PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new processing technique by which: a labor burden of an operator is significantly reduced work safety is improved and a large amount of fruit peduncles can be efficiently removed economically and in a short time.SOLUTION: In an automatic peduncle removing device 1, a supply part 6 is disposed that can continuously supply fruit 9, 9, ...... with peduncles in random posture, at one end a valley shaped path 30 is provided that is set to a width dimension W through which one piece of target fruit 9 can be smoothly passed a strip hole 32 is opened that has a width dimension through which only a peduncle 91 portion of the target fruit 9 can be passed, along from one end of a valley bottom 31 of the valley shaped path 30 to the other end inducement fluid supply equipment 4 is provided that can continuously supply inducement fluid 44 at a proper place in the valley shaped path 30 and/or the supply part 6 so that the inducement fluid flows out through the strip hole 32 from a passing range of the fruit 9, 9, ...... with peduncles of the valley shaped path 30 a peduncle removing part 5 is disposed at a rear face side of the valley shaped path 30 so as to be faced along the strip hole 32 and a fruit receiving part 7 is disposed at the other end of the valley shaped path 30.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】 作業員の労働負担を大幅軽減すると共に、作業安全性を高め、しかも経済的且つ短時間の中に大量の果実の果梗を効率的に除去可能とする新たな加工技術を提供する。【解決手段】 果梗付き果実9,9,……を無作為姿勢にて連続供給可能な供給部6を一端に配し、対象果実9の1個が円滑に通過可能な幅寸法Wに設定した渓型路30を設け、該渓型路30谷底31の一端から他端に沿って対象果実9の果梗91部分のみが通過可能な幅寸法の条孔32を開口し、該渓型路30および/または供給部6の適所に、同渓型路30の果梗付き果実9,9,……通過範囲から、該条孔32を通じて流出するよう誘引流体44を連続供給可能な誘引流体供給装備4を設け、同渓型路30裏面がわに、該条孔32に沿って臨むよう果梗除去部5を配し、同渓型路30他端に果実受け部7を配してなる果梗自動除去装置1である。【選択図】 図3
