FRUIT MARKING PROCEDURE

• Main Authors: SANFELIX PALAU, JAIME, MARTINEZ PALOP, CARLOS, PUCHE ROIG, ABEL, IBANEZ PUCHADES, RAFAEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 03.05.2012
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLESOR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

The present invention describes a method of marking fruits which comprises an incision in a fruit piece surface with a laser beam and the deposition in such superficial incision of a contrast agent comprising salts or oxides of iron or copper at a concentration between 0.001% and 1 % of the total we...