Method and apparatus for separating fleurettes from long-stemmed vegetables having flowery heads

• Main Author: CENTENO EDWARD M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.11.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLESOR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A cutting device for separating fleurettes from the stalk of a long-stemmed vegetable having a flowery head. The cutting device has at least three blades positioned symmetrically around a perpendicular center axis and a moving means for moving each blade downward in a linear motion toward that center axis. Each blade has two flat surfaces joined at a linear backbone, and each of those flat surfaces has a cutting edge on its bottom. Each backbone forms an angle with the center axis of from 25 to 45 degrees. The moving means moves the blades downward in linear motions toward the center axis in the same angles with the center axis as formed by their respective blade backbones.