Patent ID: 6796224
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: A23N

Abstract:
A machine for the industrial peeling of citrus fruits, characterized in that it comprises:a feeder, which is actuated by an intermittent mechanism that moves the feeder in synchronism with the machine; a manipulator, including pliers used to grasp and to pick up the fruit from the feeder, and to displace it towards a predetermined position; a rotatable turntable, having a horizontal axis and four work stations, wherein in the first station the fruit is clamped and retained, and thereafter it is rotated successively towards the following stations; four mechanisms, individually associated to a respective station, and having each a specific function, that is, to clamp and retain the fruit, to detect and assign a numeric value to dimensions of the fruit, to peel the fruit, to cut the ends of the fruit at the seizing portions and to separately discharge the peel and the peeled fruit; and a mechanism that brings about said intermittent motion.