APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OF CUCURBITACEOUS CROP FRUITS Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A23N4/00 A23N7/08 

FIELD: agricultural engineering, in particular, cucurbitaceous crop fruit processing machines.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus has hopper incorporating fruit breaking device and device for destructing fruits to obtain juice, flesh and seeds, tilt boards and flesh and juice collecting reservoirs. Fruit breaking device is made in the form of beater-and-knife drum with beaters and segments of knives staggered on drum surface. Rod-and-screen type concave is positioned under beater-and-knife drum. Rod and grid parts of concave are secured with one another by means of spacers. Device for destructing fruits to obtain juice, flesh and seeds is made in the form of baffling beater positioned at outlet end of beater-and-knife drum and closed with housing, and two beating and rubbing drums arranged under baffling beater one above another and equipped with beaters covered with elastic material and fixed along helical line on drum surfaces. Rubbing drums cooperate with one another through grid-type concave provided with cells enabling passage of separated seeds. Housing of upper rubbing drum is joined with conveyor for removal of crust and flesh. Housing of lower rubbing drum is joined with conveyor for removal of seeds. Lower part of said housing is made in the form of grid with cells having sizes preventing passage of seeds therethrough. Grid concave of beater-and-knife type drum is joined with device adapted for separating of juice, flesh and seeds from fruits by means of tray. Juice collecting reservoir is positioned under rubbing drums.

EFFECT: improved quality of seeds, juice and flesh of processed cucurbitaceous crops.

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