TRAVER J SMITH
Engineering in San Jose, CA
License number
Massachusetts 4590
Issued Date
Apr 23, 1948
Expiration Date
Jun 30, 2002
Type
Mechanical Engineer
Address
Address
San Jose, CA 95125
Professional information
Peeling Apparatus For Fruit And Vegetable Articles
US Patent:
3946658, Mar 30, 1976
Filed:
Dec 26, 1973
Appl. No.:
5/428208
Inventors:
Traver J. Smith - San Jose CA
Assignee:
Genevieve I. Hanscom (formerly Genevieve I. Magnuson)
Genevieve I. Hanscom, Robert Magnuson, Louis J. Thomson (formerly Lois
J. Duggan), as Trustees of Estate of Roy M. Magnuson
Genevieve I. Hanscom, Robert Magnuson, Louis J. Thomson (formerly Lois
J. Duggan), as Trustees of Estate of Roy M. Magnuson
International Classification:
A23N 700, A23N 702
US Classification:
99627
Abstract:
A peeling apparatus for fruit and vegetable articles, the skin of which has been treated to facilitate peeling. The apparatus comprises adjacent elongate rolls which are spaced from one another by a distance less than the diameter of the article to be peeled. One of the rolls has, extending therefrom, a plurality of studs of substantial length and the other has, extending therefrom, studs of relatively short length. The rolls are rotated as articles to be peeled are supported on and moved longitudinally of the rolls and, thus, the treated skin is abraded off by the studs. Because the studs are of different lengths, different amounts of force are applied to the skin and the relatively long studs reach otherwise inaccessible portions of the skin.