plunger is operable to push the vegetable cores sequentially through the tube, the tube having a series of circumferentially spaced shaped slots therein, and a series of reciprocable non-rotatable cutter blades is circumferentially spaced around the tube. The cutter blades are shaped correspondingly to the slots in the tube and are movable from a position exterior to the tube through the slots into the tube to cut a vegetable core to form a vegetable product of the desired shape.

Abstract: The inclined automatic trimmer apparatus of the present invention includes a base frame and trimming blade mounted on the base frame for trimming unwanted material from the meat product. A feed conveyor is situated forwardly of the trimming blade for transporting the meat product to the trimming blade. A feed roller is mounted on the base frame adjacent the trimming blade to receive the meat product transported by the feed conveyor and to advance the meat product into trimming engagement with the trimming blade. A press roller is mounted on the base frame for rotating the meat in trimming engagement with the trimming blade. The feed roller trimming blade and press roller all form a "V" shaped trough for receiving the meat product.

Abstract: A meat skinning machine has a frame, an elongated skinning blade with a cutting edge, a rotatable gripping roll positioned adjacent the blade, and a motor operatively connected to the gripping roll. The skinning machine is also provided with a pivotal deflector plate for deflecting a meat product upwardly as the product is fed past the blade. The angle of the deflector plate is adjustable to accommodate different meat products and different operators. In one embodiment, the distance between the deflector plate and the skinning blade is also adjustable. The upward deflection of the meat product allows the product to be flipped forwardly to a position in front of the skinning blade for additional feeding past the skinning blade, without the operator reaching across the skinning blade to pick up or grasp the meat product.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a product of predetermined shape from a vegetable which the vegetable is centered above a tube, the tube having an annular cutting edge. The vegetable is pressed into the tube to form a cylindrical core. The core is rotated about the longitudinal axis of the tube and then a cutting tube moveable laterally against the core cuts the predetermined shape from the core when the core is rotated.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing a skin layer of elongate vegetables, such as cucumbers and carrots, includes an elongate housing mounting blade segments therewithin. A manually supported embodiment of the invention includes coaxially arranged resilient segments mounting rigid blade members at a lowermost end thereof defining a conical chamber for directing of the vegetables therethrough. The blade segments may be formed of various configurations, such as utilizing triangular projections in association with fluid directing apertures, as well as cylindrical cutters directed interiorly of the blades. The blades define offset cutting elements. The invention further includes a power-driven aspect of the invention utilizing a central cylindrical hopper defining a cylindrical cutting blade coaxially arranged within the chamber, as well as using a helical wire mounting a matrix of spaced needle cutting members projecting interiorly of the cutting chamber to enhance cutting of a vegetable therethrough.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a product of predetermined shape from a vegetable, in which a cylindrical core is cut from the vegetable by forcing the vegetable against an annular cutting edge of a tube and cutting the product from the core by advancing a pair of opposed rotatable cutting elements into apertures in the side of the tube.

Abstract: The meat skinning machine of this invention comprises the conventional components of a frame with a rotatably powered gripping roll having a cylindrical peripheral surface mounted thereon. A plurality of gripping teeth are formed on the peripheral surface of the gripping roll. An elongated blade holding means is mounted on the frame and extends parallel to the gripping roll and is positioned closely adjacent thereto. An elongated blade is secured to the blade holding means, with the blade having a forward edge portion protruding from the blade holding means and terminating in an elongated sharp cutting edge. The cutting edge of the blade is closely adjacent the teeth on the gripping roll. An elongated plate is on the blade holding means either as an integral part or an attachment thereto. The plate has a forward edge and an upper surface.

Abstract: Device for cutting loose a bacon- and/or fat layer from meat, consisting of a frame having a transportation surface for the meat to be processed and in which transportation surface a gripping roll has been arranged or to which transportation surface a gripping roll adjoins, by means of which the meat may be drawn against and past a cutting knife mounted near the gripping roll the height of the cutting knife being continuously adjustable under the control of an ultrasonic sensing device which detects the position of the separating plane between the meat and the bacon- or fat layer.

Abstract: A bacon slicing or skinning machine has a housing for a set of conveyors including a traction wheel located beneath an elongated path for the products which are to be skinned or sliced. A blade holder is pivotably mounted at a level above the path adjacent the traction wheel on the heads of two independently movable arms which flank the path and carry a pivot bearing for the holder. The bearing is located in front of a device which limits the extent of movement of the holder and its blade from a starting position to a working position in response to engagement of the cutting edge of the blade by an oncoming product. Such device can comprise a pintle which extends with play into recesses of the arms, or an eccentric on at least one of the arms, such eccentric being tracked by a rearwardly extending follower of the holder. Springs are provided to permanently pull the arms downwardly so as to urge the holder to the starting position.

Abstract: In an apparatus for skinning double fillets of fish having highly sensitive skin, e.g. by a cooking treatment, such as herb-seasoned fillets, and comprising an entraining roller provided with narrow grooves along its surface lines, a skinning knife directly facing its circumferential surface with its cutting edge and a presser surface arranged below the same, the entraining roller is provided in its central area with a radial groove, in which is incorporated an auxiliary conveyor with elastic vanes radially projecting approximately up to the diameter of the entraining roller, while above the radial groove is fitted a hold-down device resiliently displaceable by the double fillet.

