Patent ID: 7444930

Claim:
An apparatus for removing skin from an avocado leaving its pulp comprising: (a) a first drum approximately vertically disposed and rotatable on its axis; (b) a second drum, rotatable on its axis, approximately vertically disposed and adjacent to said first drum defining a gap therebetween; wherein said first drum and said second drum each have surfaces which are knurled; (c) an input member having a terminus proximal to said first drum and to said second drum and centered approximately on said gap wherein a chute is defined between said terminus and said first drum and said second drum; (d) a driver positioned in the gap above and forward of said input member adapted to force the avocado into said gap; and (e) at least one motor means for rotating said first drum inward toward said gap, for rotating said second drum inward toward said gap, and for driving said driver to engage the avocado; whereby as said first drum and said second drum rotate inward toward said gap they pinch the skin of the avocado forcing the skin off the avocado and through said gap while permitting the pulp to drop through said chute.