Patent ID: 8752480

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a separator finisher configured to separate melon flesh from melon rind of melon pieces while leaving a depth of melon flesh on the melon rind, comprising: a cylindrical finishing screen having a top end elevated above a bottom end wherein the bottom end is configured to allow melon rind having a depth of melon flesh on the melon rind fall out of the bottom end and wherein the cylindrical finishing screen defines a screen interior volume disposed within the separator finisher for receiving melon pieces having melon rind and melon flesh on the melon rind; a shaft disposed within the screen interior volume of the cylindrical finishing screen and operably coupled to a motor to rotate the shaft; a plurality of radially extending members having a distal end portion operably engaged with the shaft and extending outwardly from the shaft; and a plurality of brushes operably coupled to the distal end portion of the plurality of radially extending members and configured to pass by the melon rind to separate the melon flesh from the melon rind and push the melon flesh through the cylindrical finishing screen as the melon pieces pass from the top end to the bottom end.