A nut cracking apparatus has a frame with a rotatable turret mounted thereto. A plurality of nut cracking units in the rotatable turret comprise pistons movable from a retracted position to an extended position and crack dies aligned with the piston. Air is communicated through feed air passages in the rotatable turret to urge the pistons from a retracted to an extended position.
A nut cracking apparatus has a frame with a rotatable turret mounted thereto. A plurality of nut cracking units in the rotatable turret comprise pistons movable from a retracted position to an extended position and crack dies aligned with the piston. Air is communicated through feed air passages in the rotatable turret to urge the pistons from a retracted to an extended position.
A modular nut cleaning plant comprises a nut sizer and a stick remover mounted to the nut sizer. A vacuum unit is mounted to the stick remover. A nut product stream will pass on the stick remover through the vacuum unit which will vacuum light debris from the nut product stream. The nut product stream moves on a chain on the stick remover. Large debris and sticks that do not fall through openings in the chain will pass into a debris conveyor. Nuts and debris that fall through the openings in the chain will be delivered to the nut sizer. The nut sizer will rotate and tumble nuts and debris in the nut product stream. Nuts of an undesirable size and debris will pass into a debris conveyor. Nuts of a desired size will pass through the nut sizer into a chute or other conveyance to be delivered to further nut processing apparatus.
B07B 15/00 - Combinations of apparatus for separating solids from solids by dry methods applicable to bulk material, e.g. loose articles fit to be handled like bulk material
A23N 12/00 - Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables, e.g. coffee, cocoa, nuts
B07B 1/24 - Revolving drums with fixed or moving interior agitators
G01B 3/34 - Ring or other apertured gauges, e.g. "go/no-go" gauge
B07B 4/08 - Separating solids from solids by subjecting their mixture to gas currents while the mixtures are supported by sieves, screens, or like mechanical elements
B07B 1/10 - Screens in the form of endless moving bands
B07B 9/00 - Combinations of apparatus for screening or sifting or for separating solids from solids using gas currentsGeneral arrangement of plant, e.g. flow sheets
A nut sizer includes a nut sizer frame and a rotatable nut sizer cage mounted therein. A motor is attached to the nut sizer frame at an intake end thereof. The motor will drive a drive sprocket which will in turn drive a reel sprocket that is connected to the rotatable sizer cage. A chain engages the drive sprocket and the reel sprocket. The sizer cage may be lifted from the nut sizer frame by removing the chain. The nut sizer cage is a sectioned sizer cage and includes a first sizer section and a second sizer section detachably connected thereto.
B07B 1/24 - Revolving drums with fixed or moving interior agitators
A23N 12/00 - Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables, e.g. coffee, cocoa, nuts
A23N 5/00 - Machines for hulling, husking, or cracking nuts
G01B 3/34 - Ring or other apertured gauges, e.g. "go/no-go" gauge
B07B 4/08 - Separating solids from solids by subjecting their mixture to gas currents while the mixtures are supported by sieves, screens, or like mechanical elements
B07B 1/10 - Screens in the form of endless moving bands
B07B 15/00 - Combinations of apparatus for separating solids from solids by dry methods applicable to bulk material, e.g. loose articles fit to be handled like bulk material
B07B 9/00 - Combinations of apparatus for screening or sifting or for separating solids from solids using gas currentsGeneral arrangement of plant, e.g. flow sheets
A nut row harvester has a nut hopper attached to a conveyor system. The nut row harvester has first and second frame sections that are pivotable relative to each other. A delivery end of the conveyor is moveable from a lower or harvesting position to an upper or dumping position. The nut hopper moves between the upper and lower positions with the end of the delivery conveyor.
A modular nut cleaning plant comprises a nut sizer and a stick remover mounted to the nut sizer. A vacuum unit is mounted to the stick remover. A nut product stream will pass on the stick remover through the vacuum unit which will vacuum light debris from the nut product stream. The nut product stream moves on a chain on the stick remover. Large debris and sticks that do not fall through openings in the chain will pass into a debris conveyor. Nuts and debris that fall through the openings in the chain will be delivered to the nut sizer. The nut sizer will rotate and tumble nuts and debris in the nut product stream. Nuts of an undesirable size and debris will pass into a debris conveyor. Nuts of a desired size will pass through the nut sizer into a chute or other conveyance to be delivered to further nut processing apparatus.
