Patent ID: 11957151
Assignee: DUTCH FOOD TECHNOLOGY B.V.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A device for processing pineapples comprising:
at least one carrier for carrying a pineapple to be processed, and
at least one processing unit for removing outer ends from the pineapple, and/or for coring and peeling the pineapple,
wherein the at least one carrier and the least one processing unit are located inside a housing of the device, the housing comprises an entrance, wherein the device further comprises a pineapple introduction mechanism configured for automatically introducing the pineapple to be processed in the housing through the entrance in the at least one carrier inside the housing,
wherein the pineapple introduction mechanism includes:
a support movable between a first position supporting the pineapple outside the housing and a second position for automatically introducing the pineapple to be processed in the at least one carrier inside the housing, and vice versa, and
a loading unit for loading pineapples and moving the pineapples one by one towards the entrance which is closed at least for a pineapple in the first position of the support.