FR2452883A1 - Extn. and sepn. pf cocoa beans from their pods - using machine which cuts pod around its equator without damaging bean - Google Patents

Extn. and sepn. pf cocoa beans from their pods - using machine which cuts pod around its equator without damaging bean

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FR2452883A1
FR2452883A1 FR7908289A FR7908289A FR2452883A1 FR 2452883 A1 FR2452883 A1 FR 2452883A1 FR 7908289 A FR7908289 A FR 7908289A FR 7908289 A FR7908289 A FR 7908289A FR 2452883 A1 FR2452883 A1 FR 2452883A1
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pod
machine
conveyor
bean
equator
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GUITARD BERTRAND
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23N—MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS
    • A23N5/00—Machines for hulling, husking or cracking nuts

Abstract

The pod halves are screened, e.g. via a horizontal, rotary screening drum. The beans are collected in a receptacle beneath the screen while the pod halves are rejected at the discharge end of the screen. The machine comprises a horizontal conveyor band on which each pod is carried with its equator coinciding with a vertical plane parallel to the direction of motion of the conveyor. The pod is conveyed beneath a pivoted beam which extends longitudinally above the conveyor and slopes convergently downwards in its direction of motion. The underside of the beam is fitted with a vertical blade which cuts into the equatorial plane of the pod as the pod is rolled along between band and beam. The pivoted beam is loaded downwards to cut into the pod to a depth sufficient to halve the pod without damaging the bean. The conveyor or the underside of the beam pref. has side flanges to guide the pod in relation to the blade. The pivoted beam makes the machine adjustable for all sizes of pod. The extracted bean is undamaged. The machine is simple and compact and can be trailer-mounted to collect beans directly from the field on to which cut pods are immediately rejected. Yield is above 95%.
FR7908289A 1979-04-02 1979-04-02 Extn. and sepn. pf cocoa beans from their pods - using machine which cuts pod around its equator without damaging bean Granted FR2452883A1 (en)

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FR7908289A FR2452883A1 (en) 1979-04-02 1979-04-02 Extn. and sepn. pf cocoa beans from their pods - using machine which cuts pod around its equator without damaging bean
OA57131A OA06546A (en) 1979-04-02 1980-06-14 Method and device for the treatment of fruits for the extraction of beans or seeds, in particular cocoa pods.

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FR7908289A FR2452883A1 (en) 1979-04-02 1979-04-02 Extn. and sepn. pf cocoa beans from their pods - using machine which cuts pod around its equator without damaging bean

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FR2452883A1 true FR2452883A1 (en) 1980-10-31
FR2452883B1 FR2452883B1 (en) 1983-01-28

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2524271A1 (en) * 1982-04-05 1983-10-07 Bru Sa Jean De Machine to cut open cacao pods to obtain beans - uses rotor to present pod to blade parallel to longitudinal axis of pod
FR3002117A1 (en) * 2013-02-17 2014-08-22 Stephane Labrue Machine for opening of cocoa pod for separation of shell and internal broad bean, has blade provided with pressing element to apply each pod against edge of blade, where pressing element and blade are moved with regard to each other

Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE173555C (en) *
FR557769A (en) * 1922-10-24 1923-08-16 Machine for breaking bony-coated fruits and separating the pit from the shell
US1524794A (en) * 1923-03-20 1925-02-03 Gotti Giuseppe Li Automatic nut-cracking machine
US1540955A (en) * 1923-08-20 1925-06-09 Ross Mchenry Machine for removing husks from nuts
DE918361C (en) * 1952-05-10 1954-09-23 Miag Vertriebs Gmbh Process for the extraction of kernels from fruits in which the kernels are mainly stored irregularly in the kernel carrier
FR2156352A1 (en) * 1971-10-15 1973-05-25 Miguel Senalada Jose Machine for opening cocoa-pods - and collecting the beans

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE173555C (en) *
FR557769A (en) * 1922-10-24 1923-08-16 Machine for breaking bony-coated fruits and separating the pit from the shell
US1524794A (en) * 1923-03-20 1925-02-03 Gotti Giuseppe Li Automatic nut-cracking machine
US1540955A (en) * 1923-08-20 1925-06-09 Ross Mchenry Machine for removing husks from nuts
DE918361C (en) * 1952-05-10 1954-09-23 Miag Vertriebs Gmbh Process for the extraction of kernels from fruits in which the kernels are mainly stored irregularly in the kernel carrier
FR2156352A1 (en) * 1971-10-15 1973-05-25 Miguel Senalada Jose Machine for opening cocoa-pods - and collecting the beans

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2524271A1 (en) * 1982-04-05 1983-10-07 Bru Sa Jean De Machine to cut open cacao pods to obtain beans - uses rotor to present pod to blade parallel to longitudinal axis of pod
FR3002117A1 (en) * 2013-02-17 2014-08-22 Stephane Labrue Machine for opening of cocoa pod for separation of shell and internal broad bean, has blade provided with pressing element to apply each pod against edge of blade, where pressing element and blade are moved with regard to each other

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FR2452883B1 (en) 1983-01-28
OA06546A (en) 1981-08-31

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