US 12,245,625 B2
Peeler input mechanism and method
Kyle V. Huck, Creston, IA (US); Chris L. Hudson, Lenox, IA (US); and Alexander C. Herzberg, Prescott, IA (US)
Assigned to Vanmark Equipment, LLC, Creston, IA (US)
Filed by Vanmark Equipment, LLC, Creston, IA (US)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/838,461.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,419, filed on Apr. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0315237 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. A23N 7/10 (2006.01); A23N 7/02 (2006.01); A23N 12/00 (2006.01)
CPC A23N 7/10 (2013.01) [A23N 7/02 (2013.01); A23N 12/005 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for removing matter from exteriors of objects, the apparatus comprising:
(a) a plurality of elongated, rotatable rolls forming a peel bed having an upstream entry end near where the objects enter the peel bed and a downstream discharge end where the objects exit the peel bed; and
(b) an infeed mechanism disposed adjacent the rolls and including a surface upon which the objects may be supported while being displaced toward the peel bed, the surface having a terminal end that is an end of the surface that is closest to the discharge end, wherein a home position is the most upstream position of the terminal end, wherein at least the terminal end is movable, along the length of the rolls, at least about 10% of a distance between the home position and the discharge end to move an insertion point of the objects into the peel bed along the length of the rolls, wherein the apparatus is configured to expose the objects to a smaller portion of the rolls to the extent the terminal end is moved toward the discharge end from the home position.