Improvements connected with Apparatus for Removing Seed from Raisins and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements connected with Apparatus for Removing Seed from
Raisins and the like.
I, JOSEPH GRANT GIBSON, of 36, Ashdale Road, Waterloo, near Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention which is connected with apparatus for removing the seed from the
flesh of the fruit, is designed for the purpose of flicking off the seeds from the ends
of the impaling points or pins of the impaling roll.
In one arrangement it consists of a rapidly rotating cage formed of a number of
longitudinal wires mounted and secured on disks or plates secured on a spindle or
shaft. These wires are arranged in a circle so as to form a cylindrical cage or roller,
and they have a peripheral speed considerably greater than that of the impaling
roll, and being placed in proximity to the impaling roll the action of such device is
that of a flicking or whisking nature. This flicking device is kept clean and free
from gummy and saccharine matters by a brush or other device rotating in hot
water, and thus any adherence of the pulp to the flicking device and any
consequent clogging thereof is prevented.
In another arrangement it consists of a rotating roll having a number of slender
steel pins or needles projecting from its peripheral surface so that when placed in
proximity to the impaling roll, the action of these pins is to flick or whisk off the
seeds from the points of the impaling pins, a brush or other device rotating in water
keeping the flicking device clean and preventing it getting clogged.
Dated this 6th day of August. 1898.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements connected with Apparatus for Removing Seed from
Raisins and the like.
I, JOSEPH GRANT GIBSON, of 36, Ashdale Road, Waterloo, near Liverpool, in
the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention which is connected with apparatus for removing the seed from the
flesh of the fruit is designed for the purpose of flicking off the seeds from the ends of
the impaling points or pins of the impaling roll.

page_text: The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a vertical section of sufficient of the operative parts of the apparatus to
illustrate my invention;
Figure 2, a front view of a modified form of flicking device;
Figure 3, à cross section thereof;
Figure 4 is an enlarged section (on line a b) of a segment of the flicking device
illustrated in Figure 1;
Figure 5, a plan thereof showing the pins as if they were laid out in a flat
plane.
A is the flicking-off device which in one arrangement consists of a rotating roll
having a number of slender steel pins or needles B, Figures 1, 4 and 5, projecting
from its peripheral surface. These steel pins or needles are arranged spirally round
the roll (as shown in Figure 5) so that when placed in proximity to the impaling
roll D, the action of these pins in rotating is to flick or whisk off the seeds from the
points of the impaling pins, a brush or other device rotating in water keeping the
flicking device clean and preventing it getting clogged.
In another arrangement, this flicking off device A consists of a rapidly rotating
cage, Figures 2 and 3, formed of a number of longitudinal wires B mounted and
secured on discs or plates, secured on a spindle or shaft C.
These wires are arranged in a circle so as to form a cylindrical cage or roll and
having a peripheral speed considerably greater than that of the impaling roll D and
being placed in proximity to the impaling roll the action of such device is of a
flicking or whisking nature. This flicking device is kept free from gummy or
saccharine matters by a brush or other device E rotating in water in the trough F
and thus any adherence of the pulp to the flicking device A and any consequent
clogging thereof is prevented. G is the resilient endless belt described in my prior
patent, No. 16885 of 1897 for pressing and impaling the fruit upon the pins of the
roll D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In apparatus for removing seed from raisins and the like, the combination with
the rotary impaling roll, of a cylindrical cage or roller formed of longitudinal wires
adapted to flick or whisk off the seeds from the points of the impaling pins.
2. In apparatus for removing seed from raisins and the like the combination of a
rotary impaling roller, of a flicking device comprising a rotating roller having a
number of slender steel pins or needles projecting from and arranged spirally round
its peripheral surface, whereby when placed in proximity to the impaling roll the
action of these pins is to flisk or whisk off the seeds from the points of the impaling
pins, substantially as described.
3. In apparatus for removing seed from raisins and the like, the combination with
the impaling roller of a device for flicking or whisking off the seeds from the points
of the impaling pins, and a brush or the like rotating in water so arranged as to
keep the said flicking device clean and free from gummy and saccharine matters
substantially as set forth.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents, of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London.