Title:
STRAWBERRY HULLING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/055733
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A strawberry hulling device capable of reliably and efficiently removing the hull of a strawberry irrespective of the size of the fruit of the strawberry.
A strawberry hulling device is provided with: a conveyance means for conveying the strawberry forward while holding the stem of the strawberry with the fruit suspended; a positioning means for positioning the fruit of the strawberry in the vertical direction by making contact with the upper portion of the hull of the strawberry which is being conveyed forward; and a cutting means for cutting, together with the hull, the upper end portion of the fruit of the positioned strawberry. Rotating blades make contact with the upper end portion of the fruit of the strawberry which has been positioned in the left-right direction and the vertical direction by a pair of left and right bar-like members which serves as the positioning means. This causes the upper end portion of the fruit of the strawberry together with the hull to be cut away by a triangular groove cut by the rotating blades, and as a result the fruit drops. In this way, the hull can be reliably removed irrespective of the size of the fruit of the strawberry.
Inventors:
HORI Hiroshi (1-1-25 Tadanouminakamachi, Takehara-sh, Hiroshima 92, 〒7292392, JP)
Application Number:
JP2010/069549
Publication Date:
May 12, 2011
Filing Date:
November 04, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AOHATA CORPORATION (1-1-25, Tadanouminakamachi Takehara-sh, Hiroshima 92, 〒7292392, JP)
アヲハタ株式会社 (〒92 広島県竹原市忠海中町１丁目１番２５号 Hiroshima, 〒7292392, JP)
アヲハタ株式会社 (〒92 広島県竹原市忠海中町１丁目１番２５号 Hiroshima, 〒7292392, JP)
International Classes:
A23N15/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KATSUNUMA Hirohito et al. (Kyowa Patent & Law Office, Room 323 Fuji Bldg., 2-3, Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-k, Tokyo 05, 〒1000005, JP)