Patent ID: 6948844
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: A23L,A23P

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for stuffing pitted olives with an edible filling, said apparatus comprising: (a) a support frame; (b) a pair of drum holders rotatably mounted to the support frame, with the rotational axes of said drum holders being substantially parallel and of generally horizontal orientation; (c) drive means mounted to the frame and adapted to rotate the drum holders simultaneously about their rotational axes; and (d) a pair of drums, each drum being associated with one of the drum holders and: wherein the drive means includes an electric motor having an output shaft, and wherein the drive means further comprises: (e) a motor pulley fixedly mounted on the output shaft of the motor; (f) two drive pulleys, each of said drive pulleys being coaxially and fixedly mounted on an associated one of the drum holders; and (c) a drive belt deployed around the motor pulley and the drive pulleys, such that rotation of the output shaft will cause simultaneous rotation of the drum holders about their rotational axes.