A23N 5/00 - Machines for hulling, husking, or cracking nuts
B03B 9/00 - General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets
B07B 15/00 - Combinations of apparatus for separating solids from solids by dry methods applicable to bulk material, e.g. loose articles fit to be handled like bulk material
A nut sizer includes a nut sizer frame and a rotatable nut sizer cage mounted therein. A motor is attached to the nut sizer frame at an intake end thereof. The motor will drive a drive sprocket which will in turn drive a reel sprocket that is connected to the rotatable sizer cage. A chain engages the drive sprocket and the reel sprocket. The sizer cage may be lifted from the nut sizer frame by removing the chain. The nut sizer cage is a sectioned sizer cage and includes a first sizer section and a second sizer section detachably connected thereto.
A nut processing apparatus includes a pair of side panels with a vacuum duct connected thereto. The nut processing apparatus which may be referred to as a vacuum unit is configured to be mounted directly to other nut processing equipment such as for example a stick remover. The vacuum unit includes a vacuum duct with an upper stationary portion and a lower pivotable portion.
B02B 3/00 - HullingHuskingDecorticatingPolishingRemoving the awnsDegerming
B07B 4/00 - Separating solids from solids by subjecting their mixture to gas currents
B07B 4/08 - Separating solids from solids by subjecting their mixture to gas currents while the mixtures are supported by sieves, screens, or like mechanical elements
B07B 9/00 - Combinations of apparatus for screening or sifting or for separating solids from solids using gas currentsGeneral arrangement of plant, e.g. flow sheets
B07B 9/02 - Combinations of similar or different apparatus for separating solids from solids using gas currents
A nut sorter includes a support frame with a rotatable cage connected thereto. The rotatable cage is comprised of support rings with a plurality of longitudinally extending rods connected thereto. The outer periphery of the longitudinally extending rods extends inwardly into a center space defined by the inner diameter of the support rings. The nut sorter also has a plurality of scrapers utilized to dislodge stuck debris and nuts as the cage rotates under the scrapers.
A nut cracking apparatus includes a rotatable turret mounted to a frame. An endless conveyor delivers nuts to a pickup point at which nut cracking units engage nuts carried by the endless conveyor. The endless conveyor has a generally horizontal carrying portion for carrying nuts from the hopper to the pickup point.
A nut-cracking apparatus that is compact and efficient cracks nuts at high production rates. The nut-cracking apparatus includes an endless conveyor and delivers nuts from a hopper to a delivery point. The nuts are engaged at the delivery point by a nut-cracking unit which cracks the nuts. The endless conveyor includes nut pockets which are made up of separate nut pocket segments that are movable from open to closed positions. The nut pocket segments are in an open position where the nuts are cracked to provide ample room for cracking of the nut.
The current invention provides an improved sheller for removing the husk or shell from nuts, legumes and other similar plant products. The sheller of the current invention includes an improved ring assembly. The improved ring assembly comprises ring units having an inner ring and an outer ring. Each inner ring carries integrally formed spacers and each outer ring carries integrally formed spacers. Each inner ring directly contacts an adjunct inner ring and each outer ring directly contacts an adjacent outer ring. Through use of integrally formed spacers, the current invention significantly reduces the number of component requiring assembly during the manufacture of the sheller.
A high production nutcracking apparatus wherein the nuts are fed from a hopper on a feed conveyor which has an upwardly inclined segment which passes through the hopper, a horizontal segment which leads to the cracking apparatus, and an arcuate transition juncture which is between the two segments. The nuts are received in nut transport elements of the feed conveyor, and they are singularized and oriented while being advanced by means of a deflecting plate which overlies the feed conveyor from a point along the upwardly inclined segment, along the transition juncture, and to a delivery point where the nuts are lifted from the conveyor by a cracking turret. The downstream end portion of the deflecting plate comprises an elastomeric flap, which is highly flexible and relatively soft and which engages the advancing nuts with a frictional force sufficient to roll the nuts about their end to end axes and thereby properly orient the nuts in the nut transport elements. The elevation of the feed conveyor relative to the cracking turret can be adjusted to accommodate nuts of different sizes.
An apparatus for successively delivering nuts from a hopper to a high production nutcracker. An endless conveyor extends through the hopper and includes a plurality of nut transport elements which pick up the nuts in a receptacle formed in the upper surface of each element. To insure that only one nut is received in each receptacle, each element is provided with a longitudinal slot in one of the sides of the element which communicates with the receptacle, and a pivotally mounted singulating arm extends into the slots of the advancing elements to eject any excess nuts from each receptacle. To accommodate nuts of different average size, the pivotal position of the singulating arm is adjustable by means of an actuating wheel positioned on the outside of the hopper.
