Method for separating banana pulp from its peel, and a device for the implementation of this method

• Main Authors: SCHOUWE JULIO, FERNANDEZ RAUL, NUNEZ ELENA, WILEY JAMES H, PARFENOV ANDREY, ALVAREZ RAFAEL A, VASQUEZ JULIO, MEJIA JOSE T, MURILLO LUIS GUILLERMO BONILLA, ILYIN ILYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 10.10.2012
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLESOR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A large scale processing method for separating banana pulp from its peel is disclosed. In this method bananas are separated into two parts (generally in a transverse direction), each part having a tip end and a cut end. A compression force is applied to those banana parts such that the force increases from the tip end to the cut end. A device which implements that process, comprising a cutting device, a means for feeding bananas into the cutting device, and two processing conveyor devices (to apply the compression force to the banana parts), is also disclosed.