Abstract: A semiautomatic pineapple peeler in which adjustable width knife blades sever the ends of the pineapple and concentric cylindrical knives core and peel it, leaving the detached core in the peeled pineapple. The one step process is driven by two D.C. electric linear ball screw actuators, sequenced by an integrated circuit logic board and magnetic proximity limit switch arrangement. The peel is split in half by two radially mounted fins on the top and bottom of the large cylindrical knife, allowing the waste to be collected below.The pineapple machine completely removes all of the peel and cores a single pineapple automatically, eliminating the two step manual operation of first cutting the ends off and then using the existing labor intensive lever operated coring and peeling devices.

Abstract: A safety device for meat skinning machines comprising an elongated bar mounted on the machine in close parallel spaced relation to the cutting edge of the cutting blade. The elongated bar has a straight support edge immediately opposite the cutting edge of the machine, with a plurality of substantially straight, stiff, spaced wire elements secured to the bar and extending from the support edge towards the cutting edge, with the wire elements having wire ends that terminate in spaced relation to the cutting edge.

Abstract: A meat skinning machine and method for skinning wherein a shelf means is adjustably positioned between a meat support surface and the cutting edge of a skinning knife just beyond the periphery of the teeth of a gripping roll wherein the meat is supported immediately adjacent the cutting edge at a position beyond the periphery of the gripping roll just prior to the time the meat moves into contact with the cutting edge to permit the meat to move in an angular direction towards the roll and into contact with the edge.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a system for peeling an object having a generally soft interior portion surrounded by a generally hard external surface, where the system is suitable for use by consumers or in areas with consumers. According to one aspect of the invention, the apparatus of the invention includes a knife means for removing the hard external surface from the object, leaving substantially the soft interior portion. The apparatus also includes a housing enclosing the knife means to protect consumers or an operator of the apparatus from the knife means. The housing has two openings, one for receiving the object and one for discharging the soft interior portion after the object has been peeled.For some objects to be peeled, such as pineapples, the hard external surface of the object has two end portions and an intermediate body portion.

Abstract: A meat skinning machine and method for skinning wherein a shelf means is adjustably positioned between a meat support surface and the cutting edge of a skinning knife just beyond the periphery of the teeth of a gripping roll wherein the meat is supported immediately adjacent the cutting edge of a position radially beyond the periphery of the gripping roll just prior to the time the meat moves into contact with the cutting edge to permit the meat to move in an angular direction towards the roll and into contact with the edge.

Abstract: The machine comprises, inside a frame, a tray, a driving cylinder, a stripping plate, and a comb. According to the invention, the frame supports a geared motor unit permanently coupled to a driving pinion which is accessible at least by its upper front part for engagement with a driven pinion secured to the cylinder and which is mounted idle on one of the two side-plates rigidly braced to constitute the frame, each side-plate defining, on the one hand, a groove with a blind end for mounting the comb and, on the other hand, a U-shaped housing, open at the top and on the side, to receive a bearing provided on an end trunnion of the cylinder, the stripping plate having, opposite the housings of the two side-plates, two projecting stop pins which, when instant fastening means secure said plate to the frame, ensure positioning of the plate, locking of the cylinder bearings, meshing of the driven pinion with the driving pinion and engagement of the teeth of the comb in the grooves of the cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for removing a surface layer, particularly of fish fillets. On the basis of an apparatus with a skinning roller, a presser shoe facing the circumferential surface thereof while leaving a gap thereto and a skinning or paring knife, it is proposed to mount the latter on a separate knife holder in a deflectable manner against the tension of a spring and to limit the deflection path thereof by an adjustable stop. It is also proposed that the presser shoe is fitted displaceably against the tension of a spring until it engages on a further adjustable stop. Thus, on the one hand the skinning knife can be raised to a layer thickness determined by the stop and the presser shoe on the other hand is able to adapt to the resulting layer thickness while maintaining a positive conveying effect.

Abstract: A hand skinner device for removing strips of skin from animal carcasses comprises an elongate handle including an air motor and having a housing mounted at one end thereof. The housing has a skinning blade supported thereon and a revolvable tooth roll assembly for engaging and pulling the skin against the skinning blade. A pair of uniquely constructed clips clamp the blade downwardly against the housing and clamp the tooth roll shaft upwardly against the housing. The multifunctional clips permit ready assembly and disassembly of the skinning device for cleaning and replacement of parts.

Abstract: A deskinning apparatus comprises a deskinning knife, a rotatable shaft having removably sleeved thereon a plurality of cylinders and a stripper assembly for urging skins from the cylinders. Each of the cylinders have a plurality of circumferential teeth thereon spaced by grooves. The stripper assembly is mounted so as not to rotate with the shaft and cylinders. The stripper assembly includes a plurality of integral blades, each blade being operably received in a rotating groove of a respective cylinder.

Abstract: The skinning blade for a meat skinning machine comprises an elongated body member having opposite ends, a top surface, a bottom surface, a leading cutting edge and a trailing edge. The bottom surface includes in cross section a concave surface formed therein, the concave surface having a forward end adjacent the cutting edge and a rearward end spaced forwardly from the trailing edge of the body member. The trailing edge of the cutting blade is adapted to be received by a blade holder, and an extension portion of the cutting blade maintains the holder in spaced relation to the concave surface of the cutting blade.