Patent ID: 9138014
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A23N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for cracking hard shelled nuts, comprising: at least two open ended, hollow cylindrical tubes having an exterior diameter less than a diameter of a hard shelled nut to be cracked, said at least two open ended, hollow cylindrical tubes each having a proximal end and a distal end, Said proximal ends thereof, said at least two open ended, hollow cylindrical tubes being held in axial alignment with one another by a common support structure slidably attached to each thereof, and with said respective proximal ends facing one another and spaced apart from one another, a space therebetween accommodating a hard shelled nut to be cracked, said distal end of each of said at least two cylinders being adapted to receive a linear compressive force thereat whereby said linear compressive force forces each of said at least two cylindrical tubes towards one another so as to exert a force on a hard shelled nut placed therebetween.