Pineapple sizing and recoring
United States Patent [191 Vadas PINEAPPLE SIZING AND RECORING [75] Inventor: Leslie Vadas, Los Gatos, Calif.  
 [73] Assignee: FMC Corporation, San Jose, Calif.  
 [22] Filed: Apr. 27, 1973 [21] Appl. No.: 355,258  
 [52] US. Cl. 99/544, 99/644 [51] Int. Cl A23n 3/12 [58] Field of Search 99/544, 538-543,  
 [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,001.93l 8/l9ll Cookson 99/589 1.350.096 8/!920 Fisher.................... 99/589 l,444.535 2/l923 Barter 99/589 BLANKET CONVEYOR [451 Apr. 1, 1975 1,460,559 7/1923 Opperman 99/590 3,232,328 2/1966 Aubrey et al. 99/542 3,638,696 2/1972 Lovelzlrld 99/59l Primary Examiner.lohn W. Huckert Assistant Examiner-Charles Gorenstein Attorney, Agent, or FirmC. E. Tripp [57] ABSTRACT Pineapples are prepared for slicing by precoring, contour peeling, sizing in a rotating sizing knife and centering pin while slitting. The blanket, followed by recoring externally of the sizing knife at the sizing knife station. The blanket is turned over eye side up and its edges are trimmed. An automatic programming air system cycles the mechanism.  
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