Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tool for separating flesh from a core and a rind of a fruit
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Application No.: US13884944Application Date: 2011-11-11
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Publication No.: US09635970B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Patrick Lambertus Kerkhof , Eelco Jan Gerardus Witteveen , Jasper Wilhelmus Petrus Van Winden , Rui Medeiros Santos
- Applicant: Patrick Lambertus Kerkhof , Eelco Jan Gerardus Witteveen , Jasper Wilhelmus Petrus Van Winden , Rui Medeiros Santos
- Applicant Address: NL Delfgauw
- Assignee: BIN Innovations B.V.
- Current Assignee: BIN Innovations B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Delfgauw
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Priority: NL1038380 20101112; NL2006422 20110318
- International Application: PCT/NL2011/050771 WO 20111111
- International Announcement: WO2012/064192 WO 20120518
- Main IPC: A47J25/00
- IPC: A47J25/00 ; A47J17/02

Abstract:
A tool (1) for separating flesh from a core and a rind of a fruit, in particular a pineapple, comprising: a corer (10) that, op opposite ends, is provided with a driving member (40) and a cutting edge (12); a flesh cutter (20) extending radially on the corer and having at least one cutting edge (22), wherein the shape of the flesh cutter is such that upon rotation it executes a helical movement with a predetermined pitch; a rind cutter (30), provided at an outer end of the flesh cutter and extending parallel to the corer, said rind cutter including a cutting edge (32). The tool further comprises a section cutter (60), including an annular hub (62) configured to be slidingly received on the corer, an annular rim (66), and one or more spokes (64) radiating from the hub and interconnecting the hub and the rim.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130291387A1 TOOL FOR SEPARATING FLESH FROM A CORE AND A RIND OF A FRUIT Public/Granted day:2013-11-07
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