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APRICOT PITTING MACHINE Malcolm W.Loveland,Emeryvile,assignor to Atlas-Pacific Engineering Co,a corporation of Califorma Filed May 25, 1966, Ser. No. 552,S61 10 Claims. CI. 146-28 This invention relates to an apricot cutting machineand more particularly relates to a machine wherein anapricot is aligned on its suture axis by a prior machineand then passes under a floating knife which cuts theapricot substantially on its suture plane and thereafter apit kicker removes the pit from the apricot. Most apricots are of a free pit nature and it is onlynecessary to cut the fruit in half and the pit willordinarily fall out. However, there is always a certainpercentage of apricots wherein the pit is not free andtends to stick to one or both halves of the cut apricot. Apricot cutting machines having a floating non-rotating knife have heretofore been known such as that described in Patent 2,735,466 wherein theapricot is rolledunder a floating knife, the knife severing the apricot andthereafter a hook or tail forminga part of the knife dislodges the free pit as the apricot passes underneath thehook. Such a structure works wellwith free pit apricotsbut tends to jam-up when an apricot with a stuck pit isencountered. On hand-fed machines, this occurrence iseasily rectified by the operator but on modern automaticmachinery, many apricots are damaged before such ajam will clear itself. It is a primary object of the present invention to provide an apricot cutting machine wherein the pits are dislodged in a positive manner. Another object of this invention is to provide anapricot cutting machine having an oscillating pit kickerwhich positively dislodges stuck pits. A still further object of this invenion is to providean apricot cutting machine wherein a shroud covering theknife has a plurality of resilient fingers, imparting a positive rolling motion to the apricot thus facilitating cutting.