MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621040804 A) filed by Gokul Global University, Patan, Gujarat, on March 31, for 'automated almond peeling device.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Renukaben N. Rajput.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated almond peeling device, comprises of a housing 101, a sorting unit configured to separate almonds based on a quality metric, a soaking compartment 102 configured to receive almonds from the sorting unit and submerge them in a fluid, a peeling arrangement configured to receive almonds from the soaking compartment 102 and remove skins therefrom, a control unit communicatively coupled to the sorting, soaking, and peeling arrangements to coordinate a peeling process, the peeling arrangement comprises a plurality of rollers 105, wherein surfaces of the rollers 105 are covered in rubber spikes to frictionally remove the skins, the sorting unit comprises a Near-Infrared (NIR) sensor configured to assess the quality of the almonds and a sorter conveyor 103 to divert almonds based on the assessment."
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