外文翻译--杏核去核设备.doc

APRICOT PITTING MACHINE Malcolm W.Loveland,Emeryvile,assignor to Atlas-Pacific Engineering Co,a corporation of Califorma Filed May 25, 1966, Ser. No. 552,S61 10 Claims. (CI. 146-28) This invention relates to an apricot cutting machine and more particularly relates to a machine wherein an apricot is aligned on its suture axis by a prior machine and then passes under a floating knife which cuts the apricot substantially on its suture plane and thereafter a pit kicker removes the pit from the apricot. Most apricots are of a free pit nature and it is only necessary to cut the fruit in half and the pit will ordinarily fall out. However, there is always a certain percentage of apricots wherein the pit is not free and tends to stick to one or both halves of the cut apricot. Apricot cutting machines having a floating non-rotating knife have heretofore been known such as that described in Patent 2,735,466 wherein the apricot is rolled under a floating knife, the knife severing the apricot and thereafter a hook or tail forming a part of the knife dislodges the free pit as the apricot passes underneath the hook. Such a structure works well with free pit apricots but tends to jam-up when an apricot with a stuck pit is encountered. On hand-fed machines, this occurrence is easily rectified by the operator but on modern automatic machinery, many apricots are damaged before such a jam will clear itself. It is a primary object of the present invention to provide an apricot cutting machine wherein the pits are dislodged in a positive manner. Another object of this invention is to provide an apricot cutting machine having an oscillating pit kicker which positively dislodges stuck pits. A still further object of this inven'ion is to provide an apricot cutting machine wherein a shroud covering the knife has a plurality of resilient fingers, imparting a positive rolling motion to the apricot thus facilitating cutting. A still further object of th