Claims
- 1. A method for continuously and consecutively peeling the shells of boiled eggs comprising the steps of:
- (a) continuously and consecutively introducing the boiled eggs into an entry end of a substantially horizontally mounted cylinder capable of eccentric circular movement;
- (b) gyrating said cylinder about a substantially horizontal axis so that the eccentric circular movement of said cylinder increases from said entry end to the exit end;
- (c) impacting said eggs against the sides of said cylinder by said gyratory motion to crack and loosen the shells from the eggs;
- (d) flushing the eggs through said cylinder with water into a receiving and separating vessel;
- (e) peeling and separating the loosened peels from the eggs by the flushing water in said separating vessel.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 090,899, filed Nov. 5, 1979.
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Divisions (1)
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