Patent ID: 11958079
Assignee: BALSU GIDA SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 6:
7. A hazelnut processing method applied by a hazelnut processing plant to provide a separation of an unshelled hazelnut as a shell and as a decorticated hazelnut by means of breaking the shell of the unshelled hazelnut, the hazelnut processing method comprising:
transferring, by at least one calibration sieve, the unshelled hazelnut in order to be categorized in accordance with dimensions of the unshelled hazelnut, wherein the at least one calibration sieve filters the unshelled hazelnut from other nuts based on a calibration diameter corresponding to a size of the unshelled hazelnut;
accumulating, by at least one calibration silo of at least one calibration line, each category of the unshelled hazelnut separated according to dimensions in the at least one calibration sieve;
separating, by at least one stone, the unshelled hazelnut transferred from the at least one calibration line from the shell of the unshelled hazelnut at a continuation of the at least one calibration line;
separating, by at least one charger sieve, the hazelnut broken at the at least one stone by sieving a dust of the hazelnut;
separating, by at least one ventilator of at least one breaking line, the decorticated hazelnuts, the shells and creased hazelnuts by means of air flow at a continuation of the at least one charger sieve;
detecting, by at least one sensor, a fullness of the at least one calibration silo,
wherein the hazelnut processing method further comprises adjusting a distance between a first breaking surface and a second breaking surface of the at least one stone based on said calibration diameter such that the shell of the hazelnut is broken without damaging an inner part of the hazelnut during said separating, by the at least one stone, the unshelled hazelnut.