US PATENT SUBCLASS 99 / 552
.~.~.~.~ Severing and pitting simultaneously

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99 /   HD   FOODS AND BEVERAGES: APPARATUS

485  DF  MEANS TO TREAT FOOD {8}
537  DF  .~ Subdividing into plural products {2}
538  DF  .~.~ Separating one internal portion from another {2}
547  DF  .~.~.~ Removing core-pit {9}
552.~.~.~.~ Severing and pitting simultaneously {3}
553  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> By arcuate cutter separating pit
554  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> By removing severed portion from immobilized pit
555  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> By forcing pit {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 99/552

(under subclass 547) Device including at least one cutter which separates the food into at least two parts as it, or another means, separates the pit from the food.

(1) Note. A device that partially severs the pit from the food, or severs the food to the pit, while feeding to an adjacent portion of the device that completes the severing or pitting, is considered "simultaneous" for this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

543, for removing a cylindrical core while slicing and removing skin.

545, for removing a cylindrical core while slicing.

551, for a device which simultaneously severs and pits by twisting.