Patent ID: 8512786
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: A23N

Abstract:
1. A method for stoning mango fruit, comprising a stage of supplying single mangoes ( 1 ), and a stage of unloading stones ( 2 ) and stoned mangoes ( 1 a ), characterised in that it comprises following stages: blocking the mango frontally of a cutting blade ( 3 ); performing a first cut, in a longitudinal direction of the stone, which extends for a semi-perimeter of a section of the stone and interests a median part of the mango located on a side of the stone, the first cut interesting a whole length in a longitudinal direction of the mango; performing a second cut, in a longitudinal direction of the stone, which extends for a semi-perimeter of the section of the stone opposite the semi-perimeter of the first cut and interests a median part of the mango arranged on a side of the stone which is opposite the side of the first cut, the second cut interesting a the whole length in a longitudinal direction of the mango and intersecting the first cut in proximity of the mango stone; the first cut and the second cut being performed by thrust-insertion of a cutting blade in the longitudinal direction of the stone.