Onion coring

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A MACHINE FOR PREPARING AND ORIENTING ONIONS FOR SUBSEQUENT SLICING PERPENDICULARLY TO THE ONION AXIS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A STATIONARY FRAME; A HORIZONTAL CONTINUOUSLY MOVING TRANSLATORY CONVEYOR MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, SAID CONVEYOR MEANS HAVING SPACED APART LINK CHAINS WITH FLIGHTS EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN, SAID FLIGHTS BEING PROVIDED WITH HOLES AND IMPALING PINS ON THE MARGINS OF SAID HOLES; MEANS FOR ROOT CORING ORIENTATED ONIONS HELD ON SAID IMPALING PINS COMPRISING AN INDEPENDENTLY RECIPROCATIVE CARRIAGE CARRYING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL CORING MEANS, THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE BEING SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CONVEYOR; MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME OVER SAID CONVEYOR FLIGHTS FOR CUTTING THE TOPS OFF IMPALED CORED ONIONS MOUNTED ON SAID IMPALING PINS; MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR FLUID IMPINGEMENT ON SAID CORED AND TOPPED ONIONS MOUNTED ON SAID IMPALING PINS FOR REMOVING THE LOOSE LEAVES THEREOF; MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND DISPOSED OVER SAID CONVEYOR FLIGHTS FOR CUTTING OFF THE UPPER HALF OF SAID ORIENTATED CORED, TOPPED, AND SKINNED ONIONS ON SAID IMPALING PINS; AND STRIPPER MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE END RUN OF SAID CONVEYOR FOR REMOVING THE IMPALED HALF ONIONS FROM SAID IMPALING PINS.