Claims
- 1. A method of peeling and segmenting fruit having an interior portion and a peel therearound, the method comprising the steps of:
- forcing the fruit through a cutting assembly so as to produce at least two separated portions of said fruit which are completely severed from each other, each separated portion also being partially severed through the interior portion;
- placing said separated portions of the fruit in contact with a scooping device; and
- rotating the scooping device such that the interior portion of said fruit is scooped out and separated from the peel, whereby the portions scooped out thereafter comprise two or more segments each substantially separate from each other.
- 2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the separated portion of the fruit is partially severed along a substantially radial line extending from a core of the fruit to an outer periphery thereof.
- 3. A method as claimed in claim 2 wherein the separated portion of the fruit is partially severed along two or more radially lines extending from a core of the fruit to an outer periphery thereof.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/030,986, filed Mar. 12, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/809,760, filed Dec. 18, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,199,350 which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/515,411 filed on Apr. 27, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,101,718.
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Divisions (1)
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Apr 1990 |
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Continuations (2)
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