DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PEELING BEANS

• US 20180295871A1
• Filed: 10/19/2015
• Published: 10/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olanrewaju Aluko
• Original Assignee: Olanrewaju Aluko
• Inventors: ALUKO, Olanrewaju
• Granted Patent: US 10,638,787 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A23N 15/08 Devices for topping or skinning onions or flower bulbs
• CPC Class Codes: A23N 15/10 for shelling peas or beans
• CPC Class Codes: A23N 5/002 for skinning nut kernels
• CPC Class Codes: A23N 7/00 Peeling vegetables or fruit devices for skinning onions A23N15/08; peeling by non-mechanical means A23P; peeling machines of the household type A47J17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 17/18 with scraping discs or rotors

Abstract

The present invention discloses a device and method for peeling beans and separating the hulls from the peeled beans. The device for peeling beans comprising a rough disc (3) in a bowl (2), driven by an electric motor (1), to abrasively impact beans in water. A barrier ring (4) enables separation of the hulls from the beans and a special filter (5) gathers the hulls out of the mixture.

Claims

1. A device for peeling beans and separating the hulls from peeled beans, characterized by and comprising a rough disc inside a bowl, for abrasively impacting beans in water within a peeling region bounded by a barrier ring which prevents the beans but allows the hulls to pass to a collection region where the hulls may be trapped by a special filter, and an electric motor for driving the rough disc.

2. The device according to claim 1, comprising a barrier ring having multiple rings which may be equally spaced for separation of peeled beans and hulls.

3. The device according to claim 1, comprising a special filter with multiple funnels to gather and trap the hulls.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the special filter further comprises a mesh that is sized to trap the hulls.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the wall of the bowl in the peeling region comprises a rough surface.

10. The device according to claim 1, comprising a rough disc having at least two wings to provide abrasive surfaces for peeling the beans and to stir the mixture, wherein the surface roughness are protrusions of at least 1 mm and of any shape.

6. A method for peeling beans and separating the hulls from peeled beans, characterized by and comprising driving a rough disc to abrasively impact beans in water within a bounded region, and separating the hulls from the beans by a double-stage filtration process, wherein the compartment for peeling is restricted by a barrier that is also the first stage filter to separate the peeled beans from the hulls, and the remaining mixture gathered in a second stage filter to trap the hulls.

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