It holds four cherries at a time, and the pits fall into the base for neat, easy collection. Meanwhile, the shroud helps keep spattering juices contained for less mess. By Carrie Honaker. Handheld: These work very much like a stapler or one-hole punch. They have minimal parts and are easy to use. Usually, you can only pit one cherry at a time. Tabletop: These models are placed on a table or counter and often have non-slip attachments to secure them during the process. Rather than a squeeze, these typically require a hand plunge to operate.
Most can accommodate multiple cherries at a time. An important consideration is the number of cherries you will destone. If you're an avid baker that pits pounds of cherries to store for pies and preserves, you want a pitter that does multiple cherries at a time.
This will decrease prep time considerably. If you only want enough cherries for a single pie or some other discrete product, a handheld option is more than adequate.
With a handheld pitter, you also have more control over quality. Another factor may be the size of the foods you plan to destone, as some pitters can only handle small cherries and olives, while others can take on the bigger ones. It is always important to consider how easy the cleanup will be when embarking on a kitchen tool purchase. Many of the tabletop systems have attached containers or guards that contain the juice spillage to those areas.
There's also the consideration of how quickly something disassembles for cleaning and whether it's dishwasher safe. The handheld pitters are small and easy to give a quick hand wash, while the tabletop varieties have separate parts, but are mostly dishwasher safe. This is really a question of whether the quantity or quality is most important to you. If you're destoning 5 pounds of cherries for a neighborhood pie swap, you want the fastest, most efficient model—probably a tabletop design.
If you're more concerned with aesthetically pleasing cherries for garnishing plates or topping cakes, you need a tool that has optimal control. This is where the compact handheld models perform best. You can easily decide where to plunge the pitter and adjust pressure if they're smushing.
The answer is more nuanced than just a simple yes or no. If the pit is whole, they are rarely poisonous, but a broken pit can be dangerous. If you find yourself in a situation like this, it's always best to call your doctor. Yes, you can pit olives with a cherry pitter. The only caveat is the size the pitter can hold. Some pitters are only designed to destone smaller cherries and would not work on a Spanish queen olive or other large variety.
If you want a tool that will be versatile enough to use for multiple types of stone foods, check the capacity of the pitter. Industrial Olive Pitter. Category: Fruit pitting machine.
Description Reviews 0 Description Introduction of O live P itting M achine Olive pitting machine is mainly used for crushing and pitting of various fruits. Features of Olive Pit Remover Machine 1. Wide Application of Olive Stoner Machine 1. Working Principle of Industrial Olive Pitter The olive pit remover machine combines crushing and centrifugal principle to rapidly separate fruit pulp and pit.
Reviews There are no reviews yet. Automatic Cherry Pitting Machine. From the throat 53 of the hopper the olives feed singly into the feeding rotor 5! After a sufficient revolution of the feeding rotor, the individual olives are dropped gravitationally into a trough 66 likewise mounted between the plates 22 and 23 of the frame concentrically with the conveyor screw The gear train it!
The individual olives, e. The feed screw 34 is of usual helical form but has an advancing leading edge J2 for lifting olives from the openings 68, 69, To and ii, that are too small for their passage therethrough so each olive may be conveyed to an opening of appropriate size. As the helical screw is rotated the olives are rolled with their major axis substantially parallel to the contacting surface 53 of the screw longitudinally of the trough. Any tendency of the olives to climb the side wall of the tube is obviated by a relative skidding of the olives along the wall of the trough.
Downwardly extending from each orifice 68, 69, i0 and l! Rotation of the feed screw 34 causes olives in the trough 66 to roll and to slide along the bottom of the trough with the longitudinal axis of the olives substantially parallel to the helical portion 35 of the screw. The orifices 63, 69, i9, and H are so arranged that the olives thus rolling or sliding along the, bottom of the trough G6 endwardly approach the orifices and thus topple end first into the orifices and are started endwardly down the chutes which deliver the olives endwardly to the compartments 54 in the roller A baffle plate ll is optionally employed at the opposite side of the roller 3'!
The gear train i0 is adapted to retain these compartments 5 in a vertical upwardly disposed position to receive the olives as they are dropped from the chute i i. The pitting compartments 54 are of sizes adapted snugly to receive the olives gravitated thereto through the respective chutes. In accordance with this invention the olives are handled with their longitudinal axis vertically, it thus being possible to handle a plurality of rows 01'. In some instances it will be found that the pitting operation conducted upon the olive has been so vigorous as to jam the olive into the receptacle in which it is carried.
In accordance with this invention a simple and yet positive release means is provided to force out of any receptaclea pitted olive jammed therein, the release means cooperating with the receptacle and quickly, accurately and positively forcing the olive therefrom. The machine of the present invention is effective to pit all except cull olives containing pits which are very much over-size. In some instances it will be found that the pits are retained in the tubular coring knives employed and to avoid this means are provided for freeing each tubular knife of any olive pit jammed therein.
In general the, broad object of the present invention is to provide a simple, rugged, fast and reliable fruit pitting machine particularly adapted for use on olives and the like. The invention includes other objects and features of advantage some of which, together with the foregoing, will appear in the following description of the present preferred embodiment of the machine of my invention.
It will be understood that the form disclosed is only that presently preferred and various others can be adapted within the scope oi'the appended claims. Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section of an olive carrier receptacle employed in the machine of the present invention. Figures 2, 3 and 4 are sectional views illustrating the mode of operation of the article receptacle and the manner in which it cooperates with the pitting plunger and the tubular coring knife.
Figure 5 is a side elevation partly in section showing mechanism for releasing an olive jammed in one of the receptacles. In my previous patents, 2,, of May 9, , and 2,, of October 29, , are disclosed pitting machines wherein an endless fruit carrier i is moved continuously toward a pitting head structure.
In the present instance, as in the patented structures, the machine includes opposite chains H movable about sprockets l2 on shaft l4 and carried upon suitable rails 29 supporting an upper horizontal run of the conveyor as it advances toward a pitting head mounted between vertically extending side plates IS on frame It. The fruit carrier structure is modified in accordance with the present invention to include a base plate Studs 23 and nuts 2i secure the base plate to the opposite angles 2 on each chain H.
At the other end of the stud is secured a top plate 21 held in place by a nut 25 on the end of the stud. Slidably mounted on each top plate is a plurality of article carrier receptacles Each receptacle includes a flange 82 thereon engaging the top plate against which the receptacle is urged by a suitable spring Each receptacle includes a cavital portion ll therein to receive an article.
In accordance with this invention the wall defining the cavital opening is conical, the cavity being, in effect, the frustum of a cone. The cavital wall is so formed that substantially everywhere opposite points on the wall are at an angle between 32 and 44", the preferred angle being about 36 and with large olives about This angle is relatively critical and while some variation can be made therein, thosevalues given, namely 32 and 44, generally represent the maximum permissible variation.
As the angle is either opened up to approach a straight line or is narrowed until the walls are substantially parallel, the tendency for an oval shaped article therein to stick to one side or the other increases very rapidly. When the walls of the cavital opening have an included angle between the values given, an oval shapedarticle such as an olive can be aligned accurately and maintained in this alignment, that is, with the major axis of the olive coincident with the major cavitalaxis,asappearsiniigures2,iiand4in thedrawings, during all stages of the pitting operation.
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