Pitting apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8939071
APP PUB NO 20110088570A1
SERIAL NO

12909791

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A device configured for the removal of pits from fruits such as cherries. The device features a planar rotating circular disk which rotates on an incline. A ramp deposits fruit on a top surface of the disk at a lower portion of the incline which keeps the fruit from moving with the surface of the disk. Depressions in the disk engage with individual fruit which is carried to a needle punch which translates through the fruit and an aperture communicating through the depression and the disk to push the pit out the fruit. An elastic member pulls the pits from the needles.

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JOHNSON NOLTONNot Provided

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hendricks, Michael Yakima, US 5 114
Johnson, Nolton Bend, US 1 1
Shutz, Andrew Monument, US 1 1

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