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The Patent Office Journal 17/12/2010
4446
(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.3541/CHE/2010 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :24/11/2010 (43) Publication Date : 17/12/2010
(54) Title of the invention : NUT SHELLING MACHINE
(51) International classification
:A23N
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(71)Name of Applicant :
1)RAJESH NARAYANA PILLAI
Address of Applicant :VILLA 51, CENTRAL STUDIO
ROAD, DHANALAKSHMI PURAM, SINGANALLUR,
COIMBATORE - 641 005 Tamil Nadu India
(72)Name of Inventor :
1)RAJESH NARAYANA PILLAI
(57) Abstract :
A machine for shelling nuts is provided that includes a plurality of plates to orient the nuts along two degrees of freedom, a stationary
drum with plurality of grooves on its surface which control the orientation of the nuts coming through the plurality of plates by
providing a seating to the nuts, a rotating drum(210) that restricts the orientation of the nuts to one degree of freedom, an arc assembly
(204) that includes grooves on an insides of its arcs to catch the nuts which fall from the rotating drum (210); a first scoring blade
assembly (202) that includes a scoring blade to weaken shells of said nuts to obtain weakened shells without breaking the shells; and a
first parting blade assembly (206) that includes a parting blade to break the weakened shells of the nuts.
No. of Pages : 34 No. of Claims : 15