Spear packing apparatus
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR LONGITUDINALLY SEGMENTIZING CUCUMBERS AND PACKING THE SEGMENTS IN A JAR WITH THE SEEDED SURFACES OF THE SEGMENTS FACING OUTWARD IS CONSTRUCTED WITH MEANS FOR RECEIVING A WHOLE CUCUMBER AND CUTTING SAME TO PREDETERMINED LENGTH. THE PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF CUCUMBER IS SLIT LONGITUDINALLY INTO SPEARS OF SEGMENTAL CROSS SECTION THAT ARE FED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL TWISTED CHUTES AND EXIT THEREFROM INTO A JAR WITH THE SEEDED SURFACES OF THE SEGMENTS FACING OUTWARD. GUIDE MEANS AT THE EXIT ENDS OF THE TWISTED CHUTES DIRECTS THE SEGMENTS OUTWARD TOWARD THE JAR WALL. THEREAFTER THE GUIDE MEANS AND THE JAR ARE ANGULARLY STEPPED SO THAT ADDITIONAL SPEAR SEG- MENTS ENTERING THE JAR ARE DIRECTED BETWEEN THOSE SEGMENTS PREVIOUSLY PLACED IN THE JAR.
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